The Fantastic Painting of Matthias Church, Budapest
The Matthias Church at the top of the Buda castle hill has been through many iterations since the first church was built on the site in 1015. The first building … Read more
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The Circus, Budapest, Hungary
We sure do spend a lot of time in museums and churches and the like. So we thought we’d break up the week in Budapest with an old style–read Eastern … Read more
Walking and Talking Budapest History
If a place is located between two powerful empires, situated on a major river, and at the crossroads of east-west and north-south trade, things are going to get complicated. It’s … Read more
Danube and Parliament, Budapest, Hungary
Kris and I have been in Budapest for a week now, and we’ve spent much of that time walking along both sides of the Danube, crossing the bridges and strolling … Read more
The Palace District Tour, Budapest Hungary
Editor’s note: Do you want to learn more about Budapest…from home? As a result of the 2020 pandemic, Context Travel has introduced an excellent series of virtual seminars. These live, … Read more
Oslo to Bergen and Back: Across Norway
In my continuing efforts to get all the goodie out of my Eurail Pass, I spent a week in Norway earlier this year, training from Oslo to Bergen and back … Read more
The Man on Norway’s Flåm Train
Long story short, I found myself in Oslo, Norway, with a Eurail pass and a week to spare before my flight back to the U.S. It was midsummer (June 27-July … Read more
Seven More Reasons to Visit Southern France
Our visits to cities along the Rhône River valley in southern France left us wanting more. After one day in Lyon, for example, Tom was leading us to the Alliance … Read more
Monastery de les Avellanes, Lleida, Spain
The Monastery of the Avellanes (hazel nut trees-which were grown on the monastery grounds) is a bit of an oddity among our many visits to churches and monasteries all over … Read more
San Jeronimo Monastery, Granada, Spain
If you come to Granada with no advance reservations to get into the Alhambra, chances are that you’re going to have to wait a few days. But, you need not … Read more
