Tag: Shopping

• Beautiful Budapest

  

  Since we were staying in Budapest for three nights, we booked an apartment rather than a hotel. Located on the Pest side of the Danube River, our apartment had two bedrooms, a lounge with a flat screen TV, dining area, kitchen, two bathrooms, and a washing machine and drying rack. On long trips, it’s nice…

  Terri

  May 16, 2025

  Architecture, Basilica, Budapest, Danube River, Europe, Food, History, Hungary, Markets, Music, Tourism, Travel

  BME, Budapest, Central Market Hall, Chicken Paprikash, Cimbalom, Cleveland, Danube River, Dumplings, Europe, Folk, Food, Hungarian Parliament Building, Hungary, Hurka, József Kauser, Liberty Bridge, Miklós Ybl, Miksa Róth, Music, Neo-Classical, Ohio, Országház, Paprika, PÖRC & PRÉZLI, Roman Catholic, Sausage, Shopping, solo-travel, St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth, St. Margaret, St. Stephen, St. Stephen’s Basilica, Stained Glass, Stephen I, Szabadság híd, Szalonna, Szent István Bazilika, Travel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, University, Violin, West Side Market

• When in Paris, Be in Paris

  

  I have recently been asked by several friends and family for ideas on where to stay and what to do in Paris. Having visited numerous times, Rick and I are very familiar with this amazing city and many of its neighborhoods, museums, attractions, and parks. Paris has twenty neighborhoods (called arrondissements) each with its own…

  Terri

  November 10, 2023

  Europe, France, Paris, Tourism, Travel

  Baguette, Bakery, Boulangerie, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Café, Charcuterie, Cheese, Dining, Food, France, Fromage, Fruit, Latin Quarter, Laurent Dubois, Le Petit Café, Marche, Marche Maubert, Market, Paris, Place Larue, Shopping, Traiteur, Travel, Vin, Wine

• Hanging Out in De Pijp

  

  I fell in love with the De Pijp neighborhood on our first visit to Amsterdam in 2015. Located to the south of the City Center (Centrum), De Pijp was once a working-class neighborhood built to ease the overcrowding in Jordaan. Today it is a melting pot of cultures and the bohemian heart of Amsterdam. Known…

  Terri

  August 2, 2022

  Amsterdam, De Pijp, Europe, Gardens, Netherlands, Tourism, Travel

  Albert Cuyp Market, Amsterdam, Andre Hazes, Barbara Hepworth, Bitterballen, Boerenwetering Canal, Canals, De Pijp, De Plug, Dutch Cheese, Dutch Food, Europe, Fountains, Heineken, Herring, Jeppe Hein, Mathieu Kessels, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum, Sarphatipark, Seafood, Shopping, Stroopwaffels, Van Gogh Museum