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Seeking Fine Art in Las Vegas

June 30, 2024March 22, 2014 by Kristin Henning

There really is fine art in Vegas, baby, and at least one museum is attracting a steady stream of visitors to its specially curated exhibitions. Currently showing at Bellagio Gallery … Read more

How to Relax in Napa County

June 30, 2024March 1, 2014 by Kristin Henning

I’ve been hard pressed to describe to friends what we did with our time in Napa this year. We relaxed, we visited cousins in Berkeley and cousins in Sonoma County. … Read more

Visiting Our Art: Home at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

July 21, 2020February 23, 2014 by Kristin Henning

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What we love to do when we travel–visit museums–we often forget to do here in our former home, Minneapolis (Minnesota). Sure, we were frequent visitors to theaters and art museums … Read more

Budapest Baths

June 30, 2024January 31, 2014 by Kristin Henning

Visiting the baths in Budapest is one of those essential activities on most tourists’ lists, because the baths represent history and culture, recreation and relaxation. The traditional baths and the … Read more

My Day with the TSA

February 13, 2018January 28, 2014 by Tom Bartel

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

Cold Minnesotans Consider Hawaii

June 30, 2024January 10, 2014 by Kristin Henning

During the recent cold snap here in Minnesota, you could almost feel the surge of travel inquiries for warm weather get-aways and real estate well south of the 42nd parallel. … Read more

Bone Church, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

February 17, 2018January 5, 2014 by Tom Bartel

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

Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

December 2, 2015January 4, 2014 by Tom Bartel

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

2013 in 50 Photographs

April 30, 2020January 3, 2014 by Tom Bartel

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

House of Terror Museum, Budapest, Hungary

December 20, 2013December 20, 2013 by Tom Bartel

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

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