Europe
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Cats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
More Details: Cats of Bosnia and HerzegovinaIf ceilings of The Hermitage or the Sistine Chapel are of interest, may not the cats of B&H equally be of interest to someone out there? OK, technically these are Herzegovinian cats as I didn’t go to the Bosnia part of the Federation of B&H (and I pray they don’t split or I will have…
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Checking out Kotor and Budva in Montenegro
More Details: Checking out Kotor and Budva in MontenegroIn my prior blog entry I described how I decided on going to the Balkans and how I found day trips to take. The first day trip was to visit Mostar, in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The second day trip was centered on a visit to Kotor in Montenegro, one of the “youngest” countries in the world.…
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A Day Trip in the Balkans: Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina
More Details: A Day Trip in the Balkans: Mostar, Bosnia HerzegovinaWhen I was looking for a place to go after my trip to Rome with friends, I literally went online and looked at the possible tours available in countries in the area that I did not know or know well. Not many of those left in that region for me except east of Italy. I…
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Traipsing around Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum
More Details: Traipsing around Sistine Chapel and the Vatican MuseumNot being keen on lines and much less crowds, I instantly mentally said “yes” when I saw there was a tour of the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum before the crowds got in. I was quite willing to pay for the privilege of going before the SC and VM opened – which is rather…
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Ceilings of the Vatican and Rome
More Details: Ceilings of the Vatican and RomeMy post on the ceilings from The Hermitage in St. Petersburg seems to have received a good level of interest so I thought I’d do another from my recent trip to Rome. Enjoy! St. Mary of the Angels and Martyrs (Rome, near Piazza della Republicca) St. Paul Outside the Walls (Holy See outside of the…
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I Know Now Why Rome Is the Eternal City
More Details: I Know Now Why Rome Is the Eternal CityRome is eternal, the Eternal City! That much has been said before about it. But it keeps proving true over and over for me… I just went for my third time, this time for the longest visit yet (about 6 days). I never seem to get to a spot anywhere near “I feel like I…
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My First Landing in Europe – Spain via Amsterdam
More Details: My First Landing in Europe – Spain via AmsterdamBack in early 1992, a couple of friends and I had the flash thought that we needed to go to the Olympics in Barcelona that summer. Why not, right? As we started reading about Spain we decided we needed to check out a few places besides Barcelona which was bound to be zoo-like during the…
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What to Do in a Quick Visit to Athens
More Details: What to Do in a Quick Visit to AthensWho has not learned about Athens and ancient Greece in school? Who has not wanted to see the famous Parthenon in person? I have left writing about Athens for last, no particular reason. I guess if it has been there a couple of millenia without me writing about it, what’s a couple more weeks, right? …
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Sights and Pleasures in Mykonos
More Details: Sights and Pleasures in MykonosMykonos is known for many things in a wide range of mild-to-wild. The sights and pleasures range accordingly. But Mykonos is more than the headlines. The views and food are phenomenal as are the beaches. I enjoy a few days of this paradise coming straight from Atlanta via JFK and Athens… After landing in Athens,…
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The Main Events in Greece – Or Why I Went to Greece in the First Place!
More Details: The Main Events in Greece – Or Why I Went to Greece in the First Place!I got to Athens early on a sunny day’s morning. (Is it ever not a sunny day in Greece, I wonder??) Because that evening I was attending a wedding reception in Kapandriti, way outside of Athens to the north (I think), I did not go to Athens proper but instead to the town/suburb of Kifissia,…
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And to Greece I Went – Choosing a Greek Isle
More Details: And to Greece I Went – Choosing a Greek IsleThree months ago, I head no idea I would be coming to Greece in September. A friend was getting married to a Greek-American and one night having dinner with them, they told me there would be a second event in Greece itself after the wedding in Atlanta; the key was when they said they would…