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 …
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Ich liebe Wien
I adore Paris, but I think I have finally found a city that rivals Paris for my heart. I’ve arrived in Vienna this afternoon from Slovakia and this town truly has me at the get go. I cannot wait to tell you, or better yet, show you what a gorgeous place this is, but it is now midnight here for …
Cuesmes
Some half an hour past Peruwelz is Cuesmes, where I find the house that Vincent Van Gogh lived in from August 1879 till October 1880. It was renovated in the early 1970s after a fire and now the house is occupied by a family on the second floor and serves as a tiny museum on the first floor. On the …
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Esperanzah!
It’s been very hectic here and I apologize for not blogging more frequently from the road, but there’s really not been enough down time to even upload and filter the pictures. So I’ll take a short detour now to blog about the Esperanzah! world music festival I attended today at the Abbaye de Floreffe and go back to writing about …