Stairway to Chapter House, Wells Cathedral, England
The stairway up to the Chapter House and residences of the Wells Cathedral in England. The soft light coming through the windows just enhanced the edges of the stone steps, … Read more
The stairway up to the Chapter House and residences of the Wells Cathedral in England. The soft light coming through the windows just enhanced the edges of the stone steps, … Read more
I got to spend nearly an hour with my new TSA pals at the Omaha airport the other day. It’s tempting to blame the TSA for their widely reported incompetence, … Read more
Don’t think the Kutna Hora Bone Church is unique. For some reason there are several chapels like this in the world of the Catholic Church. (We visited one in Rome … Read more
Cleaning up a few left over shots from 2013…We loved the Budapest Opera House. Unfortunately we weren’t able to enjoy a performance. (I’m more of a ballet fan anyway.) Next … Read more
Kris and I visited 13 foreign countries in 2013. In order: Spain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Japan, back to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. … Read more
On the outside walls of the “House of Terror” Museum in Budapest are small portraits of the men and women who were either outright executed or tortured to death by … Read more
One of the sobering realities of touring Eastern Europe is visiting the old Jewish quarters of the cities to see remnants of what destruction the Nazis wrought. This synagogue, though, … Read more
One of the things we love to do when we visit new places is explore the history of the place, especially as it is expressed in its public monuments. Ordinarily … Read more
We’re just back from a visit to the four Eastern European capitals of Christmas Markets: Vienna and Berlin were nice. Budapest was just getting started. But the best of them, … Read more
The vistas of the Danube in Budapest are listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, and who am I to argue? Kris and I spent hours walking though old Pest … Read more