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Klosterneuberg Day Trip (more baubles but not quite as many bones)
Yesterday we took the bus up to Klosterneuberg, a nice little town on the outskirts of Vienna, and the home of an abbey dating from 1108 AD. It has a colorful history which I won’t repeat here, but you...
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Rome is Amazing: Got Churches?
I thought I was over churches. And then I went to Italy. In fact, I am pretty much over Central European Baroque churches. A person can only take so many cherubs in one lifetime. But Italian churches...
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Rome is Amazing: And There Were Quilts?
As a crafty person, I spent an inordinate amount of time in Rome looking at floors. I had my reasons. Tile mosaic floors have been a thing in Rome for millennia. And they are really, really cool. The...
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A Break from Baroque: Maria am Gestade
I am so glad I found out about these quick tours of various sites around the city that are offered by a member of our local women’s association. This week, we visited Maria am Gestade, a church that...
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A Break From Baroque: Karl Lueger Memorial Church
Visiting the Secession-era Karl Lueger Memorial Church at the Vienna Central Cemetery.
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Playing Hooky in Neusiedl am See
A mid-week escape to the lakeside resort of Neusidl am See in sunny Burgenland.
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Milan: Frescoes at San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore
I’ve joined my daughter on her doctoral research trip to Milan and Bergamo, Italy for a couple of weeks. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it! I just had one day in Milan before hopping on a...
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Bergamo: The Citta Alta
Bergamo is like many Italian hill towns in that there is a cittá alta (high city) and cittá bassa (low city). The former is always the original fortified settlement, usually dating back many centuries....
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