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April 15, 2023April 16, 2023

Topf and Sons: the Nazis you’ve never heard of

We only came to Erfurt to see one thing. The rest of the architectural gushing and declarations of love are merely a bonus. The Topf and Sons Memorial is dedicated to investigating how one single company was complicit in helping the Nazis and then assessing the mechanism by which the Topf and Sons ownership tried […]

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April 14, 2023April 15, 2023

Quick note from beautiful Erfurt

Sometimes I just walk into a city and fall in love. Erfurt is one of those cities. We’re here for a quick stop to see a WWII museum, but we wandered off from our hotel and came across these two dominating buildings on the main square. St. Mary’s Cathedral is on the left – from […]

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April 12, 2023April 13, 2023

Nuremberg Fine Food Blog and adventures with Ron’s umbrella

We got back from our touring day and Ron said that someone needs to invent a conveyor belt/chair system, which will allow us to tour the world as we see fit by simply sitting in one place and having items of interest pass in front of us. And, for once, I feel his suggestion is […]

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April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Maximizing our touring in Nuremberg while Ron makes friends with various robots

I had a long list of sites planned for Nuremberg and had purchased a city touring card called the Nuremberg Card which, for 48 hours, lets us walk into pretty much any museum or site in the city. I like these cards – they create a reckless tourist mentality in me – and I will […]

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