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 …
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 …