Europe Archive

Prague, Czech Republic and Staré Město

Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
By walking through the streets and alleys of Prague, it is easy to see how thousands of tourists fall in love with the city each year. Each building facade radiates an aura of history, the many shops and cafes that line the streets, and the friendly easy-going citizens of a city that straddles between the East and West.
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Prague, Czech Republic and Arrival

Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
One of the cities in Europe that was on the top of my must see list was Prague. There is something about it's geographical location. It's not quite Eastern Europe, but not quite Western Europe either.
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Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
Starting at the main Prague train station, I looked for the ticket vendors to go to Kutna Hora. It is not hard to spot them with each stall lined up neatly against a back wall. I approached the first available stall.
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Ludwigsburg, Germany

Posted on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
Ludwigsburg is just a few S-bahn stops away from the city center of Stuttgart. The biggest and probably the only reason to go to Ludwigsburg is to see the castle.
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Stuttgart, Germany and Schlossplatz

Posted on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
One of the first places anybody who goes to Stuttgart sees is the Schlossplatz in the middle of the city. It is the center of the city and the center of Königstrasse, the large pedestrian street that runs through Stuttgart.
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Stuttgart, Germany and Volksfest

Posted on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
Every year around mid-September, Volksfest starts on Stuttgart's Canstatter Wasen. The first official festival started in 1818.
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Vienna, Austria and the Gardens and the Dead

Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments
At this point, my friend Joy and her friend had already joined me and we were out to see the gardens of Schloss Belvedere, the Vienna Cemetery, and, if time permitted, Schloss Schönbrunn. We started with the Belvedere and paid the entrance fee for the...
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Vienna, Austria in Winter and the Opulent Christmas

Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
It was the day before Christmas Eve when I arrived in Vienna. The air was cold but the excitement of the upcoming holiday was palpable in the air. Huge chandeliers were in the walking paths of the city and at every turn I was accosted...
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Salzburg, Austria

Posted on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
Winter in Salzburg is everything one can imagine. White, cold, and utterly magical. The clean snow gives the crisp air a new feeling from the moment I stepped off the train. If there were too many adjectives in the first three sentence, deal with it. ...
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