Nîmes – Night walk on arrival
First stop in France this year! Arrived at my hotel a bit after 10 pm, having traveled on three trains to get here from Milano.…
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2022-05-13
Les Halles de Nîmes
The indoor food market in Nîmes - Les Halles - is outstanding! This photo gallery shows you the range of products you'll find, and how clean and attractive the stalls are.
2022-05-13
Turkish Hammams
First hamami experience, with a Turkish friend I had skipped the public baths in Budapest because the weather was uninspiring and I was busy enough…
2022-05-12
Solo seat on TGV
On my way to France
I've just had a short(ened) stay in Milan, two nights at Francesco's, three nights downtown in an apartment at the corner of via Torino and…
2022-05-12
Sign Language
I mentioned in an earlier post that this trip is a new experience for me, that of traveling where I don't speak the language. I…
2022-05-07
street scene in Fatih's shoe district
Socks and Shoes
After checking into my Istanbul hotel, I was ready to post that I was on the Socks Tour. It was comical: at my second stop…
2022-05-07
on the move again
Moving along
Today I'm traveling from Istanbul to Milan, and in about a week will go on to France where I'll meet up with Kristian - where/when…
2022-05-07
Things change – but the season has taken shape
Much of my planning remains fluid, but I've now got a rough plan for my whole time abroad this spring-summer. I am in touch with…
2022-04-10
Prückel coffeehouse
Vienna plans – nearly there!
I've been looking at restaurants in my hotel/opera district in Vienna, and am finding some interesting options. One, a Chinese restaurant called Hao Noodle and…
2022-04-10
Parlez-vous – ?
For the first time since the summer of my eleventh birthday, I'm going to have what I think of as a typical American-abroad experience: I'm…
2022-04-01
Supposedly the view from the hotel
Budapest, April 14-18
What a treat this will be - a city I've never been to, long on my list. I'll stay riverside with a view of the…
2022-03-22
Vienna State Opera
Vienna, April 11-14, 2022
A month ago, I wasn't even thinking of Vienna this trip, but when I was checking websites that list classical music events around Europe, I…
2022-03-22