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Vienna, Austria June 17, 2025 If I had been treated to a visual feast before, then Vienna is a veritable banquet. In every street, around every corner are buildings, parks and spires that have me gawking. Tall buildings in a soft palette of colors grace the streets and boulevards and in cobble-stoned plazas are statues, … More On Sensory Overload
Bratislava, Slovakia June 14, 2025 The tiny historic square is fronted on all sides by well-preserved buildings. All of them freshly painted and spruced up to the nines, they are definitely on show. The Old Town Hall, the Grassalkovich Palace, the Maximilian Fountain and Trinity Church are all here. Most were built in the 18th … More A City in a Nutshell
Budapest, Hungary June 11, 2025 A popular destination of tourists of all stripes, Budapest sees a constant stream throng its streets. The shops, cafes and restaurants are packed. But it is later in the evening that it begins to pulsate. In the recent years Budapest has earned a reputation of a party city and people … More Party City!
Budapest, Hungary June 9, 2025 Humming with life, Pest sprawls to the east of the Danube and makes up most of Budapest. I got here and immediately knew I would spend many more days here than I’d planned. Widespread with broad avenues, green parks, quirky statues and graceful buildings, it seduces easily. Each building is … More A Portrait of Pest
Budapest, Hungary June 7, 2025 Along a gentle bend in the Danube lies the city of Budapest, split into two by the river. I walk along the east bank and look out to the west. Across the river is a long ridge, just high enough to afford good views all along the banks. This is … More Beguiled by Buda
Bled, Slovenia June 5, 2025 I had seen them through the bus windows. From Zagreb to Ljubljana, to Bled and to Bohinj, all along the way they cast a spell. Gentle hills and dales flow past the windows and nestled in the curves, the quaint little villages. The fields are green with harvest and in … More In Search of a Rural Idyll
Bled, Slovenia June 4, 2025 In northwestern Solvenia rise the Julian Alps. Although not very high, snow still lies on the flanks of the tallest mountains and the lower reaches are dotted with villages. On the shores of Lake Bled is one such village, also called Bled. Vestiges of the old village still live. It … More Of Mountains and Lakes
Ljubljana, Slovenia June 2, 2025 The dragons at the ends of the Dragon bridge of Ljubljana are arguably the most photographed object in this city. But it isn’t only the four dragons at the ends of the bridge. Look carefully and you find two dragons on each of the eight pillars atop the bridge. Nor … More Something Scary this Way Comes
Ljubljana, Slovenia May 31, 2025 On the banks of the emerald-green water of the Ljubljanica river is Ljubljana. Never bombed during World War II, the rebuilding here took place after natural disasters and reflect the architecture in vogue at the time. The right or west bank, rebuilt during the days when it was a part … More Picture Postcard Ljubljana
Zadar, Croatia May 29, 2025 As it is to be expected in a place overpopulated with tourists, the stores run the gamut between the usual kitsch to the usual mass-produced apparel to bags to handcrafted items like lace and crocheted tablecloths. More interesting was the open air market for fruits and vegetables. Apparently it is … More As Fresh as it Gets
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