I know that sounds like DUH — but SERIOUSLY, I’m not kidding – this man was brilliant! So yesterday, we spent most of our time at the National Museum of Science and Technology with our buddy Leonardo. What an amazing man! He contributed so much to Italy and the world. The museum was filled with…
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Milan, where capitalism actually isn’t everything…
We have spent the past few days in Milano. It is a beautiful city in Northern Italy and we have enjoyed our time here – especially the free wifi in the hotel and the quiet room for the down time we needed. We visited the Duomo which was built over the course of six centuries,…
Washing Clothes on the Go
So…a few people have asked about how we manage to wash clothes while we are traveling. I thought instead of telling you how, I’d show you: Yes – about once a month it is nice to use a machine but even hand-washing keeps them remarkably clean and it’s pretty darn easy too!
The Hills Really Are Alive…
Again … apologies for the delay in posting. Internet has been intermittent and expensive for the last few days, so I, being the lesser overall priority, have not been able to send anything out and the catching up has been all-absorbing. We are now in Munich, or Muenchen, as the locals call it. We stayed…
Salzburg: Mozart’s town
Today was a day for low-key touring and lots of picture-taking. As I mentioned before, the town is absolutely stunning with mountains pressing right up to it and even becoming a part of the architecture. Many of the buildings in the old town date from the 1400s, so the wandering was a lot of fun.…
Wifi, wifi everywhere … and then it’s gone…
We left Vienna today and traveled to Salzburg – through some beautiful, idyllic towns with rolling hills and bucolic farmland. Vienna was fantastic – gentile and refined and amazingly there were wifi cafes everywhere – especially in the neighborhood where we stayed (this comes into play later). We saw some amazing architecture and enjoyed the…
Dining with MJ and the Habsburgs
We had a fantastic dinner tonight at the City Grill in a suburban mall in Vienna. Yes, a mall. But a mall like none you’ve seen in the US. It has a little bit of everything, lots of restaurants both fast and fancy as well as clothing, supermarkets, computer stores, and even a radio station. …
The Importance of Updated Guidebooks
We spent much of this afternoon trying to take a self-guided tram ride throughout the center ring surrounding Vienna. According to our 2008 guidebook, there would be two different tram lines that would circle the city, close to interesting monuments and museums to aid the visitor in getting their bearings around town. We took the…
Well-Preserved Prague
We are suffering in Vienna with no a/c but at long last we have reliable and consistent internet access. This is very appreciated. We arrived yesterday evening but have mainly been at the hotel so Maylene could try to get some work done after a series of access issues and tool revisions that has made…
Combustible Berlin
Sorry for the radio silence – we’ve had intermittent internet access since leaving Amsterdam and when we do have it I end up spending most of my time searching for a hotel room in the next city or catching up on personal business. Anywho – we’re getting ready to leave Prague tomorrow but I’ll back-up…