Places Visited, on Three Continents
PART TWO: WESTERN EUROPE
A: Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
Austria
Graz ! Austria's second largest city is scenic, busy and rather youthful with 6 universities and colleges and more than 40,000 students. This was a whirlwind 3-hour tour.
Vienna (Wien) and several nearby towns, a walk in the Wienerwald from Baden, plus a boat-ride on the Danube from Krems to Melk
A very short visit to Vienna in March 2007
Vienna in May of 2007, starting with a Whimsical Walk in Wien
A half day at Semmering, a mountain resort
A half day at Eisenstadt where Haydn lived and worked
A walk on the Donau-Insel, Vienna
Vienna once more in 2010, with visits to:
The Wienerwald again, this time near Vienna
The Seegrotte near Hinterbrühl
An in-depth comparison of the plague monuments of Vienna and Baden, with emphasis on the artistic treatment of women in general, and Mary Magdalene in particular (warning: artwork with some nudity will be displayed and discussed)
Germany (Bavaria)
This is an account of a business trip with one free afternoon and one and a half 'free" days.
(1) Trip overview (map showing destinations);
(2) Dachau's concentration camp memorial;
(3) the Konigsee and Berchtesgaden;
(4) the Zugspitze in the clouds; and
(5) two of "crazy" Ludwig's castles along the "Romantic Road." (exteriors only).
Northern Germany:
(1) Introduction to this day-trip
(2) Megalith Park in Bad Fallingbostel
(3) the final resting place of Hermann Löns
(4) a short stop in Hannover
(5) a very short stop in Köln (Cologne)
Belgium
What I thought at the time may have been my last official-business visit to Brussels, a very short trip in March 2007 with just one afternoon of spare time to spend in the city
December 2006, 2007 and 2008 trips to Brussels with little spare time but with colorful Christmas decorations downtown
Three photo pages somewhat related to the life of Jan van Ruisbroeck, the cathedral that stands where his church used to stand, and the woods in which his monastery used to stand in and near Brussels
A 2006 revisit to the grove where Ruisbroec found inspiration
Brussels: poor quality photos but a good short history of the Large Beguinage of Brussels
Leuven: photos of the Large Beguinage in this city, east of Brussels
Brugge: the Venice of the North, a beautiful city with a beautiful Beguinage
A number of Belgian towns (Valenciennes, Tournai, Cambrai, Chalons), where Marguerite Porete lived or traveled (link also tells her story).
the Netherlands
Nijmegen, a short day's tour of my (our: my brothers, sister and father were born here too) birthplace
Slovakia
Bratislava, a 3-hour tour
Go to First Western Europe Page (Austria, Belgium, Slovakia and Germany)
Go to Second Western Europe Page (Spain, France, Andorra)
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