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 →

Vienna, My Love

This Austrian city has got it all: rich in culture and history, it is bursting at the seams with art, music and many kinds of architectural delights. Within the city itself, it has not one, but two, major palaces: Belvedere and Schönbrunn, along with half a dozen smaller ones. How many other cities can top … Continue reading Vienna, My Love →