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Slideshow: Mastering Masada

Slideshow: Mastering Masada

MASADA, Israel — A visit to Masada –the towering desert plateau where, history tells us, a small band of (ultimately) suicidal Jewish rebels tried to hold the Roman Empire at bay nearly two millennia ago — is, like Jerusalem’s Old City, the Dead Sea and a few days at the restaurants, nightclubs and beaches of [...]

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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