EASTER CONCERTS IN BERLIN - AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF EASTER FESTIVITIES IN BERLIN:Easter is a popular holiday period in Germany and the Easter festivities are still celebrated in the traditional way by many Germans. Easter markets, Easter bonfires, Easter brunches and Easter services all form a … [Read more...]
Festival in Dublin: St Patrick’s Day 2017
ST PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL: IRELAND YOU ARE ...:The St Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin has always included a theme for its festival parade each year."Ireland You Are..." is the 2017 Festival Parade theme. St Patrick's Day Parade The St Patrick’s Festival Parade officially opens the St … [Read more...]
The Charming Romantik Hotel Tuchmacher in Görlitz
The Romantik Hotel Tuchmacher in Görlitz - charming and romantic:For our Görlitz visit, we stayed at the Romantik Hotel Tuchmacher, in the historic centre. I was tempted to book the Hotel Börse as the entire film crew for The Grand Budapest Hotel movie had stayed there. However, I was glad … [Read more...]
Görlitz, also known as Görliwood
Görlitz, the easternmost town in Germany, is hugely popular with film makers:To say that Görlitz is a star of the silver screen is no exaggeration. In spite of its faraway location, Germany's easternmost town is a favourite with film producers. Görlitz has been used as film sets in over 100 … [Read more...]
Visiting The Grand Budapest Hotel in Görlitz
Visiting The Grand Budapest Hotel or the Görlitzer Warenhaus in real life: https://youtu.be/twhXgd9wTJUWhen we told friends and relatives that we were going to Görlitz, "where?" was the common reaction. The truth be known, we too hadn't heard of Görlitz until we started noticing the name of the … [Read more...]
L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – nicknamed the Venice of Provence
Unlike the neighbouring hilltop villages of the Luberon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is surrounded by water:L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Island on the Sorgue) is a commune within the Avignon arrondisement of Vaucluse. Unlike the other hilltop villages of the Luberon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue sits on flat land. … [Read more...]
Market Day in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Buy all kinds of Provençal treats and products at the L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue market:Sunday is market day in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Our wake-up call this morning is the sound of stallholders setting up their stands and wares. The normally peaceful and quiet Place de la Liberté, … [Read more...]
The Water Wheels that powered L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
The Sorgue River and its branches once powered some 66 water wheels:Scattered around L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue are giant water wheels that once powered the factories and generated wealth for this commune. With the fast flowing water of the Sorgue River as its power source, the water wheels drove … [Read more...]
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse – the Phenomenal Source of the Sorgue
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a small commune with the largest spring in France:Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the Vaucluse département in Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur region, best known for its phenomenal spring water. We came here in search of the source of the Sorgue River and found a … [Read more...]
A Pleasant Stay at the Berlin Clipper City Home Apartments
A REVIEW OF OUR STAY AT THE BERLIN CLIPPER CITY HOME APARTMENTS:For our Christmas visit to Berlin we stayed at the Clipper City Home Apartments at Behrenstrasse 47, in the Mitte district of Berlin. Berlin is quite a spread out city and with so many nice hotels to choose from, deciding where to … [Read more...]
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