Thursday, January 2, 2014

Madrid Spain

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So we spent Christmas in Spain, first a few days in Madrid then the remainder in Barcelona.  Not sure the exact story but the bear eating the fruit pictured above is in someway the symbol of Madrid.  It is a very lively city and the Christmas markets are so much more of a party than any where else we've been in Europe.  Here are a few pictures from around the city.








Monday, December 9, 2013

Rainbow over Budapest

Not a great picture but still cool to see a rainbow over Budapest on this rather warm winter day.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Milan Italy

Over memorial day weekend we took a 4 night cruise.  It left out of Savona, Italy and the easiest way for us to get there was to fly to Milan and take cruise arranged transfer from the airport.  Rather than rush things we flew in the day before our cruise and we are so glad we did.  The Duomo is one of the most amazing churches we've seen since we've been here and if you've been to Europe you know they know how to do churches.  It is right up there with Notre Dame in Paris for me but sadly no pictures are allowed in side, so you'll just have to come check it our for yourself.  We didn't have too much time here but would be a city that I would go back to for sure.
Next stop, Barcelona!



Monday, June 10, 2013

Lost in the Flood

In case you haven't heard or seen anything about the flooding in Central Europe, here are some pictures of it almost literally at our doorstep.  The is the bridge closest to our house, if you walk about two blocks or three blocks to the left you will get to our apartment.  As you can see there is usually a road that travels to the under the bridge.
Cruise ships run up and down from Danube all the time, here's one stuck in Budapest because the river is too high to allow them to pass under the bridges.  To make matters worse for the passengers the dock is under there somewhere so they have no way to even get off the boat.
The lines overhead are for a tram that runs along the river but now there are sandbags just trying to hold the Danube back a bit.

Normally there's a large street running through the center of this picture and docks on the right side where you can go onto floating restaurants but now just water.

It's raining right now and we keep hearing different stories about when the river will be at it's peak, some said last night, some said today, some say Wednesday so who knows.

Friday, April 12, 2013

This is why black cats get a bad rap


He looks completely crazy and a little scary but really he was just yawning!

Monday, April 8, 2013

We're number One!

Yes I know Syracuse lost, but according to CNN travel the number one market in Europe is the great Market Hall in Budapest.  This is where I do a lot of my shopping, it's two blocks away and has great poultry and pork.  The only other place on the list is I've been is the Market in Barcelona which gave me "market envy" and I hear the one in Turkey is amazing so I'm not sure how Budapest got the win, but I'll take it.  Here is a link to the article: http://travel.cnn.com/europes-amazing-city-markets-354731.

I know this guy is out partying as we speak!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Back to Venice

Venice is only a two hour train ride from Trieste so we decided to spend Easter Sunday in Venice.  It was our second time there and it didn't disappoint.  It really is an amazing city, anyone who has a chance to go must.  Although I don't think pictures can really do it justice, here are a few anyway.