Classical music events
I couldn't resist booking a ticket for Handel's Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno when I saw it scheduled by the Berlin Philharmonic. Handel's…
I was very pleased with my rather last-minute plan to stop over in England between leaving Berlin and meeting up with Kristian in Paris. I'd…
One of my strongest wishes is to live where there is a cultural season that will make me happy. May be beyond my means, but…
The unforgettable Grand Place of Brussels I first saw Brussels with its astounding Grand Place when I was ten years old. And I never forgot…
This will certainly be added to, but it's a start. Just as on the 2022 map, I've used the standard red marker for places I've…
Here I am: first stop, Paris. Total indulgence as it hardly relates to finding where to live. On the other hand, the three days will…
I flew back to the US on September 21, and of course, by preference, to NYC so I could visit friends and enjoy the city…
As I wrote when I started this blog, after my years in the countryside of Virginia and after the first year-plus of Covid isolation and…
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…
I know absolutely nothing about the Hungarian language, and I'm too interested in getting by in Vienna and then getting oriented in Turkiye to spend…
Since Jan 2020, I'd been planning to return to Milan asap for an extended stay (month at least) with friends who'd wanted me to stay…
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…