A Heavenly Little Beer Shop

Even though we had shopped in the little beer shop across the street from the abbey on a number of other occasions, this time we learned the store was actually run by the church. If only we had bought a Mercedes Sprinter van than we could've gotten our fill of goodies from Ettal.

South of the Border

February 17th 2012
You would think that after going 36 hours without sleep, except for a half hour snooze during Shakespeare on the plane, that I would've had a long night's rest once I climbed into bed. Yet I was up most of the night coughing my brains out. I assume I was allergic to the feather bed or some alien German mould in our room. I kept my poor mother awake as well. But when breakfast ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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