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Monthly Archives: October 2011
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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Welcome to Germany!
Posting the last two nights was difficult due to poor internet connection. So there will be two posts tonight. Copenhagen to Hamburg by train took roughly 6 ½ hours. Did you know that they put the entire train on the … Read More
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Vikings!
Ship Hall The main purpose of this trip to Copenhagen was to visit the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde. This is a research center as well as a destination for family outings. For me it was a research trip, and … Read More
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Kulturnatten
> Copenhagen at Night Friday night, 10/14, was Culture Night in Copenhagen, an annual event when churches, government buildings, palaces, museums, art centers and performance centers open their doors from 6 p.m. until midnight. So we set out on a … Read More
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