Tag: history
group name: europeexplorer
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October 06, 2007 01:38 AM EDT --
This past spring, my husband and I took a much-anticipated trip to London! I had started my novel, A Scandalous Overture, in August of last year without ever having been to London (unless one counted the . . . more
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August 14, 2007 02:10 PM EDT --
This summer my sons and I went to Denmark, and while we were there we went to visit my grandmother. She lives on Sealand (The Eastern Island where Copenhagen is), while my father and my brothers live in . . . more
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September 08, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
South of Koge on Sealand, Denmark you can find this magnificient entrance to the castle Vallo Slot.
Vallo Castle is surrounded by a scenic moath, and you have to cross . . . more
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September 07, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (Helsingoer) is known around the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and in fact it is one of the most important renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
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October 06, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
Okay, so our second day in London started out rough with a trip to Notting Hill...we didn't really dig it. We're just not the bohemian types and we were rushed for time anyways, because we had . . . more
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August 21, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
Glimmingehus is referred to at various places as a castle, a fortress, a keep, or a fortified manor. If you step inside, you will think you are indeed inside a full-fledged castle. So no matter which description . . . more
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October 14, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
Okay, we have a LOT of video from this day, but not so much in the way of pictures, but I'll work with what we have.
The day was Sunday, April 1st, which just happened to be Palm Sunday. We had decided . . . more
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October 11, 2007 09:06 AM EDT --
I share a kind of kinship with celebrity chef Walter Staib, though I am no kitchen witch. Like most Americans of German descent, my knowledge of the German culinary arts is limited to sausages, sauerkraut, . . . more
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January 17, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
Extraordinary people, new discoveries, and ancient traditions made for an unforgettable journey on gather.com. Here's a look back at The Culinary Tourist ' s 2007 travel journal.
Where would . . . more
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January 27, 2008 12:09 AM EST --
Sydenham Park, London, UK is the site of several interesting Victorian historical monuments.
One is the site of the Crystal Palace. The original building was made of wrought iron . . . more
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May 25, 2008 03:45 AM EDT --
Paris has always been at the forefront of the world in terms of entertainment and variety from film, dance, opera, jazz, ballet, rock festivals and not forgetting the romance.
Paris being the Capital . . . more
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October 17, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
What would happen if a terrorist cult, long hidden for centuries, suddenly sprang back out into the public eye to attack the Roman Catholic church at its very heart, the Vatican? Dan Brown . . . more
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August 16, 2007 01:59 AM EDT --
A national ID card is a rabid, blood-thirsty wolf in sheep's skin. I say this living in a country that has had a national identity card/database-system for decades. It began innocently . . . more
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August 19, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
The Danish People's Party was the most successful extreme right-wing party in the March 1998 elections, gaining 7.4 percent of the vote. Although banned from demonstrating in the main cities, over . . . more
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September 01, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
Statue of Bishop Absolon, founder of Copenhagen, by Nytorv in Copenhagen
Denmark in a Nutshell
by Bent Lorentzen
To put it mildly, Denmark is an enigma. Shakespeare said something . . . more
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June 27, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
The myths, the philosophical significance, the Universal archetypes are my themes of painting mostly. In everyday life, in individual personal situations, of mine or other people, I try to find the archetypical, . . . more
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August 19, 2007 06:05 AM EDT --
My new book, part of an epic 5 or perhaps 6-part saga that spans 65 million years and is a sequel based on my award winning, shorter book, Dragon's Moon, is coming out this Fall... Perhaps much like . . . more
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