July 7 (Thursday, 2nd full day in Vienna): I decided I should lie low on this morning, to take a break from having to wear a mask for...

July 6: Here, at long last, I'm going to meet and learn about Cindy's beloved Vienna. (Too bad I had Covid, but at least I felt okay...

July 5: At long last, we had reached the day that I think Cindy had looked forward to for many years: the day when she could introduce me...

Beautiful, serene river July 4: Our last full day in Prague, and it was another gorgeous morning. As we ate breakfast, we watched the...

Municipal House July 3 (evening): After one day on the trams, we felt like old hands at traveling that way, so we took the appropriate...

Dreamscape from the Castle July 3: Whenever I told people we were going to Prague, if they had been there, they would tell me it is their...

July 2 (continued): We found the train we wanted to take to Prague--and here we made a major error. We did not purchase seat reservations...

July 1: FINALLY! We've made it to July! (Which means that in three weeks we'll be flying home.) No rehearsals today, just the concert in...

June 30: It's Friday, which will begin with a morning rehearsal. But first, another fine traditional breakfast at the hotel. Cindy and I...

A view from the bridge on our walk. June 29: Our day started with a traditional Austrian meal in the hotel breakfast room. Immediately...

June 28: We left Munich mid morning and arrived in Salzburg before lunch. The tenor of our entire trip was about to change, as this was...

So yes...it's now August, and Cindy and I have been back home for the past week. I know this removes some of the anticipation from this...

June 27, afternoon/evening: After returning from Dachau, we still had time to explore Munich, so we decided that we should visit the...

We try, and most of us mostly fail, to grasp the scope of the many crimes of Hitler and the Third Reich. The people who really knew, deep...

The site of an exciting sight...Munich's Neue Rathaus (New City Hall) June 26 (evening): Having dropped our luggage at the Kings Hotel...

Seems someone must have taken a bite out of this goat's butt... June 25: The day began with a fine Swiss breakfast at a cafe close to our...

TIME FLIES AWAY June 24 (afternoon/evening): After a delicious (and expensive!) lunch at a restaurant near where we were to land for our...

The mountains we were going to, or through...as seen from our place in Tirano. June 24: This was it! We would be taking the big red...

We're ready to go to Tirano! But before we left our apartment, Cindy took a photo of the street from our window on a glorious morning:...

June 22 (that's a wrap!): One more big experience in Milan, one that perhaps has been near the top of Cindy's wish list (and something I...