The age-old art of handmade, glass-blown, and paper mache Christmas ornaments lives on in the village of Lauscha, in Germany's ancient Thuringian Forest. Karen LeBlanc in the Krebs Glas Lauscha showroom, open to the public. One of my favorite Christmas memories as a child was unspooling the tissue paper-wrapped silvered Christmas ornaments compartmentalized in cardboard…
One of ten certified hand-made replicas of the original Dr. Carl Benz “Patent-Motorwagon” produced by Mercedes-Benz to commemorate the company’s recent 100th anniversary, on display at the Midwest Dream Car Collection in Salina, Kansas. This is the model Bertha Benz drove on her history-making road trip between Mannheim and Pforzheim, commemorated as the Bertha Benz…
Berchtesgaden is a popular winter destination in Germany. Photo courtesy of Berchtesgaden Tourism There’s nothing quite like a Bavarian mountain getaway Berchtesgaden, seen here in winter, is less than two hours by car from Munich.Photo courtesy of Berchtesgaden Tourism Once notorious as a 1930’s getaway for the Nazi elite, Berchtesgaden, Germany nowadays provides a captivating…
Overlooking Heidelberg, Germany from the top of the Philosophers Walk, including Heidelberg Castle above the Old Town and the Karl Theodore Bridge. Frequently void of huge crowds found during summer and the holidays, autumn is a wonderful season to travel. Amid generally pleasant early October temperatures, fall foliage dazzles us with colors that evoke childhood memories…
Multigenerational travel and river cruising are two of today’s most popular travel trends.
