Poland was never in our plan for this trip, kind of out of the way and not on our route. But as we travelled through Romania and then northwards, the story of the Nazi holocaust got very loud. It had affected everything and everyone. So many of the people whose lives we had learned about, whose […]
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Gothic churches and soaring spires, menacing gargoyles watching from cathedral roofs. Tales of witches casting spells and a street of alchemists searching for the philoshers stone. Kings, queens, and castles. Bridges, bridges and more bridges. Humming Christmas carols in August ? and multiple cases of major and minor defenistration (I know, I know, super shocking)
Motzart, Beethoven, Hadyn, Schubert, Klimt, Schiele, Kafka, Freud, Mahler. The big hitters all lived here in Vienna. Opera, ballet, orchestra, galleries and architecture. Four days and we knew we were going to only skim the surface of this truly spectacular city of the arts. Beautiful place, beautiful apartment so elegant and sophisticated. We were so pathetically