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The Queen at Christmas
In our house the tree has been trimmed, the wreaths hung, candles placed on tables and mantels, gifts…….okay, let’s not go there just yet. I haven’t had time to even think about gifts, and barely time to do all of … Read More
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Church vs. Crown
I’ve been going back and forth through time in my writing all this week, wrestling with an 11th century English king and an Archbishop of York, trying to imagine what their relationship might have been like. To give myself some … Read More
And Whither Then? I Cannot Say.
Question: What do you do with a travel blog when you’re not traveling? Answer: Re-define the word travel. There are many kinds of journeys, and it’s a rare day when I don’t go somewhere – to the market, to the … Read More
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Addendum: Budapest
Yesterday’s post was short due to a fading laptop battery. Now that I am recharged and have paid the big bucks at the Hilton for some internet time, I want to write a little more about Budapest. Yes, we are … Read More
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Vienna to Budapest
Last Wednesday night, in Vienna, we attended a Mozart and Strauss chamber concert. The musicians, singers and dancers were sublime. The concert master, a renowned violinist with a Stradivarius under his chin, stood in front of the musicians to conduct … Read More
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Cruising the Danube
The cruise portion of our trip began in Nuremburg – a large, bustling, industrial city that suffered greatly in the 1930’s and 1940’s, first from Hitler’s megalomaniacal hatred, and then from the War. Passau And then there’s Passau, the last … Read More
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The Romantic Road
Last Friday we woke to fog shrouded windows and beyond them, to frost on the rooftops of Fussen. Later, as we drove north along the Romantic Road, the outside temperature registered -.5 degrees. Frost covered the trees and fields, but … Read More
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Looking at Ludwig
Hohenschwangau The life of Ludwig II of Bavaria was enchanted, tragic and bizarre. It would make a great opera (he was fond of Wagner), and for all I know someone has already written it. We took guided tours of two … Read More
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A Drive through the Black Forest
Black Forest Next on our agenda was a drive through the Black Forest. I shall skim over the confusing, frenetic drive through crowded, trafficky Baden-Baden in search of a way OUT, and tell you that the Black Forest is lovely … Read More
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Where Is Charlemagne, Exactly?
Charlemagne’s Casket Charlemagne was buried several times. Once in a Roman marble sarcophagus; once, apparently, sitting bolt upright in a magnificent underground chamber that was opened in the year A.D. 1000 and has yet to be re-discovered; and finally in … Read More
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