Today’s motto is “Rise and shine and break free!” What was life like in East Germany before the Wall’s fall? In 1989, East and Western Berliners tore down the Wall that had split their country since 1961.Thirty-one years after German reunification, memories of the former DDR, the German (Deutsche) Democratic Republic, are still vivid. So, …
Daily life in the Roman Empire
Today’s motto is “Rise and shine and time travel back to the Roman Empire” Daily life in the Roman Empire If you could go back in time, which period would you choose? I’d probably travel back to the Roman Empire. Since we’ll have to wait for someone to invent the time machine for that, I …
The fabulous Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle near Paris
Today’s motto is “Rise and shine and go back in time!” The fabulous Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle near Paris Today we’re going to see how a night turned a man’s life upside-down. Let’s go visit the fabulous Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle near Paris. The kind of journey that I would like to propose here is not an ordinary one: …