There will be no photos of me wearing the miner’s outfit I donned for the salt mine tour in Berchtesgaden, Germany, as the ensemble is not exactly befitting the royal status of your Weekend Duchess. However, sliding down the shafts well beneath the surface of the earth with a crowd of German family tourists was easily one of my favorite travel experiences, unglamorous as it was. Sometimes your duchess weekends at Lake Como searching for George Clooney, but sometimes she needs to tunnel into the salt mines, too!
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Sweet sanctuary in the delirious chaos of Rome
Once you’ve psyched yourself through the swarm of tourists around the fountain and the nearby Spanish Steps, you may, if you’re like me, want a bit of time away from the crowds. After all, if your travel goal is to feel like a touring princess for a day, you can’t spend all your time passing for a commoner. Where better to take a royal respite than a nearby palazzo, decked out as an enchanting museum?