Vienna's famous royal palaces have to be high on any visitor's bucket list Vienna, the capital city of Austria is the quintessential European city of art and culture. The awe-inspiring sights of Vienna's imperial palaces, majestic parks, grand concert halls, mighty cathedrals, elegant streets and … [Read more...]
Metz Cathedral Lightshow – 800th Anniversary 2020
Metz Cathedral's Spectacular 800th Anniversary Lightshow: 2020 marks the 800th anniversary of Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Metz, the city's main cathedral. There are many events throughout the year to celebrate its anniversary and one of these is the spectacular videomapping of the cathedral's … [Read more...]
Famous Vienna Classical Concerts to Usher in the New Year
Vienna Classical Concerts - A Classical Way to Usher in the New Year: For classical music lovers, a dream Christmas present would be some tickets to one of the many famous New Year's Day Concerts in Vienna. The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day Concert at the Wiener Musikverein is one of … [Read more...]
Trouble at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market
No Feuerzangenbowle at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market Tonight: Tony's favourite feuerzangenbowle is at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market on Berlin's Breitscheidplatz and so that's where we headed for on Saturday night. As we were walking towards Breitscheidplatz, we saw streams of … [Read more...]
Chinese Tower Christmas Market
A Chinese Tower Christmas Market Set in a Beautiful English Garden: https://youtu.be/xTKTTY8ufXM The last time we were at the Chinesischer Turm Weihnachtsmarkt (Chinese Tower Christmas Market) in Munich we came across a stall full of Räuchermännchen (German incense smokers). The owner of the … [Read more...]
Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt
The Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt Claims to be the Most Beautiful: https://youtu.be/8kwaRd3dQnY We first visited Augsburg a couple of years ago at the end of our Romantic Road trip. The lady in the tourist office said that we should visit their Christmas market. According to her, the … [Read more...]
Giant Street Art adds spice to Rome’s Creative Scene
A Local Perspective to Rome’s Creative Scene In 2015 I went to live in a neighbourhood in south Rome called Tor Marancia. Up until a few years earlier, this area had been considered “one to avoid”: a zone of public housing notorious for deprivation and high crime rates. But one morning, passing Tor … [Read more...]
A Shivering Start to our Munich Christmas Market Visit
Munich Christmas Market is the Start of our German Christmas Market Tour: Munich is the start of our eight city German Christmas market tour and this year the Bavarian capital failed to put on a warm welcome for us - in fact it was freezing! A Freezing start to our Munich Visit A cold snap … [Read more...]
The Magic of the Vienna Christmas Markets
Vienna Christmas Markets to get you in the Yuletide Spirit: The first Christmas markets in Vienna were held more than seven centuries ago when in 1296 Emperor Albrecht I granted Viennese traders and shopkeepers the privilege of holding a December market for the city's population. … [Read more...]
Christmas in Salzburg
Christmas in Salzburg: Advent Music, Christmas Markets and Other Christmas Things to Do: Winter in Salzburg has its very special charm especially at Christmas. The hectic summer festivals are replaced with Advent music, Christmas markets and other traditional Christmas celebrations. Advent … [Read more...]
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