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Video/slideshow: Antigua, Guatemala

Video/slideshow: Antigua, Guatemala

ANTIGUA, Guatemala — Nestled in a valley beneath three volcanoes, the postcard-perfect, colonial-era city of Antigua de Guatemala is this Central American country’s tourism trump card. Charming cobblestone streets wind between pastel-colored Spanish structures housing restaurants, gift shops, galleries and nightspots. Ancient churches, convents, monasteries and administrative buildings raised by the conquistadors — some in [...]

RAILWAY & TRAINS

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. [...]