Cathedrals – Food is Travel

A Fine Metz

Even though it’s less than an hour and a half by TGV train from Paris, Metz (pronounced mess) is not exactly on the radar of the millions of people who visit The City [...]

Door knobs as works of art?

If you walk around in many European cities and study the architecture, you’ll notice some surprising details that serve both a functional and an artistic purpose. A [...]

Burgos Cathedral

A crossroads for pilgrims traveling the Camino de Santiago, and the burial site of El Cid, the spires of Burgos Cathedral are visible for miles as you drive through Spain, [...]

The timeless allure of Stained Glass

A visit to Europe is a treat for lovers of architecture – for the beauty of the buildings as well as the art that resides within them. If you’re a fan of [...]

Stairways

Stairways are utilitarian, taking us from one place to another. They can also serve as metaphors for challenges we face in life, a desire to venture into the unknown, and a [...]

Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Denkmal – when you walk around in Berlin, you’ll notice this word keeps appearing on buildings, in museums and at churches. The English translation of the [...]

The Berlin Dom

Does a building have the power to move you? Can it make your heart race as you wonder at its beauty? Great architecture can do this, and it happened to me when I visited [...]

Cologne’s Gothic Beauty

For lovers of art, history and architecture a visit to Koelner Dom is reason enough to put Cologne, Germany on your bucket list. The largest Gothic church in Northern [...]