Story and Photos by Monique Burns. Leaving Weimar on the fifth—and final—leg of my odyssey through eastern Germany, I carved out a few days to visit Eisenach, the one-time home of the great 18th-century composer Johann Sebastian Bach and of Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant Reformer whose hymns inspired the famed composer.
Story by Carol Canter. By or 9 pm, the restaurants will start to fill, while patrons of the arts will head to the theater, opera or symphony. I then hiked through phantasmagoric sandstone mountains in the wilds of Saxon Switzerland National Park. Story and Photos by Ashok Khanna.
In Part Two of my Eastern European tour, the story continues with our final explorations as we cross the border from Croatia to Slovenia and our grand finale in Hungary. Slovenia: The drive from Opatija in Croatia to Ljubljana in Slovenia is km 68 miles , or about an hour and a half. On the way to Ljubljana, our group stopped at the Postojna caves, which are considered a masterpiece of nature. The exploration began with an amazing underground journey in a miniature train to reach the fantastic limestone formations, some huge stalagmites, and even an underground concert hall.
Lingering as long as possible to take in the scene, we appreciated the opportunity to photograph the site. Story and Photos by Libor Pospisil. Born in and recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature for The Museum of Innocence , Pamuk created such a vivid image of his hometown that I wanted to see that secret Istanbul for myself.
With just three days devoted to touring Istanbul, I tried to balance visits to the traditional monuments with strolls through the neighborhoods that Pamuk referred to in his book. Story and Photos by Stephanie Levin. While Fado depicts the heart of the Portuguese people, its origin is tangled in musical history. Some suggest it had earlier Moorish roots; others think it replaced the medieval chanson de geste , -a medieval narrative, or epic poem.
