Vienna – Grand Monuments and Buildings
Vienna is a beautiful beautiful city. Despite the rain on our first day, we had another day or so of wandering around the grand buildings, wide clean streets and monuments…
Istanbul – A City of Two Continents
Istanbul, we were fascinated to learn, is both part of European and Asian continents. The city spans across the Bosphorus strait which separates the 2 continents. How cool! During the…
Istanbul – Visiting the Home of Sultans and their Harem
Topkapi Palace was the home of the Ottoman Sultans between 1465 and 1830 – just under 400 years. The Ottoman Empire was a powerful one – at its peak it spanned…
Granada – Home to an Amazing Islamic Fortress
Granada is a beautiful city with great food and an encouraging drinking culture, but the real reason to go to Granada is to see Alhambra – a fortress and palace…
Munich – Residenz and Schloss Nymphemburg
Our last day in Munich was a scorcher. Thankfully, half of it was spent indoors at the stunningly reconstructed Residenz – the Munich Residence. It was the political and cultural…
London – Hampton Court Palace
While we were in London over the Christmas break, we knew it was important to catchup with people and go to a bunch of social engagements, so of course we…
London – Kensington Palace
So, I wanted to see inside a palace. Any palace would do. But once I found out how far Hampton Court palace and Windsor Palace were, we decided one in…
London – Seeing the Big Old Famous Things
Once Rob and I had left Australia, we did spend a few wonderful weeks in New Zealand. However, we’ll post about those a bit later. We want to get into…