If you like to include unusual art exhibits in your travels, keep an eye out for these garden gnomes.
More than 1,000 plastic garden gnomes with arms outstretched in the Hitler salute stand in military formation in an historic area of Straubing, Bavaria. The satiric exhibit, upsetting to many locals, will be on display in the city for a couple more days. While the garden gnomes have made their way into various art galleries, they’ve not been so publicly displayed in the past.

The artist Ottmar Horl has had to defend his work. Nazi symbols can’t be displayed in Germany, but the …read more

It only happens every 10 years, so if attending the Oberammergau Passion Play has always interested you, it’s time to start your travel planning today.  The play, a reconstruction of the life and death of Christ, is getting ready for it’s 41st season in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau.  The play was first performed in 1634 as a result of a vow made by the village during the Bubonic Plague.  The village promised that if they were spared from the plague, they would perform a passion play every 10 years.  The prayers were answered, and the Passion Play began.
The play …read more