Tag: Art

• Adventures in Vienna

  

  The final stop on our visit to Central Europe was the lovely city of Vienna. Since we were there for four nights, we rented an apartment in the district of Leopoldstadt near the Donaukanal. The location is terrific with many shops, restaurants, and grocery stores within a short walk. Major attractions like the House of…

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  September 7, 2025

  Adventure, Architecture, Art, Austria, Beer, Composers, Dining, Europe, Food, Gardens, History, Museums, Music, Paintings, Palaces, Sculptures, Tourism, Vienna

  Adam and Eve, Architecture, Art, Art Nouveau, Austria, Austrian Baroque, Baumgarten, Beer Gardens, Beethoven, Belvedere Palace, Biergarten, Brahms, Classical Music, Coconut Curry, Composers, Concerts, Don Giovanni, Donaukanal, Elgar, Emilie Louise Flöge, Europe, Food, Franz Sacher, French Impressionism, Gustav Klimt, Handel, Haydn, House of Music, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Johann Strauss, Klimt, Leopoldstadt, Middle Ages, Mozart, Mozarthaus, Museums, Natural History Museum, Nestroy Gasthaus, Opera, Painters, Prince Eugene, Sachertorte, salzburg, Schlosscafé, The Haydn Quartets, The Kiss, The Magic Flute, Torte, Travel, Vienna, Vienna sausage, Vienna Secession Movement, Viennese Biedermeier, Wiener Ensemble, Wiener Schnitzel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Wonderful Warsaw

  

  Visiting Poland has been on our travel bucket list for years as both Rick and I have Polish ancestry. For my birthday trip last September, we went to Warsaw, Budapest (my grandparents were born in Hungary), and to Vienna. With limited time in Warsaw (only two nights), we decided not to take any tours. Instead,…

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  April 26, 2025

  Actors, Architecture, Authors, Churches, Composers, Dining, Europe, Flowers, Food, Fountains, Gardens, Nature, Poland, Sculptures, Tourism, Travel, Warsaw

  Adam Adolf Loewe, Alexander II of Russia, Architecture, Art, Édith Piaf, Baroque, Chopin, Church of the Holy Cross, Classical Music, Concerts, Europe, Flaki, Flowers, Food, Fountains, Frédéric Chopin, gardening, Gertrude Stein, Heart Burial, Józef Orłowski, Jim Morrison, Katarzyna Kraszewska, Landscaping, Ludwika Jędrzejewicz, Marcel Marceau, Morning Star Sculpture, Music, Nature, Orangery, Oscar Wilde, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, photography, Pianist, Piano, Pierogis, Poland, Polish Food, Portretowa Restaurant, Regent Warsaw Hotel, Royal Baths Park, Sarah Bernhardt, Sculpture, Time for Chopin, Travel, Tripe Soup, Tylman van Gameren, Venti-Tre, Vodka, Warsaw, Łazienki Park

• Eat Sleep Drink: Paris

  

  In early May, Rick and I spent two days in Paris before heading to Amsterdam. As we’ve been to Paris numerous times, we decided to skip museum visits and simply enjoy being in our favorite part of the city, the Latin Quarter (5th arrondissement). Traffic getting from Orly airport to our hotel was challenging due…

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  August 30, 2024

  Architecture, Art, Beer, Dining, Europe, Food, France, History, Paris, Pubs, Tourism, Travel, Wine

  Art, Art Noveau, Bistro, Bouillon, Bouillon Racine, Broth, Burnt Cream, Café, Charcuterie, Cheese, Classical, Concert, Crème Brulée, Eiffel Tower, France, French Cuisine, Frites, Guinness, Hotel La Lanterne, Jameson, Japanese food, Kilkenny, Latin Quarter, L’Annexe de La Petite Périgourdine, Le Galway Irish Pub, Luxembourg Garden, Marche Maubert, Music, Painted Glass, Paris, Pub, Seine River, Stained Glass, Sushi, Sweet KT, Tuileries Garden, Wine

• Colorful Cologne

  

  Rick and I finished our trip to the Czech Republic and Germany with three nights in Cologne. The train journey from Berlin takes less than five hours and offers stunning views of the countryside along the way. We choose the CityClass Hotel am Dom due to its proximity to the train station, the Rhine River,…

