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Tag: Germany

Cathedral of the waves

Why the authors of the article in “Die Denkmalpflege” magazine of 2016 chose the first part of this title is … More

Europe, Europe1, Germany, Radio, Saarland, Sendehalle, travel

The vote to change country

Yes, not a vote to change the country, but to join a country. That’s what happened in 1955 in the … More

Germany, Protectorate, reunification, Saarland, travel, Wiedervereinigung

Struwwelpeter

Heinrich Hoffmann was born in 1809 in Frankfurt and trained there as a doctor specialising in psychiatry; running Frankfurt’s lunatic asylum. … More

children's stories, Europe, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Heinrich Hoffmann, Public art, Struwwelpeter, travel

El Lissitsky Allee

Regular readers will know that I like, appreciate and share public art.  I often wonder whether artists know how their … More

Europe, Germany, Lissitsky, Public art, Schwalbach, travel

Top 5 tips for when you move to another country

Unlike some travel bloggers, most of my travels have been as a result of overseas work assignments.  My explorer-instinct pre-disposed … More

Culture shock, Germany, India, South Africa, Texas, United States, US

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