Boot camp, screaming instructors, standing at attention for seemingly hours on end, thousands of pushups…the list goes on. My military career started with a trip to San Diego for Marine Corps basic training. Then 3 years later in what I briefly thought was insanity, I went through 3 weeks of Air Force basic training as ...
Johann Gutenberg, which was short for Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, was born in Mainz, Germany, in about 1398. The true year of his birth is unknown. Johanne’s father was a merchant. His father’s name was Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden, and he married Else Wirich, who was the daughter of a local shopkeeper. At ...
For anybody that loves chocolate, there is a museum for you in Germany that is for you. The Schokoladen Museum is an amazing chocolate museum located in Cologne. This is a unique experience and one that you won’t want to miss! I have never seen anything like this museum before. A man by the name ...
I visited Germany in October of 2006. Those were the good old days of yesteryear. Back then, I had a hint of romanticism left in my veins, and had promised myself to fulfill its wishes to travel to the most romantic place on earth- the romantic Rhine River Valley in Germany. And what makes this ...
I love castles. They make me think about a time when life was incredibly romantic. People worked hard and played hard. Lives may have been shorter, illness more common, and resources less abundant, but passion was at its peak. Visiting castles gives me hope that romanticism is still alive. I think many people feel this ...