Finding and Booking Concerts
As I'm often mentioning operas and concerts I'm attending, and you can see them in my reports on performances attended in 2022 and performances booked…
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2023-03-17
Classical music events
Berlin Philharmonic! An opera detour
And a couple of tips about airport trains
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…
2023-03-14
Struck out in Cambridge
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…
2023-03-13
Opera and Orchestras in France
Some bases for comparison
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…
2023-03-09
A Weekend in Brussels for Opera
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…
2023-02-09
Mapping 2023
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…
2023-01-15
Breezy day in Paris
2023: Back in France!
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…
2023-01-15
NY, NY
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…
2022-09-28
Happy to wear my new opera dress
My cultural calendar in 2022
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…
2022-09-18
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
View of the Danube at night
Planning my Budapest days and eves
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…
2022-04-07
Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto
Working on a quick trip to Italy
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…
2022-04-01