We took a side trip to visit Bonn Germany the ancestral house of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Took a tour of the house where he learned to play. He preformed at many of the music halls in Bonn as a young…
Balchik Palace – Postcard
The second half of the Botanical Gardens in Balchik, Bulgaria, check out the first half. The entire property was the Palace of Queen Marie of Romania. Her property included several palaces and villas that were used by her court and…
Balchik Botanical Gardens – Postcard
Balchik Bulgaria totally surprised us. We spent ten days in the Black Sea coastal town. A half a KM away from the Botanical Gardens. The worlds second largest garden of its kind. Originally the grounds of the Romanian Queen Marie’s…
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Postcard
Mostar is a beautiful little city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where daring men jump off a 10 meter bridge into the mountain river bellow. The city offers many different faiths but the ancient bridge Stari Most, in the heart of…
Plitivicka Jezera National Park – Croatia – Postcard
Plitivicka Jezera National Park – two words “Totally Wicked”. We visited on cold rainy fall day. Yet the foul weather just seemed to add to the majesty of this enchanted and primeval location. Lakes flowing over cliffs into lakes. Steams…
Postcard – Mont Saint Michel
We took a walk on the tidal beds outside the famous Monastery. The low tide yields miles of walking and fun on the flats. Due to recent construction on the access road to the island the French have been controlling…
Postcard – Teluhj, Croatia
Teluhj Terme Croatia, a short 40 minute drive North West of Zagreb
The Dome of Sacré Cœur
My wife loves stairs. She says they are good for you. That is why we never miss the opportunity to climb to the top of a tower. The good news about this cardiac enterprise is the views. We climb to…
Musée d’Orsay
A quick tour of the impressionist wing of the Musée d’Orsay. Gonna do some name dropping here. Including works by Pierre-Auguste Renior, Claude Monet, Paul Dubios, Eugene Delaplanche, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, Jauquin Sorolla, Alfred Sisley, Edgar Degas, & Camille Pissarro.…
Saint Chapelle & Arc de Triumphe
St. Chapelle one of the most beautiful churches in Europe. Built by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns – one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom. Now…