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Stephansdom and Cafe Landtmann on Day One in Vienna
Stephansdom and Cafe Landtmann on Day One in Vienna The goal on the first day in Vienna was for the three of us – Therese and I and our friend Faith who came with us to Vienna – to get to the...
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MuseumsQuartier and Gelateria Hoher Markt on Day Two in Vienna
MuseumsQuartier and Gelateria Hoher Markt on Day Two in Vienna In Vienna, you don’t have to stray too far from the Ringstrasse to find some of the city’s greatest art museums. MuseumsQuartier, for...
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The Hofburg and Cafe Griensteidl Launch Day Three in Vienna
The Hofburg and Cafe Griensteidl Launch Day Three in Vienna Our third day in Vienna was a very full day that included visits to one of the city’s most well-known monument/museums, the Hofburg palace,...
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Kunsthistorisches Museum on Day Four in Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum on Day Four in Vienna Another day in Vienna, another outstanding art museum. Ho hum, right? But I can’t emphasize enough, my friends – as the capital of the former Habsburg...
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Vienna Academy of Fine Arts on Day Five
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts on Day Five Day five in Vienna was a free day. I was on my own, and Therese and Faith were on their own. I decided that after breakfast in the executive dining room in the...
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Maria am Gestade on Day Five Afternoon in Vienna
Maria am Gestade on Day Five Afternoon in Vienna When I left the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in the early afternoon of my solo day in Vienna, I truly was at a momentary loss for what to do next. I...
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Belvedere Palace and Restaurant Sperl Open Day Six in Vienna
Belvedere Palace and Restaurant Sperl Open Day Six in Vienna Friday dawned, and it was already the last full day for all three of us – Faith, Therese and me – to be together. We had been having a...
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MAK and Cafe Prueckel in Vienna
MAK and Cafe Prueckel in Vienna After the three of us spent one last day in Vienna together, on Saturday it was time for Therese and I to say good-bye to our friend Faith. Her flight was early in the...
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Rynek Glowny and Saint Marys Basilica on Krakow Day One
Rynek Glowny and Saint Marys Basilica on Krakow Day One We began our time in Krakow in fairly conventional fashion, visiting Rynek Glowny and Saint Marys Basilica on Krakow day one. For those who...
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Kazimierz and Soya Cafe on Krakow Day Two
Kazimierz and Soya Cafe on Krakow Day Two On a gloomy rainy August day in Krakow, there was nothing better than to explore Krakow’s Kazimierz neighborhood. People think of it as the Jewish quarter,...
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Jagiellonian University and Morskie Oko Frame Krakow Day Three
Jagiellonian University and Morskie Oko Frame Krakow Day Three The previous day of a blah visit to Kazimierz rescued by a visit to Soya Cafe had not served to dampen our enthusiasm for Krakow. The...
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Wawel Castle and Stained Glass Museum Fill Krakow Day Four
Wawel Castle and Stained Glass Museum Fill Krakow Day Four Our fourth and regrettably last full day in Krakow was filled with two activities, visiting the Wawel Castle and a visit plus a workshop at...
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MUHBA in Plaça del Rei covers from the Roman Era to the Middle Ages
MUHBA in Plaça del Rei covers from the Roman Era to the Middle Ages The Museum of the History of Barcelona, or MUHBA, is separated into more than a dozen sites around the city. Our interest was in...
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Is the Picasso Museum in Barcelona Really Necessary?
Is the Picasso Museum in Barcelona Really Necessary? The question that heads this post, regarding the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, is (one might suppose) merely a rhetorical exercise. In another...
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Design Museum of Barcelona is a Delightful Mix of Classical and Modern
Design Museum of Barcelona is a Delightful Mix of Classical and Modern Whenever Therese and I travel to a big city where we stay awhile, we usually will visit their museum of decorative arts. We love...
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Sunday Visit to Palermo’s Royal Palace and Castrum Superius Exhibit
Sunday Visit to Palermo’s Royal Palace and Castrum Superius Exhibit When we were planning our trip to Sicily last spring, I was told that the Royal Palace, the so-called Palazzo dei Normanni, is not...
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Maritime Museum and La Boqueria Market on a Sunny Day in Barcelona
Maritime Museum and La Boqueria Market on a Sunny Day in Barcelona Anyone who knows me knows that when I travel, I am not a big fan of visiting the “must-see” attractions that are swarming with...
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Molti Volti Café, San Francesco Church and San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo
Molti Volti Café, San Francesco Church and San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo While we had our plans for visiting Palermo before getting there, once we were there, we discovered things to do and places to...
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Kalsa District and Salinas Archeological Museum on Saturday in Palermo
Kalsa District and Salinas Archeological Museum on Saturday in Palermo Our Saturday in Palermo was a mix of last-minute plans and things I had planned for earlier in the week that we had not gotten to...
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Day Trip to Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples in Sicily
Day Trip to Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples in Sicily For our last full day in Sicily, I planned that we would go on our second guided excursion, our second tour with Francesca Lombardo of Sicilian...
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