Monthly Archives: June 2015
Budapest
I intended to show rather than tell you about Budapest but that’s proven more complicated than I thought. Internet is slow, allowing me to download only 2 photos at a time and well, with a classical string concert on the … Continue reading
Bratislava, Slovakia
We thought it might be fun to float our way east and so we hopped aboard a catamaran ferry and stopped in Bratislava for a historically enlightening 4 hour tour with local guide Martin Sloboda, before continuing by train to … Continue reading
High Culture in Vienna
One of the things about being married to an audiophile is the attention one learns to pay to sound — good, clear, harmonious sound. My husband loves music and along with his discerning musical palate his taste spans a wide … Continue reading
In Vienna
Our favourite site in Vienna was that of our son, Brendan. I know it sounds cheesy but we can’t help but be fascinated by our children and our youngest happened to be working in the city this week so we … Continue reading
On the Way to Vienna
Sometimes Google Maps is not our friend. Today, for example, we plunked in the name of the Prague central train station expecting a 15 minute walk from our hotel. For whatever reason, Google Maps insisted we take the Metro and … Continue reading
To Terezin
I was 15 the first time I heard about the Holocaust. My reaction was disbelief. Understandably. I suppose it’s only normal to seek an explanation. Books and films help, and if you have the stomach for it, a visit to … Continue reading
Brussels to Cologne to Prague
After a fascinating morning at the European Union Parliamentarian Museum and a delicious luncheon of oysters and asparagus, we left Brussels for Cologne by train. The 2 hour ride passed through flat farmland, lush with new corn sprouts and fields … Continue reading
Brussels
It’s only an hour by train from Brugges to Brussels and we decided the EU capital was worth an overnight stay so here we are, eating giant merangues, taking photos of Manneken-Pis (the peeing boy) along with every other tourist … Continue reading
Cycling the Countryside
As mentioned in an earlier post, cycling is the preferred means of transportation for most in the Flemish lowlands. Our hotel stocks a good number of bikes so we borrowed 2 and rode along the canal toward Damme. The guidebook … Continue reading
Brugges and Flanders Fields
About an hour south of Brugges is the 25 square km patch of land better known as Flanders Fields. We don’t talk much about the Great War in grade school but most Canadians know the poem written by John McRae … Continue reading