For a simple meal on the Welsh National Holiday of St. David’s Day (or any day you want to celebrate Wales!), try leek and potato soup (substitute vegetable stock for the chicken to make it vegetarian), Welsh rarebit (no rabbits […]
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Celebrating Dwynwen, Wales’ Patron Saint of Lovers on 25 January Who couldn’t use another holiday to celebrate lovers? Especially one earlier in the year than Valentine’s Day, and featuring a woman!! Who was this woman, and why is she the […]
One of my favorite museums in Europe is Vienna’s Albertina Museum, which is housed in a former Habsburg palace in the city center near the State Opera. Put it on your tour of Vienna if you are an art or […]
Vienna, Austria grew out of a Roman military settlement on the Danube River called Vindobona, into an important medieval and baroque city, and then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From the 17th to the early 20th century, Vienna (or […]
As we walked up to the old doors of Notre Dame Cathedral, I realized we made it just a few minutes too late to wander and explore the shadowy but serene and vast interior. Paris shimmered with the cerulean blue […]
Several sites worth visiting in Amsterdam speak to the tolerance of the Dutch people. Our Lord of the Attic Museum, the Amsterdam Resistance Museum, and the Anne Frank House Museum all highlight Dutch courage in the face of adversity. Amsterdam […]
Tulips and The Netherlands go together like flowers and rain. That’s because every Spring, the fields between Amsterdam, Leiden and the coast of the North Sea become a fragrant carpet of spectacular color, as acres and acres of tulip bulbs […]
It was recommended that we take a stroll from one end of Andrassy to the other, so we did just that after our magnificent spa day at Szenchenyi Thermal Bath. We walked past the fascinating Vajdahunyadvar Castle, originally built in cardboard […]
Our first full day in Budapest, after our bespoke tour in a vintage Trabant with BudaPassion, we headed to Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum to learn more about the modern history of Hungary. Learn about the riveting and often […]
During our 3 days in Budapest, we wanted to spend quality time at one of Budapest’s famous thermal spas. Because its is located at the intersection of a geological fault and the Danube River, thermal springs and thermal spas abound, […]
Budapest is a completely different place once the sun goes down Buildings and monuments sparkle, and a renewed energy seems to manifest in the people on the street. We experienced this every night on our trip, first at 360 […]
York Castle Museum After journeying through Viking history in York (at the Jorvik Viking Centre), I headed over to explore the first of three York Museums Trust holdings, York Castle Museum. The museum’s site surprises in part because it’s housed […]
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