Much as I love museums, eventually I become “museumed out”. After several days of art, history, and enough cultural enrichment to last a month, I decided to spend today at the Berlin Botanical Garden. The weather wholeheartedly approved of my plan: warm temperatures, a cloudless blue sky, and just enough breeze to make being outdoors […]
I spent the better part of today at Berlin’s New National Gallery. The building is as much a work of art as the collections inside. Designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1968, it was his final major project. The soaring steel and glass structure feels open and elegant. Matt […]
Teufelsberg, Devil’s Mountain, was on my list of must see sites in Berlin. It is located in the middle of the vast Grunewald forest. I went there thinking the main attraction would be the street art. While the street art is extraordinary, the history proved just as compelling. Teufelsberg was built from the rubble left […]
Today we visited the Brücke Museum, which had come highly recommended by one of Matt’s colleagues. It is devoted to the German Expressionist group Die Brücke. Nestled in a wooded area near Grunewald, the museum is pleasant enough, light-filled and modern. But the visit was disappointing. The current exhibition is about the handcrafts of this […]
I first saw the Reichstag Building shortly after the Wall came down. At the time it stood scarred and grimy, its stone walls pocked with bullet holes from the Battle of Berlin in 1945. It felt less like a government building than a wounded monument. At the time, the government was operating in Bonn. Later […]
After many visits to Berlin over the decades, beginning about a year after the wall came down, I have returned to this fascinating city. I thought I’d seen a lot of Berlin, but I’m staying in a neighborhood entirely new to me, the Grunewald district. It’s a very green area, dotted with artificial lakes and […]
Just over an hour from New York City, Grounds for Sculpture is one of the most joyful and unexpected art experiences I know. I’ve been there many times and each visit reminds me how much fun it is. Spread across 42 landscaped acres, it combines “serious” art with whimsy, humor, and surprise. This is not […]
A very short entry, since the photos speak for themselves. The only thing I will say is that since the last time I was there, the new greenhouse opened. It is airy, light and beautiful. Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/
Special Report By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate View from a trail in Topanga State Park. Photo courtesy Linda Ballou. Living in Topanga Canyon is as far outside of Los Angeles as you can get without leaving the metropolis. Nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains, and the largest urban preserve in the United […]
Gorée Island Day Trip from Dakar: House Of Slaves Senegal Heather Markel, Best Selling Author, TEDx Speaker, Traveler, Full Time Travel and Business Coach Table of Contents 2 3 A Day On Goree Island Finding A Guide The Journey To Goree Island The Center of Goree Island The House Of Slaves Creativity And Signs Of […]
