Opera House, Budapest, Hungary
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
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House of Terror Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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
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
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
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
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
Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic
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
Chain Bridge, Budapest, Hungary
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge, which spans the Danube River and links the cities of Buda and Pest, was completed in 1849. It’s a suspension bridge, and as you walk over … Read more
Window, St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic
The Cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague was finished over a period of about 700 years. It was only completed in the early 20th Century, which implies there is, shall … Read more
Breuer Chair Display, Bauhaus Archive, Berlin
The Bauhaus Archive in Berlin is a small museum, but chock full of examples of the work of Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Herbert Bayer, and, of course, … Read more
