Rhine River

Letters: The long shadow of internment

2013-04-07 00:00:00

Diane Lambdin Meyer's article on Heart Mountain tells an important story in the history of our country ["Heart Mountain Still Chilled by the Winds of Internment," March 31]. It is a story that many prefer to ignore. I compliment her and The Times. It...

Bonn, Germany: Embracing the city and its musical genius

2011-08-28 07:00:00

Ever since my mom gave me the complete works of Ludwig van Beethoven — the best birthday present I ever got — I'd wanted to make a pilgrimage to Bonn, the composer's birthplace, to soak up the atmosphere and look for clues to his genius....

Navigating 2011's cruise offerings

2010-12-26 00:00:00

Just when you thought cruise lines had done it all — Central Park at sea (on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas) and Cirque du Soleil afloat (on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Epic) — here comes Disney with a roller coaster aboard the...

Say yes to Michigan wine country

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Folk often tell me, at this time of year, that they're taking a trip to Napa Valley to "really learn about wine." That's like saying that someone needs to go to Rome to really learn how to be Catholic, or to St. Andrews to get the game of golf. People!...

Meet the Brit who's building Beam's business

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Matt Shattock is articulate, well-educated, camera-ready and known for an ability to talk to just about anybody in his charming British accent. Business associates say these qualities have helped make him an effective CEO at Beam, the Deerfield-based...

Danville veterans get free trip to Washington military memorials

2012-10-06 14:56:00

Two Danville military veterans who served in the Korean War and World War II along with their guardians spent a day at the two monuments that depict their time of service to their country. Ancil Shepherd, who served in World War II, and his son,...

Dusseldorf mustard better than Dijon

2012-09-25 22:18:00

�Walk the mustard aisle of any store, and "D" will stand for Dijon, a testament, perhaps, to the popularity of all those Grey Poupon commercials. But "D" also means Dusseldorf, an oft-overlooked style that has multiple culinary uses beyond garnishing a...

ECHOES FROM THE PAST

2012-07-12 19:11:53

I'll never forget the April 2012 adventures with German fence making while visiting the popular St. Goar region along the Middle Rhine River of Germany. It's an area that depends heavily upon the tourist trade to survive. � Many tourists take...

Germany's Rhine River: Raging with history

2012-06-26 21:45:11

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is dragged in and the river pulls us away. I'm captivated...

Culture still matters

2012-05-31 21:45:11

RUDESHEIM, Germany -- This week I am leading a military history tour on the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam. You can learn a lot about Europe's current economic crises by just ignoring the sophisticated barrage of news analysis and...

Verbolten is jaw-dropping

2012-05-21 05:29:00

JAMES �CITY — A little eavesdropping confirmed what Larry Giles suspected. The new roller coaster Verbolten is a winner and should bolster tourism this year. Giles, the vice president for design and engineering at Busch Gardens, casually stood...

Veterans share memories of service at Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable event

2011-12-07 18:28:00

Lester Hart remembers trying to take a hill in Italy in 1944 during World War II when his U.S. Army unit was hit with a mortar blast that hurled shrapnel into Hart's back and head. "It blew me out of a fox hole," said Hart, noting that he was unconscious...

Ann Tucker and her sister Jean Goff in Zurich at the Movenpick Hotel following a Rhine River Cruise.

2013-05-06 16:20:00

Liechtenstein is a little German-speaking principality tucked into the Alps between Switzerland and Austria. The Rhine River runs wide and icy-white along the western border, and the prince's cross-timbered castle nestles in an aerie on the mountainside.

2012-09-28 09:34:00

Looking down upon the winding Rhine River near Hartmut H�h's sheep pasture at Holzfeld, in the State of Rhineland-Pfalz in Germany.

2012-07-20 20:02:00