Tag: UNESCO World Heritage Site

• 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

• 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,…

  Terri

  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

• Where in the World is Karlovy Vary?

  

  So just where in the world is Karlovy Vary? I’ll give you a few hints. It is a famous spa destination in Europe. It hosts an International Film Festival and is a popular film location. Celebrities who have visited include Daniel Craig, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, and Sharon Stone. It is also known as Carlsbad.…

  Terri

  March 8, 2024

  Adventure, Architecture, Beer, Bridges, Czech Republic, Dining, Europe, Film Locations, Food, History, Hot Springs, Karlovy Vary, Movie Locations, Nature, Spa, Spring, Tourism, Travel

  Alisa Hotel, Architecture, Becher’s Bar, Butterflies, Carlsbad, Casino Royale, Chef Jan Krajč, Chef’s Table, Czech Food, Czech Republic, Dame Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Duck Terrine, Europe, Film Festival, Fine dining, Fountains, Gérard Depardieu, Grandhotel Pupp, Harvey Keitel, History, Hot Spring Colonnade, John Malkovich, Karlovy Vary, King of Bohemia Charles IV, Last Holiday, Le Marché Restaurant, Malá Dvorana, Market Colonnade, Mill Colonnade, Mill Spa, Morgan Freeman, Neo-Baroque, Opera, Oysters, Park Colonnade, photography, Pramen Vřídlo Geyser, Prawns, Queen Latifah, Robert Redford, Scallops, Scarlett Johansson, Sharon Stone, Spa, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Teplá River, Thermal Springs, Tono Stano, Tuna Tartare, UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Genoa by Rickshaw

  

  It has been said that “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and this is certainly applies to Genoa (Genóva) Italy as well. Its earliest settlements are pre-Roman (from around the 4th and 5th centuries BC) making it one the of oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Historians believe that it was founded by the…

  Terri

  October 23, 2023

  Adventure, Architecture, Cruise Ships, Cruises, Cruising, Europe, Genoa, History, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Tourism, Travel

  Andrea Ceresola, Andrea Doria, Architecture, Barbarossa Walls, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Carignano, Caruggi, Cathedral of San Lorenzo, Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Reflection, Christopher Columbus, Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Cruises, Fountains, Galleon Neptune, Genoa, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy, La Superba, Mediterranean Sea, Nobility, Palaces, Palazzi del Rolli, Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo San Giorgio, Piazza De Ferrari, Porta Soprana, Reflection, Rickshaw, Rolli Days, Strade Nuove, TreeCycle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vannone, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi