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Glider Flight
Amazing glider flight with takeoff from Mainz Airport. Altitude was about 1000 ft. and views were of Mainz, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, up and down the Rhine.
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Pohl Limes
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The Limeskastell Pohl is a fascinating reconstructed Roman fortlet located in Pohl, Germany. This site is an authentic replica of a small Roman fort, complete with a watchtower, designed to give visitors a vivid impression of life on the Roman frontier around 100 AD12. The fortlet is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, which marked the northern boundary of the ...
Trump is Pure Scum
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Anyone that votes for this guy Prioritizes ignorance and identifies with his attitude that women have one place in this world. Unless of course they are not his type and then they have no place in the world. x.com/theblaze/status/1842338244366573829
Dinkelsbuhl
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Dinkelsbühl is a historic town in Central Franconia, a region of Germany that is now part of the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany. Dinkelsbühl is a former free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In local government terms, Dinkelsbühl lies near the western edge of the Landkreis (or local government district) of Ansbach, north of Aalen. Dinkelsbühl lies on the northern part of the Roman...
Coburg
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If you saw the video Friedrickshof, you know it was build by Emperess Friedrich who was the daughter of Prince Albert of Coburg and Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria and Emperess Friedrich had many offspring including the future King of England as well as Kaiser Wilhelm the last Emperor of the German Confederation. Through successful dynastic policies, the ruling princely family married into sever...
Bad Durkheim
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The Wurstmarkt, or Bad Dürkheim Wine Festival as some people refer to it, is one of the largest, most traditional and entertaining wine festivals in Germany. It is over 570 years old In the 12th century, local farmers and wine growers began to gather to sell their produce to the pilgrims heading towards the chapel on top of a nearby mountain, Michaelsberg. By 1417, the event was known as Michae...
Obernai
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Obernai (Pronounce Obernay and not Obernye) commune in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. The Obernai region, which was the property of the dukes of Alsace in the 7th century, is the birthplace of St. Odile, daughter of the Duke, who would become the Patron Saint of Alsace.
Nahe River Valley 1
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The Nahe region is named after the river that traverses the valleys of the forested Hunsrück Hills as it gently flows toward Bingen on the Rhine. It is a peaceful landscape of vineyards, orchards and meadows interspersed with cliffs and striking rock formations.
Trier Oldest City in Germany
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Founded by the Romans in the late 1st century BC as Augusta Treverorum ("The City of Augustus among the Treveri"), Trier is considered Germany's oldest city. It is also the oldest seat of a bishop north of the Alps. Trier was one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy period in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. In the Middle Ages, the archbishop-elector of Trier was a...
Friedrickshof
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Friedrickshof was build in 1888 by Emperess Frederich after her husband died. The Emperess was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm the last emperor of Germany and Prussia. Emperess Frederich had progressive ideas for Prussia/Germany to be modeled after the British Monarchy. These ideas were not shared by Frederich II her father in law or Otto Von Bismarck the Pru...
Roman Trail Bad Schwalbach
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Hike through the Lindschied area of Bad Schwalbach. Start is at Villa Lilly which was the summer home for Adolphous Busch who was married to an Anheuser. Adolphous died in St. Louis but it is said that his heart is burried at Villa Lilly. This area was literally on the edge of the Roman Empire around 280 AD. Romans set up limes which were effctively border lines between them and the Barbarians....
Idar Oberstein
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Visit to Langweiler and Idar Oberstein. These two towns are on the Nahe river. The Nahe feeds into the Rhine on the west bank at Bingen. This is the German state of Rhineland Palatinate whose capital is Mainz. During the Holy Roman empire, Mainz had a vote on who would become pope and thus gave it significantly more power than Wiesbaden and other municipalities on the East side of the Rhine. Id...
Heidelberg
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Visit to the city of Heidelberg and a tour of the Heidelberg castle
Netherlands
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July visit to the Netherlands starting in Nijmegen and then to Amsterdam and finish in Zaandam
Brugge
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Beautiful Bruge Belgium. Tour the square, the chocolate museum and the canals
Ardennes Houffalize
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Ardennes Houffalize
Koksijde
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Koksijde
Nahe River Valley
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Nahe River Valley
Strasbourg July
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Strasbourg July
Alsace July
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Alsace July
Morocco
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Morocco
Gibralter
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Gibralter
Wetzlar
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Wetzlar
Bern
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Bern
Lucerne
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Lucerne
RhineFalls
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RhineFalls
Basel and Surrounding Area
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Basel and Surrounding Area
Timasora Western Romania 1
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Timasora Western Romania 1
Banat Village 1
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Banat Village 1