Tag: Martin Luther
How Did Today’s Christmas Traditions Start in America? Here’s a Hint German Christmas Markets.
Christmas in Germany is my favorite time of year! As a child growing up in the US, I always loved Christmas, and now living in Germany I feel as if I am living inside of a Christmas storybook come to life, since most of the images we Americans have of Christmas have their origins from ...
There Is a lot to Love about Worms, Germany – and it is more than the city’s name….
Okay, so for us Americans, we find the name of the town "Worms" to be funny. The city is not named after a plaque of "worms" but its name has its origin from Latin "Vormatia" meaning "settlement in a watery area" - yeah, I did NOT take Latin! But, in German, the letter "W" is ...
Picking the Perfect Day Trip from Stuttgart or Munich – Ulm, Germany to see both the tallest church & the most crooked hotel in the world
In our 6 Day driving adventure to Venice and back, the second stop during Day 1, as well as where we spent our first night, was in the city of Ulm, Germany. A city, settled 7,000 years ago, but officially founded in 850AD on the Danube River at the border of the German States of ...
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