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Dresden’s New Synagogue, a place to behold Barbara Kingstone EuropeGermany January 17, 2011 0From one side, Dresden’s newly erected synagogue looks like a twisted block of solid limestone-coloured concrete. However, the approach to...
Stolpersteine – Stumbling Blocks: The creation of Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust Barbara Kingstone EuropeGermany January 17, 2011 0On a cold, dull winter Sunday morning in Cologne Germany, when everything is closed as tight as a clam, the...
Cologne to Kippenheim Barbara Kingstone EuropeGermany January 17, 2011 0I’m standing on the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne and feel as though I’m watching 2000 years of Jewish history of...
Weissensee Cemetery, a must when visiting Berlin Barbara Kingstone EuropeGermany January 17, 2011 0The winter days in Berlin are short so darkness descends early. It was necessary not to wait too long into...
The New Berlin Barbara Kingstone EuropeGermany January 17, 2011 0The last time I was in Berlin was in the early Seventies. The Wall still divided east and west and...
Wine Tasting at the Château Coulon Laurensac Barbara Kingstone EuropeFrance January 17, 2011 0A glass of rare wine, a loaf of homemade bread and a stay at the 18th-century Château Coulon Laurensac. Sound...
24 Hours in the City of Light Barbara Kingstone EuropeFrance January 17, 2011 0Even travel scribes have wish lists. Occasionally a few lucky writers actually have a dream trip materialize. Mine wasn’t a...
Saturday in the Park with Sasha Barbara Kingstone EuropeFrance January 17, 2011 0Paris; Saturday morning, sunny, autumn, leaves falling. There are remnants of summer flowers as fall buds present themselves. Six year...
Paris’ Great Synagogue: The French love grandeur as seen in this house of prayer Barbara Kingstone EuropeFrance January 17, 2011 0When Paris is sunny, it’s even more glorious than any photo. And this was one of those days. Just off...
An unusual day in Paris… scammed but not mugged and full of art in the City of Light Barbara Kingstone EuropeFrance January 17, 2011 0I was looking forward to our day in Paris. My husband and I had a hectic schedule planned. But then...