Monthly Archives: April 2019

All that is holy in Budapest.

Posted on April 27, 2019 by polloplayer

It is as surprising to me as it may be to you that of all the places we visited during our tour, it is the city of Budapest that pops up most often in my post-trip daydreams. Budapest was never … Continue reading →

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Good morning, Budapest!

Posted on April 20, 2019 by polloplayer

In Germany, it is the Donau, in Slovakia, Dunaj. Hungarians call it the Duna. Napoleon called it the “king of the rivers of Europe”. We know it as the Danube, and just as we felt we had just begun to … Continue reading →

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Bratislava, briefly.

Posted on April 13, 2019 by polloplayer

Tourists don’t linger long in Bratislava, perhaps because its past woes seem to overshadow its present charms. Slovakia has endured a long history of insults: the most recent – and aesthetically displeasing – blows were inflicted by the Soviet Communists, … Continue reading →

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Vienna, redux.

Posted on April 6, 2019 by polloplayer

We’d come full circle. Our trip had begun with a blurry, jet-lagged handful of days on our own in Vienna before meeting up with our Tauck tour in Prague. Now we were back, but this time under our professional tour … Continue reading →

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