The wooden church stands as it has for over two centuries, its shingled roof weathered grey by the mountain winds of northern Slovakia. The Museum of Liptov Village in Pribylina is not a museum in the conventional sense. It is a collection of traditional buildings, farmhouses, a school, a fire station, and a Gothic church, […]
Hohenzollern Castle sits atop a mountain in Baden-Wurttemberg like a crown placed on the head of a king. Its spires and battlements rise from the mist in a display of Gothic revival architecture that seems too perfect to be real. The castle belongs to the royal House of Hohenzollern and it still feels like a […]
High above the Our River valley, the silhouette of Vianden Castle commands the skyline of the small Luxembourgish town below. Its towers and battlements rise with a grandeur that speaks of medieval power and romantic restoration. The castle underwent extensive reconstruction in the twentieth century, returning it to its former glory as one of the […]
Categories: Luxembourg, Sights
Iron lattice rises above you, an intricate web of metal that somehow feels both massive and delicate. The Eiffel Tower dominates the Champ de Mars, its presence visible from every corner of Paris but most overwhelming when you stand directly beneath it. The sound of Paris surrounds you: the chatter of tourists and locals, the […]
The first sound you hear is a piano note hanging in the air. It drifts from somewhere deep inside the building, layered over the hum of voices and footsteps on wooden floors. At the Museum of Music in Prague, every exhibit invites you to listen. Antique violins rest in glass cases while their digital ghosts […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights, Sights
Wax figures of the world’s most famous faces stare back at you with unsettling realism as you wander through the halls of Madame Tussauds. A Hollywood A-lister stands frozen mid-smile beside a music legend, a sports icon, and a world leader frozen in waxen perfection. This London institution has been creating uncanny likenesses since 1835, […]
Categories: Cities, Museums, Sights, Sights, United Kingdom
Step into Vlkolínec and the 21st century falls away. This tiny UNESCO-listed village in the mountains of central Slovakia preserves a way of life that has almost vanished from Europe. Wooden log houses with steep shingled roofs and whitewashed walls line a single street. Each house is numbered and painted in traditional patterns. Smoke rises […]
Updated: October 13, 2020 | By Claire | More Just a few kilometers from the Czech borders, about 20 km west of the Slovakian capital Bratislava, on the way to Vienna, lies the small towns Petronell and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. There was, in the times of the Roman Empire, located a legionary camp and a capital […]
Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Santa María de León Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern part of the country, in the historic city of Leon. Known locally as the Pulchra Leonina or “Beautiful Leonese,” this Gothic masterpiece is famous […]
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