San Benedetto in Subiaco

Today we made a morning trip to Subiaco, about 45 minutes northeast of our base in Anagni. Just outside the town of Subiaco on a mountain cliff is San Benedetto, a monastery built around the cave where St. Benedict spent three years meditating in the 600s AD. It requires a steep walk up a couple switchback roads, but it is absolutely worth it. San Benedetto has an exceptionally beautiful and

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by Jour ~ Monday, April 14, 2008 0 comments

Last Morning in Erfurt

Greetings from rainy Bamberg! This is such a beautiful and interesting city, one of our favorites yet. But I have to back up to our last morning in Erfurt (Saturday), which we crammed a lot into. It was sunny and comparatively warm - perfect for seeing a few more sights before leaving Erfurt. We started with a tour of the Augustinian Monastery, where Martin Luther was a monk from 1505 to 1511.

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by Jour ~ Monday, March 17, 2008 0 comments

Switzerland 12/18-19: Einsiedeln

Einsiedeln is a small town about 45 minutes by train from Zürich. It's at a slightly higher altitude than Zürich and there was a bit of leftover snow on the ground when we arrived in the early evening.The town developed in the early Middle Ages around the Basilica of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, an important Catholic shrine that has a miracle-working statue of the Virgin Mary, and a chapel that is

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by Jour ~ Tuesday, January 2, 2007 0 comments