Alpacas, camels, kids: German Christmas market

December 20, 2014
Alpacas aren't the first things to come to mind when someone says "Christmas market." In fact, they never come to mind at all.  But they were absolutely the cutest...
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Old co-exists with new at Melk Abbey

December 19, 2014
Melk is a tiny lower Austrian town of about 5,000 people noted for one thing: its massive, baroque Benedictine abbey. It's huge, but houses only 33 monks, a church...
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The latest gossip from Passau, Germany

December 18, 2014
Passau is a charming town in the lower Bavaria part of  Germany near the Austrian border. It's known as The Three Rivers City, because three rivers converge at the...
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Waltzing through Vienna

December 17, 2014
Well, ok. I'll admit that I have never really mastered the waltz, so I did no waltzing through Vienna. We strolled. But where to start in this, one of the most...
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My judgment at Nuremberg

December 16, 2014
M didn't want to go to the Nazi Rally Grounds or Courtroom 600, where the Nuremberg trials were held. He said he didn't want another reminder of the Nazi atrocities,...
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The potty train

December 15, 2014
Riley was an only dog for a long time. Well, when I count, it's actually only about two years. But still. He was an only dog for the first part of his life.  And then...
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Make things happen

December 14, 2014
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. So said Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman I have grown to admire tremendously. This post is taking me out on a  limb,...
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What happens after we die?

December 13, 2014
What happens after we die? Maybe you believe it's fade to black, over and done with, ashes to ashes. Maybe you believe you'll face a punishing God and the possibility...
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Courage to persevere

December 12, 2014
Life is easy for the young, and don't I know it, from my current vantage point. We move along from life event to life event and sure, there are challenges, but for the...
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How I learned I was Queen of England

December 11, 2014
If you're spending time in airports this month, or any time, it pays to keep your eyes open. You never know what--or whom--you'll see. There was a day when I actually...
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