In these coming entries it will be difficult to explain how I lose instead of gain weight on this trip (but I do walk A LOT when I’m roaming) because just looking at windows in these patisseries around Europe is enough to pile on the pounds. I know, it’s easy for you to say stop looking inside the windows then, …
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Thanks For Your Patience
There’ve been some technical hiccups on my part these last few days, and my roaming is coming soon to an end. Once I turn up stateside this week, I’ll have lots more to share then…especially photos of the culinary kind! Thanks for your patience, and till my next blog entry, here’s a shot of a sesame ring I had in …
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Where There’s Hermes There’s Usually Chanel
Vienna is a very cosmopolitan, multi-cultural town. It has its own sense of fashion vibe like any city secure in its identity: So on one of my days here, I thought I’d chase down the shopping scene while touring the historic center. I get to the Kohlmarkt area first, where all the fancy stores are… and my first pit stop …
Vienna By Train
So I really should give Vienna a better introduction than the last two blog entries. My schedule is just so jumbled up in my thoughts and sensory overload this trip that my writing has been just as out of sequence. But anyway, I arrive in Vienna by train from Bratislava, which I will blog about later. It’s been extremely warm …
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Let The Belvedere Be My One And Only
One of my favorite places in Vienna is the Belvedere, a Baroque palace complex so large it is divided into the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the orangery, and the palace stables. When I first walk through its gates I am struck first by its symmetry and second by its grandeur. While I’m here, the water basin leading to the palace …