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Vienna, Austria While the architecture here usually screams classical, the contents of some of the many art museums can take another turn. We decided to search out some of the more modern installations today.

Vienna, Austria Today being Monday, aka laundry day, we had a limited amount of time available for sightseeing. We decided our one outing had to be to some place of great significance. So, we headed to the Austrian Parliament.

Vienna, Austria Vienna in the late 18th and 19th centuries was blessed with an astonishing group of musical geniuses. Since it was Sunday — and an absolutely gorgeous spring Sunday — we went to call at the homes of three of them. We’ve visited the Beethoven and Mozart residences on other trips, but there areContinue reading “The hills were alive…”

Vienna, Austria Today, we indulged the masculine side of our partnership with tours that tend to entertain testosterone-fueled visitors. Wars and trains — can you imagine a more exciting combination?

Vienna, Austria We began our day back at the palace, hoping to tour a part of what used to be our favorite pastry and confectionery shop, Demel. When we first came to Vienna, their second floor was a restaurant that served fabulous wiener schnitzel, if memory serves. Flash forward to our next visit, post-Covid, toContinue reading “Sweet and savory”

Vienna, Austria It is a glorious day today, just like the first day of spring. We celebrated by going to watch the exercise session of the Lipizzaner horses at the palace.

Vienna, Austria We are very glad to be back in this most refined of cities, and enjoyed a great night’s sleep and a wonderful breakfast. One staffer proudly told us that the Intercontinental has the best and the largest buffet in Vienna, which claim we do not dispute.

Vienna, Austria Though we did it by getting up at 5:30 am, it was a pleasure to fly to Vienna this morning. We had a stroke of good luck when we checked into our hotel. Because of our excessive charm, we were given a super upgrade to a one-bedroom suite, and we graciously accepted it.Continue reading “We have returned”

Paris, France It’s Monday, so the day started off with laundry, which St. Donald graciously undertook to manage. We’ll have an extremely early start tomorrow and it’s time to get things organized.

Paris, France We got a late start today, after a nice night’s sleep. It took seeing that all the cafés were closed to realize that today is Sunday, so we joined the crowds and did some strolling. There are those who start Sundays with a visit to church. We saved that for dessert after spottingContinue reading “Out and about”