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Winter Break 2013: The finale

The final part of our travels involved a pilgrimage of sorts for Pete and me. A long, long time ago, when Pete was a teen, he read a book about Colditz Castle, which is in eastern Germany in Saxony. Tweet

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Winter Break 2013: Munich

When I last blogged, we had just arrived in Munich. You might not know this, but Munich is actually quite close to Füssen — they are about two hours apart, so Neuschwanstein is considered an easy day trip from this … Continue reading

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Winter Break 2013: 1 day, 4 countries

Guten Tag! We are back in Germany, after a long day in which we were in four countries in seven hours. We started off by leaving Venice around noon. Our destination was Munich. We had two ways to go: Back … Continue reading

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Winter Break 2013: Venetian living

I mentioned in an earlier post that we have a fabulous flat in Venice. Per numerous requests, here are some photos of it: Just off a square, there’s this locked gate: Tweet

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Winter Break 2013: Venetian wanderings

We had planned to sleep in this morning, and made it to 8:00, when the nearby church bells woke us. They rang and rang and rang. I have no idea why, but can only imagine they were telling the hungover … Continue reading

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