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  May 25, 2024

  Adventure, Architecture, Art, Beer, Churches, Cologne, Dining, Europe, Food, Fountains, Germany, History, Tourism, Travel

  Architecture, Art, Bakery, Bakery Merzenich, Beer, Berliners, Bread, Brownies, Cathedral, Cölner Hofbräu FRÜH, CityClass Hotel am Dom, Claes Oldenburg, Cologne, Coosje can Bruggen, Crane House, Croissants, Doughnuts, Dropped Cone, Europe, Fischmarkt, Fish Market, Food, Fountains, FRÜH Beer Garden, Germany, Heinzelmännchen, Heinzelmännchenbrunnen, Hohenzollern Bridge, Kabouters, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Köln, Kölsch, Kranhaus, Kranhäuser, Neumarkt, New Market, Old Town, Peter Josef Früh, Pixies, Pixies’ Fountain, Pop Art, Pretzels, Prussia, Rhein River, Rhine River, Romanesque, Spätzle, St. Martin-the-Great, Statues, Travel, UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Picturesque Prague (Part Two)

  

  After tasting several delicious beers at the Strahov Monastery Brewery, we headed to the impressive Prague Castle (Pražský hrad). Built in the 9th century, it is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. Occupying an area of almost 750,000 square feet (70,000 square meters), it is the largest castle in the world. It…

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  February 9, 2024

  Adventure, Architecture, Art, Beer, Bridges, Castles, Composers, Czech Republic, Europe, Film Locations, Food, Museums, Prague, Sculptures, Spring, Street Art, Tourism, Travel

  Amadeus, Antonín Dvořák, Art, Art Nouveau, Astronomical Clock, Bedřich Smetana, Beer, Bohemian Crown Jewels, Castles, Charles Bridge, Czech Bridge, Czech Republic, David Černý, Devil’s Stream, Europe, Florentina, Food, Fountains, Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka Musuem, Grand Priory Mill, John Lennon, Jubilee Exhibition, Kampa Park, Kinetic Art, Knights of Malta, Laterna Magika, Miminka, Mission Impossible, New Stage, Nová Scéna, Olbram Zoubek, Parks, Petřín Funicular, Petřín Tower, Piss, Prague, Prague Orloj, Prague Venice, prague-castle, Pražský hrad, Sculpture, St. Vitus Cathedral, Stained Glass, Stanislav Libenský, Strahov Monastery, Street Art, Sunrise, The Wall Pub, Travel, Vaclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Vltava River, Vodník, Čechův most, Čertovka

• Picturesque Prague (Part One)

  

  Since Rick and I both have Czech and Bohemian roots, visiting Prague was a high priority on our “wish list” of places to see. Located on the Vltava river, it is the largest city and capital of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague is home to about 1.3 million people and receives between 6 and…

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  January 21, 2024

  Adventure, Architecture, Czech Republic, Europe, Food, Prague, Spring, Tourism, Travel

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• A Fun Day in Nairobi

  

  The next afternoon, we said our goodbyes to Franco at our hotel in Nairobi and thanked him for the most amazing safari experience. After a good night’s rest, we left early the next morning to visit two of Nairobi’s top attractions: The Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The Giraffe Centre (The Africa Fund for…

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  June 14, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Nairobi, Nature, Safari, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, African Art, Art, Bead-Making, Beads, Big Game, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Elephant Orphanage, Elephants, Giraffe Centre, Giraffes, Jewelry, Kenya, Kobe Tough, Lionel Water Rothschild, Nairobi, Rothschild’s Giraffes, Safari, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, The Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife, Wildlife

• Along Lisbon’s Waterfront

  

  Another of my favorite places in Lisbon is along the waterfront in the northeastern part of the city. Since we had only stayed near Rossio Square on prior visits, this newer part of the city was both a surprise and a contrast to the Lisbon we thought we knew. On our first visit here, we…

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  January 9, 2022

  Europe, Lisbon, Portugal, Tourism, Travel

  Aquarium, Art, Fountains, Gondola, Lisbon, Lisbon Oceanarium, Oriente Station, Park of Nations, Parque das Nações, Pavilion of Knowledge, Portugal, Sculpture, Telecabine Lisboa, Things to do in Lisbon, Travel, Vasco da Gama Bridge, Visit, Visit Lisbon