Category Archives: Central Europe, October, 2016

Miscellaneous thoughts on our European trip in October, 2016. Continue reading →

A friend made me promise to drink three beers in each country we visited. I never had any doubt that I would succeed. Continue reading →

Copenhagen shares a certain attitude with Paris. But the people are much happier. Continue reading →

Miscellaneous scenes of Copenhagen during our stay. Continue reading →

The autonomous enclave of Christiania sure didn’t seem like a centre of counterculture any more. Continue reading →

The Danish National Museum catered to my favourite historical fetish – the weirdness of the medieval ages. Continue reading →

Photos of the colourful canal in Nyhavn. Continue reading →

Photos of the Christianshavn neighbourhood in central Copenhagen. Continue reading →

Walking through the Tivoli Gardens let us be kids again for a couple of hours. Continue reading →

We found Vienna to be a city of light in central Europe, with its music, its art, its architecture and its people. Continue reading →

An elevator installed for restoration work gives us the chance to get a rare up-close view of the frescoes on the interior dome of Vienna’s Karlskirche. Continue reading →

What can you say about a painting that’s solid black? If you talk in Artspeak, you can say quite a bit. Continue reading →

We spent our art-viewing time in Vienna looking at contemporary works in four different Vienna museums. Continue reading →

You can’t go to Vienna and miss out on a slice of the world’s most famous chocolate cake. Continue reading →

Lousy weather, bad experiences and a near-fatal restaurant meal spoiled our short stay in Budapest. Continue reading →

Random scenery from our walks in Budapest Continue reading →

Paintings from the Hungarian National Gallery show a national obsession with the Turks throughout the ages. Given their history, it’s no wonder. Continue reading →

It’s not a very old church, nor is it particularly huge, but St. Stephen’s is certainly beautiful.
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Critics say a controversial war monument in Budapest’s Liberty Square covers up the country’s role in the holocaust. Continue reading →

Bratislava, relaxed, unassuming but beautiful, seemed a good place to live. Continue reading →

Photos of our short visit to Bratislava Continue reading →

Some random street scenery in Prague. Continue reading →

If Prague ever had a cannabis problem, I think they solved it – by selling it in variety stores. Continue reading →

Photos of Pargue’s Little Quarter and the Charles Bridge. Continue reading →

We spent almost an entire day at Prague Castle and still felt we hadn’t seen all of it. Continue reading →

Photos of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. Continue reading →

We’ve seen a lot of gargoyles in our travels but few would beat the ones on St. Vitus Cathedral. Continue reading →

There’s not much left of medieval Prague but its Old Town is full of beauty. Continue reading →

A few of the building details in Prague. Continue reading →

In Prague, the repressive Russian occupation that was supposed to liberate Czechs after the war seems to be remembered more strongly than the horrors of the Nazi regime that preceded it. The Jewish Museum is a reminder. Continue reading →