Travel

IThe first thing I did in Budapest was go running. The city is spectacularly beautiful at night, with all the buildings, bridges, and monuments along the river lit up. I think it’s almost as pretty as London.  The next morning was a good day to explore the city. We walked past the market, which has […]

On our first full day in Salzburg, we went to mass at the cathedral and then took the funicular to the fortress that overlooks the city. The panorama below doesn’t do it justice. There was a 360 degree view of Salzburg. Definitely the best city view on the trip, especially with the freshly fallen snow. […]

Our train arrived in Prague just before 7:30, which meant that we were walking to our hotel during the spectacular dawn light. I took a few photos of the National Museum and Wenceslas Square (named for a Polish king and national hero), which stands before it. Wenceslas Square is the heart of Prague’s tourist zone, […]

My arrival in Warsaw was closely followed by my parents and sister, who flew from LAX through Moscow on a route that passed quite close to the North Pole. We spent the latter part of that day settling in. The rest of the family was really jet lagged. They’d traversed nine time zones, while I’d […]

Two weeks ago, I traveled through the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Here’s some overdue photos. The Baltic States seemed like a convenient destination to squeeze into the week before my parents and younger sister arrived in Poland. Three countries in seven days was a far too ambitious plan, even for me. I […]

This morning, I’m leaving for a month of travel in Eastern Europe. I’m flying into Tallinn, Estonia, then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania to Warsaw, Poland. There, I’ll meet my parents and sister before traveling onward to the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. Afterwards, my path is yet to be determined, but I have […]

My overnight train arrived in Madrid a little before 7:30am, and after leaving our luggage in a locker and getting a light breakfast, my friend and I boarded another train to El Escorial, the summer residence of the Spanish kings in the mountains outside of Madrid. The mountains were silent. After months in the perpetual […]

Time for a few long-overdue blog posts. I was in Spain from November 21 to 26 and had a great six days there. The first four days of the trip were spent in Barcelona and the second two in Madrid. I was up well before dawn on Friday morning to board a train to Gatwick […]

On Tuesday, I went with a friend to the picturesque seaside town of Brighton, which is south of London. We arrived a little before the museums began opening, so we took a walk along the beach. With dramatic skies and time to kill, I was able to play photographer for a little while. I got […]

The morning after returning from Bath (see my previous post), I was on my way to the town of Salisbury. Though the cathedral there is famous for having the tallest spire in England, the primary attraction, Stonehenge, lies a 30 minute bus ride outside of town. Our train arrived in Salisbury just before 10am, but […]