My stories and photos from Iceland with Dad, as well as Bulgaria, Bratislava, Budapest and a long past trip to Australia and New Zealand have been in the works for a long time.
These trips predated my digital camera, so selecting and scanning photos is taking a while. I hope to get at least one posting finished and up each week. Keep an eye on this space!
Jewelry, mosaics, glass and sculpture abound at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne.
The Documenta art fair opens in Kassel in June and runs for 100 days.
A recent addition in Deutsche Welle’s ‘word of the week’ – their word for domestic damage control after ”a few” - Drachenfutter. (e.g., Andy Capp making excuses to Flo after a long night at the pub).
The newest one is the German equivalent of ‘scaredy-cat’ – Angsthase. Cute picture.
From Prague Post – Molson-Coors has plans for Staropramen. such as adding snacks to the end-of-tour beers. Pickled cheese. OK. And that yummy, super-fatty Prague ham!
Here’s the link to the new Visitor Center. Take a virtual tour after you click any birthdate showing you’re old enough.
btw – According to Wikipedia, the drinking age for most of Europe is 18. A couple of countries have two limits, with a higher drinking age for high ABV or hard liquor. Only Iceland has a higher age for all (20). And then there’s the USA. Let’s not talk about that one.
You’ll recognize the cherubs, if nothing else. It’s 500 years since Raphael painted his Madonna and Dresden is celebrating thru August 26th. From Deutsche Welle.
Click on the link for the latest information on travel around London during the Queen’s Jubilee festivities. (Sure, they tell me not to drive into the city, but send me a plane ticket so I can join in the scrum? Not a snowball’s).
I hope any readers who watch the show will send me comments and photos I can post! This may be the last big bash; ya never know.
Only a week after another large quake hit northern Italy, another one strikes in the same area. From France 24.
From France 24. Listing of the events celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. No beheadings, no abbey destruction; only civilized fun on the official slate. (Who gets to take the leftovers home? Just wondering).
