Belvedere Palace Two years ago we first visited Vienna for five days and were so delighted by it that we returned again to this extraordinary Austrian city for the entire month of August. I love Vienna now even more than before. Here are fourteen reasons why. There are almost 1,000 municipal parks in Vienna, including … Continue reading How Do I Love Thee, Vienna
Walking Vienna’s Ring Road
One recommended activity to get a good sense of some of Vienna’s architectural and cultural delights is to walk the Ring Road (Ringstrasse) around the inner city. It takes about 1.5 hours to complete if you’re not stopping. I decided to give this a try the other day. I started my walk beside the neoclassical … Continue reading Walking Vienna’s Ring Road
Sound of Music Tour
My favorite movie ever is the Sound of Music. I love the songs and the plot, lust after Christopher Plummer and delight in lovely Julie Andrews. Given that, I knew I would have to do the original tour when in Salzburg. Our Tour Bus I recently took this tour with an Austrian friend and three … Continue reading Sound of Music Tour
Discovering Pieter Bruegel
Art History Museum We recently went to Vienna’s Art History Museum, an impressive structure built “under Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph to accommodate the collections acquired by the emperors and archdukes of the House of Habsburg over the centuries,” according to its brochure. The museum is known by locals as KHM, short for the Kunsthistorisches (Art … Continue reading Discovering Pieter Bruegel
The Albertina Museum
The Albertina Museum is splendid both in terms of its wide-ranging collection of artists and its location inside a former palace in the heart of Vienna. Before you enter the museum, you will notice many older buildings of interest that surround it. It sits between the Hofburg palace complex and the State Opera House, for … Continue reading The Albertina Museum
The Hot Topic of Immigration
Since the issue of immigration is much in the news these days, especially in the US, I thought it would be a good time to remind my dear readers about my well-reviewed novel Torn Between Worlds. (It has a score of 4.7 out of five on Amazon.) It’s about a 12-year-old Mexican named Isabel who … Continue reading The Hot Topic of Immigration
Visiting Jaen
Jaen is capital city of the province of Jaen, in the autonomous southern Spanish community of Andalusia. Although not as well known as some other Spanish cities, it has an interesting history dating back four centuries. This town first came to my attention when I broke my leg walking down the street in Mengibar, a … Continue reading Visiting Jaen
One Thing I Love About Spain
If you have spent any amount of time in Spain, you will know that a typical breakfast for Spaniards is toasted bread slathered in olive oil and grated tomato with cafe con leche. There’s not much to it really. However, if you go to hotels in Spain for breakfast, they really go all out. They … Continue reading One Thing I Love About Spain
Visiting Canada
My hubby and I have been wanting to show our Canadian brothers and sisters some love, especially in light of Trump’s belittlement of our Northern neighbor and his disrespectful suggestions that they should become our 51st state. That’s what motivated us to take a three day trip to the little community of Harrow, part of … Continue reading Visiting Canada
Drive to Make a Difference in the World
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? I would say my favorite thing about myself is my drive to make a positive difference in the world. We retired to Spain almost eight years ago from Chicago. Since then I have written and published five books and rescued four kittens, three birds and two dogs. I am … Continue reading Drive to Make a Difference in the World
US Author Nancy Klein in Spain 