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Summer Is Fading Away …
if we never break our stride, perhaps it will hang on a little longer.
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Currywurst
Regardless of whether it was invented in Hamburg or Berlin one of the culinary highlights of a visit to Germany is the Currywurst. Experts find a good Currywurst at a restaurant that has few other menu items. Really the only choices should be ‘Currywurst’ or ‘Currywurst Scharf’. The distinction being extra curry powder sprinkled on…
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Bikes, Beer and Beuys
Kleve in the Lower Rhine region is the home of my mom and her husband and also of the late Joseph Beuys, the first German artist to have a retrospective at the Guggenheim museum. A bike ride through the meadows will take you to the Moyland castle which hosts most of Beuys’ work. After you…
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Kreuzberg
Having friends in Berlin is the best reason to travel to the home of Germany’s most delicious Döner Kebab. 1. Photo: © Katja
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Norwegian Beauties
Ignoring the fact that the price of a cup of coffee in Oslo will cover a meal for two including a 2000 vintage Bordeaux elsewhere, it is a fascinating city. Every casual tourist will stumble across and be amazed by the Vigeland Sculpture Park. A city commissioning an artist to spend years to create some…
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Naked City
Billy enjoying another fine September night.
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Traveling with Rock And Roll and a Canoe
James and Daniel near Antelope, Oregon circa 1995.