The “Palace of the Poor” was built in the 1400s by wealthy citizens in order to take care of people who had no other place to go. It was state of the art for its time, run by nuns, and exceptionally comfortable and relatively private. We visited the museum in the center of Beaune, Burgundy […]
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Today in Beaune
Betty and Bob Whittemore having just enjoyed a visit to the Beaune Hotel Dieux, an ancient hospice built with donations from the gentry in the middle of the 1400s. Our hotel, the Athanor, is in the background.
Courtroom 600 in Nurnberg
The new museum dedicated to the trials following the end of World War II is a new “must see” in Nurnberg. The room known as “Courtroom 600” is where the trials were held, and it has been preserved in pretty much its original form, other than a rearrangement of the docks and the place for […]
Before the Charles Bridge in Prague, there was Judith Bridge
The Charles Bridge has spanned the Vltava River in the heart of Prague for more than 650 years. Before this mammoth structure was built under the reign of Charles IV, there was the 12th century “Judith Bridge,” which was actually longer than the present-day bridge. A fragment of this fascinating piece of history can be […]
Prague is City of Beautiful Architecture
A small sampling of the architectural details found throughout the former Jewish district, which is located north of the city’s main square about two blocks.
On the Road to Santiago di Compostela, Km 0
We started this adventure in Prague and we will end it in Lisbon. Bob and Betty Whittemore arrived in Prague on a bright and sunny May 6 to begin this more than 2,500 kilometer trek to the burial place of St. James in far western Spain. What adventures will we find along the way? Stay […]
Prague is the City of Eternal Sunshine
Prague – a city undisturbed by the wreckage of World War II, asleep during most of the years under Communism and just “recently” reawakened in the late 1980s is now hosts to zillions (it seems) of tourists who come to admire its fabulous architecture, history and alas, sometimes indifferent service for the most part and […]