By Greg Aragon Like a prop from Disneyland or a “Harry Potter” movie, the Abbey Library in St. Gallen is a magical, surreal place. But unlike fantasy lands, this historic bookroom is all real, down to the last 1,400-year-old handwritten manuscript and 2,000-year-old mummy. A couple summers ago I discovered St. Gallen, along with its famed library, as I made my way through Eastern…
By Greg Aragon Like a prop from Disneyland or a Harry Potter movie, the Abbey Library in St. Gallen is a magical, surreal place. But, unlike fantasy lands this historic bookroom is all real, down to the last 1,400-year-old handwritten manuscript and 2,000-year-old mummy. Last summer I discovered St. Gallen, along with its famed library,…
By Greg Aragon I’ve been to the German and French speaking regions of Switzerland, but I have yet to visit the southern part of the country, near the Alps and the border of Italy, where Italian is spoken and a Mediterranean climate yields lush gardens, fine wines and a delicious variety of cuisine. Located on…
