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Pay the Piper

Pay the Piper

In northwestern Germany, surrounded by rolling hills that verge on the Weser Mountain Region to the south, there lies a town. It is one of several towns that straddle the River Weser as it flows toward the North Sea. The region was inhabited as long ago as the Stone Age, but it wasn’t until the middle of the ninth century AD when a Benedictine monastery was built on the banks of the river that a village began to develop. By…

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

On the fifth day of April, 2001, beneath azure skies, scudding clouds, gleaming sun; We motored along in a Fiat – teal blue – in a valley carved out when glaciers moved through. Hills sloped to heights where snow laden trees fringed crystalline lakes still in deep winter freeze. Italy’s Alps towered mighty and bold – a fan of pale peaks, 70 million years old. Born from the sea’s coral reefs once submerged,when the ocean’s floor convulsed and emerged; Now…

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