Simon Says Postcards 09/05/2012
The scariest fact I learned in Berlin was that it only took the Nazi's 12 years (1933 - 1945)...
Tag: Travel
Simon Says Postcards 8/28/2102
Circa 1200 in Rothenburg they passed a compulsory tax to build city walls. This was followed by taxes to have...
Simon Says Postcards 8/21/2012
"No matter what happens, there's always someone who knew it would." Lonny Starr Swiss cow...
Simon Says Postcards 8/14/2012
At the Brandenburg Gate (in Berlin) a sign made the claim that it was "one of the top ten tourist icons in...
Top Ten Tourist Icons
This is a little diversion to list what you think are the top ten tourist icons in the world. in other words what are...
Simon Says Postcards 08/07/2012
One of the last free postcards! When you are next in Salzburg, Austria stop at...
Time as a Monopoly
Every medieval town we saw on our European trip had a cathedral and a clock tower. In one of the towns, probably...
Early Government
In Rothenburg, Bavaria we were surrounded by evidence of the beginnings of the city state. I wrote the other day...
Simon Says Postcard 07/31/2012
Our hotel in Salzburg is on the left bank of the river. Most of the swarm of...
Medieval Walls and Socialized Medicine
About 1200 in Rothenburg, Bavaria (pronounced rotenberg) in order to build a city wall they levied a tax on all of the...
