Ella's Adventures Blog
The breakthrough that made chocolate melt in yo...
Here's a piece of chocolate history I didn't know until I looked into Cologne's Chocolate Museum properly. That smooth, melting texture we now take completely for granted in a decent...
The breakthrough that made chocolate melt in yo...
Here's a piece of chocolate history I didn't know until I looked into Cologne's Chocolate Museum properly. That smooth, melting texture we now take completely for granted in a decent...
The building site that lasted 600 years
Cologne Cathedral holds a record I rather love: it took 632 years to build. The first stone went down in 1248, and then, a few centuries in, everyone more or...
The building site that lasted 600 years
Cologne Cathedral holds a record I rather love: it took 632 years to build. The first stone went down in 1248, and then, a few centuries in, everyone more or...
The building site that lasted 600 years
Cologne Cathedral holds a record I rather love: it took 632 years to build. The first stone went down in 1248, and then, a few centuries in, everyone more or...
The building site that lasted 600 years
Cologne Cathedral holds a record I rather love: it took 632 years to build. The first stone went down in 1248, and then, a few centuries in, everyone more or...
The palace with a postbox to inform on your nei...
Here's the Doge's Palace detail that I found the most interesting. Set into the stonework, easy to walk straight past, are small carved stone faces shaped like snarling lions, each...
The palace with a postbox to inform on your nei...
Here's the Doge's Palace detail that I found the most interesting. Set into the stonework, easy to walk straight past, are small carved stone faces shaped like snarling lions, each...
The bridge named for despair that's now a spot ...
Here's the Bridge of Sighs detail that changes the whole mood of the place. It was built around 1600 for one job only: to march prisoners straight from their interrogation...
The bridge named for despair that's now a spot ...
Here's the Bridge of Sighs detail that changes the whole mood of the place. It was built around 1600 for one job only: to march prisoners straight from their interrogation...
The island that used to be bigger than Venice
Here's the Torcello fact that still catches me out. Long before Venice was Venice, Torcello was the real power in the lagoon, a thriving city of up to twenty thousand...
The island that used to be bigger than Venice
Here's the Torcello fact that still catches me out. Long before Venice was Venice, Torcello was the real power in the lagoon, a thriving city of up to twenty thousand...