Tag: Europe
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The Albertina delivers a double-header: Vasarely’s geometric abstractions vindicate a high school art student, and the main museum runs through Braque, Signac, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Miró, Chagall, and more.
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A 550 km day trip through Austria’s Salzkammergut: a thousand-year-old castle on a lake, the prehistoric salt village of Hallstatt, and nine speedtests across the Alps.
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From the Baroque secrets of Maria Rotunda to the Gothic thunder of St. Stephan’s, the elegance of the Opernviertel, and Mozart performed in the very hall where he once played.
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Cadence — The Sound of Music Today was a singular event. I rested my body for the day to prepare for the music hall Ehrbar Salon. It was a one hour concert where the masters have played before in years past. I took two subway trains to get here. I stopped off at a Persian…
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From the scent of the Danube and the zany colors of Hundertwasser to a quiet Gothic church and a German-dubbed Odyssey — Vienna’s first day was a sensory feast.
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The Overview When booking a place to stay the options are usually binary, stay close to the city center and pay a little more or go more remote and spend more time getting to the sites you want to see and visit. I chose to stay close to the city and Charming & Cozy Ambiente…
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A compact capital is the perfect eSIM test lab. We pushed Saily from the castle heights to the riverbank cafés. Here’s the data.
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From a ruby-leafed tree in a forgotten botanical garden to a bowl of goulash that bridged years and borders, and a harp on cobblestones that made up for a closed symphony hall.
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First day in Bratislava: the immensity of the castle, the lost skills of Hungarian artisans, a voice like an angel at St. Stephen’s, and a filet mignon that transported us back to Uruguay.
