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Venice – there’s treasure in every church

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Janet Simmonds

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Janet Simmonds (nee Panagakis) is a British-born tour guide, writer and company director. Born in Liverpool with a slightly Greek grand-father and a very Greek great grand-father she has a special affinity with the Mediterranean, especially Italy and Greece. Trained as a Geographer and Art Historian at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester, Janet has spent most of her adult life running specialist travel companies and travelling extensively. Several times a year she leads small groups to different parts of the Mediterranean. She writes about her travels and observations.

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Happy St Valentine’s Day - named after early Christian martyr killed on Via Flaminia, Rome. Story goes he was a priest + married young couples so that husbands wouldn’t have to join Roman army + fight. Thus keeping couples together - romance + history wp.me/p5eFNn-2iS

Marburg, Germany in the snow - thank you @lulusimmonds22 very atmospheric photos and glad to see Cinderella’s shoe has been replaced. About time. Good for the City of Marburg. This city was home to the Grimm Brothers (as in Grimm’s Fairy Tales) when they studied at the university here. The Grimm Brothers were students of language and folklore, they travelled from state to state in the 19th century, listening to and recording local tales of light and dark, kindness and evil, rich and poor. These stories created a foundation of fairytales that are engrained in our culture to this day. You can read more here: https://wp.me/p5eFNn-5EC #fairytales #castles #germany #marburg #grimmfairytales #history #tradition

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