Locals have had it with visitor hordes Chris McGinnis Updated 7:18 am PST, Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Bixby Bridge on Highway 1 is a highlight of the drive along the Pacific coast near Big Sur, Calif. The area attracts throngs of selfie-takers- and more recently protesters worried about overtourism Bixby Bridge on Highway 1 is a highlight of the drive along the Pacific coast near Big Sur, Calif. The area attracts throngs of selfie-takers- and more recently protesters worried about overtourism Photo: DREW KELLY, NYT Photo: DREW KELLY, NYT Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 Bixby Bridge on Highway 1 is a highlight of the drive along the Pacific coast near Big Sur, Calif. The area attracts throngs of selfie-takers- and more recently protesters worried about overtourism … [Read more...] about Not welcome here: 8 popular places spurning tourists
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Cửa Bắc Church hosts Christmas market and concert
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The German Christmas Market will be held for the second time at Cửa Bắc Church, offering handicraft gifts and musical performances to local people from December 13-15. Hà Nội’s residents will have a chance to enjoy a festive atmosphere and get into the Christmas spirit through the market, an important folk tradition set up in the traditional German fashion. "We are honoured to host the second Christmas market and Christmas concert," said Reverend Alphonsus Phạm Hùng, Chancellor and Chaplain of the International Catholics in Hà Nội. "It is a big event to provide an opportunity for everyone to gather happily and welcome the Christmas season. It also expresses the cultural relationship between Việt Nam and Germany." The three-day event will feature not only German specialties such as Christmas beer, hot wine and traditional cakes, but will also sell typical German handicraft Christmas … [Read more...] about Cửa Bắc Church hosts Christmas market and concert
With clubs and churches, Berlin becomes home for migrants
BERLIN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Ali Mohammad Rezaie does not celebrate his birthday because his Afghan parents never noted the date he was born. Yet he knows exactly when he arrived in Berlin to seek asylum: Oct 15, 2015.That day changed his life."It wasn't a special day. I was tired and had been on the road for two months," he told Reuters of his overland journey through the Balkans.Since then he's sung in a choir and done internships and temporary work at a nursing home, a bakery, hotels and restaurants. It is a far cry from the village of his birth 26 years ago.More than 1 million people have come to Germany as migrants since 2015 under Chancellor Angela Merkel's open door policy. Since then, migration has divided Europe and helped propel a rise of far right parties. 19 PHOTOS Berlin becomes home for migrants See Gallery Berlin becomes home for migrants Syrian migrant Haidar Darwish performs during a show at Silverfuture club in Berlin, Germany, July 8, 2018. … [Read more...] about With clubs and churches, Berlin becomes home for migrants
St. Anna icon that once cried myrrh coming to Detroit church
Ann Zaniewski Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EST Nov 22, 2018 The painting is covered with strands of pearls and golden rings, tokens left by believers as thanks for healing and answered prayers. The icon of St. Anna, the Mother of the Holy Virgin Mary, holding her young daughter is famous for reportedly weeping tears of myrrh. It has traveled across the country and will visit Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Detroit this weekend, drawing the faithful and curious in search of answers, guidance — or maybe even a miracle. Some, like church parishioner Donald DiPace, might simply take away a sense of peace. "It’s really Zen-like and has a vibe that’s really strong," said DiPace, 63, a photographer from Clinton Township who has seen the icon before. The painting on wood first drew attention in 2004. It was May 9 — Mother's Day — when a parishioner at a church in Pennsylvania noticed that it appeared … [Read more...] about St. Anna icon that once cried myrrh coming to Detroit church
In Kentucky, an alleged hate crime shakes a black church and a white community
DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post Published 5:05 pm PST, Sunday, November 11, 2018 Congregants leave a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown in Kentucky, where authorities say Gregory Alan Bush attempted to enter before driving to a Kroger and killing two black shoppers. Congregants leave a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown in Kentucky, where authorities say Gregory Alan Bush attempted to enter before driving to a Kroger and killing two black shoppers. Photo: Photo For The Washington Post By William DeShazer The Rev. Kevin Nelson says goodbye to church members after Sunday service. The Rev. Kevin Nelson says goodbye to church members after Sunday service. Photo: Photo For The Washington Post By William DeShazer The Kroger Marketplace where Maurice Stallard and Vickie Lee Jones were shot and killed. … [Read more...] about In Kentucky, an alleged hate crime shakes a black church and a white community