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Bremen to Hannover to Basel to Lucern

February 8, 2010 · Posted in train travel

Train View in Switzerland
Traveling back into winter and these Swiss houses seem built to appear in the winter landscape.

In Bremen

February 6, 2010 · Posted in Carnival, Germany

Bremen CarnivalIn the Bremen Town Musicians, a group of different animals join together to bray, bark, meow, and crow together. They would be proud of a new tradition found in Bremen today: the Carnival.
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In Bremen, Germany

February 5, 2010 · Posted in Eurail

Bremen Town MusiciansThere are not many fairytales titled with a town’s name, but when the Brothers Grimm wrote The Bremen Town Musicians in the early 19th century, they did just that.

In the Marktplatz, you’ll find the bronze statue of the four musicians: the donkey, dog, cat and rooster. It was created in 1953 by a local sculptor, Gerhard Marcks.
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In Bremen

February 4, 2010 · Posted in Germany

Bremen HauptbahnhofThere’s a fairytale association I have with Bremen, set into my imagination by the Brothers Grimm. Arriving in Bremen, I’m immediately reminded of that. The Hauptbahnhof, or central train station, looks a bit castle-like.

Bremen is not a small village, nor a large city, with a population near half a million, the 10th largest city in Germany. (“Bremen is a village with a tram,” one man tells me this afternoon.)
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Paris to Frankfurt to Bremen

February 3, 2010 · Posted in train travel

Snow and Grass, or Grass and Snow?Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I wonder as I look out the train window to see the green of grass mixed with the white of snow. Do I see winter continuing or spring beginning?

There’s a German/Italian man sitting next to me on the first part of this trip, from Paris to Frankfurt. He works for an American company in Frankfurt. Read more

In Paris

January 31, 2010 · Posted in France

Cirque de DemainThere’s camaraderie, amusement and good times backstage at Cirque de Demain. Friendships develop, pointers given, and connections made. But stepping on-stage, these performers of tomorrow feel the pressure. They’ve been selected as some of the best young acts in the world, and now they need to deliver. Their reputation, and future, is at stake as they await the verdicts of the world-wide assembly of judges (and agents).
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In Paris

January 30, 2010 · Posted in France

PhenixFor thirty-one years, in the deep of winter, a big top emerges on the outskirts of the city to warm the hearts of Parisians. For one weekend in January, some of the youngest and most talented circus acts from around the world perform gather in Paris, at the Cirque de Demain, the “Circus of Tomorrow.”
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In Paris

January 28, 2010 · Posted in France

Winter in Paris' Gare du Nord
I slowly step off of the warm train, onto a cold platform, and towards one of the heaters placed in Paris’ Gare du Nord. I pause. I ponder. This is Paris in January.
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