The Prague skyline evoked a gasp as did our drink tab on the Old Town square. That’s the paradox of Prague. It’s a menage of tourist rip offs and heart stopping scenery, mind-blowing crowds and cobble stoned medieval streets. In… Read More ›
Places we’ve been
A photographers long weekend in Paris
Paris is one of the world’s great photography cities. To entice my husband to return (I gotta be nice to him, he’s my blog photographer), and in honor of our planned dinner with the most renowned photo editor of the 20th century , I decided… Read More ›
Day Trip: Sturovo, Slovakia and Esztergom, Hungary
Some breakups are painful – “Breaking up is hard to do“… There are the famous breakups; John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Ike and Tina Turner, Shaq and Kobe. The Germans blew up the bridge connecting Sturovo and Esztergom on their way out-of-town. It was a painful breakup… Read More ›
A Long Weekend in Venice
The best things in life are free. The second best things in life cost 75 dollars, last an hour, and land in Venice. As they say, “Life is good”. DanubeWings zipped us down from Bratislava and back uneventfully and threw in a chocolate… Read More ›
Takahiko-san and the Cheung Chau Island Japanese Tea House
Takahiko-san is a delightful, tiny Japanese woman; gregarious and multi-lingual, an aging school marm with a neat as a pin hair bun. She’s also a relentless stalker. After rambling around Cheung Chau Island, I stroll thru the food courts before jumping the ferry back to… Read More ›
The World In Between 