Tag: Classical Music

• Cruising on The Love Boat

  

  In September, Rick, myself, and five friends from the US took a cruise to the British Isles onboard The Love Boat. The TV series was filmed on a real Princess Cruise ship (Pacific Princess) which was decommissioned in 2002 and sold for scrap in 2013. Our ship, the Regal Princess, features a display case with photos of…

  Terri

  November 19, 2025

  Adventure, British Isles, Cruise Ships, Cruises, Cruising, Europe, Fine dining, Food, Princess, Regal Princess, The Love Boat, Tourism, United Kingdom

  AGT, America’s Got Talent, Bartender Isaac, Bernie Kopell, British Isles, Captain Stubing, Classical Music, Comedian, cooking, Crown Grill Steakhouse, cruise, Cruise Director Julie, Cruising, Doctor Bricker, Entertainment, Filet Mignon, Find Dining, Folk, Food, Fred Grandy, Gavin MacLeod, Horizon Bistro, Illusionist, Jazz, Jill Whelan, Lasagna, Lauren Tewes, Lobster Tail, Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar, OceanNow, Ossobuco, Pacific Princess, Princess Cruises, Princess Theater, Regal Princess, Sabatini’s, Seafood, Ship’s Purser Gopher, Shrimp Cocktail, Steak, Sushi, Ted Lange, The Love Boat, The Pastry Shop, Travel, Vicki Stubing, Vista Lounge, Wheelhouse Bar

• 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…

  Terri

  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,…

  Terri

  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