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Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

Last Updated on: December 2, 2015 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

Last Updated on: May 16, 2026 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

Published on: December 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

Spanish Synagogue, Prague, Czech Republic

Published on: December 19, 2013 by Tom Bartel

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

Lenin Statue, Memento Park, Budapest

Last Updated on: December 17, 2013 by Tom Bartel

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

Christmas Market, Prague, Czech Republic

Last Updated on: December 19, 2013 by Tom Bartel

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

Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary, Another View

Last Updated on: October 29, 2015 by Tom Bartel

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

How we met Girona architect Rafael Masó

Last Updated on: June 30, 2024 by Kristin Henning

The extra benefits of staying in an apartment in Girona, arranged via Housetrip, surpassed our expectations. The six of us, my husband Tom and his two brothers and their wives, … Read more

Food, Music, Art–The Vienna Triple Play

Last Updated on: October 1, 2024 by Tom Bartel

Vienna was cold at the end of November. It was below freezing and worse, there was about a 40 kph wind blowing all the time. And since we hadn’t planned … Read more

Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic

Published on: December 3, 2013 by Tom Bartel

The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Jewish Quarter of Prague has been in use since at least the 15th Century. (There is some dispute as to when it was founded.) … Read more

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