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Just Tickled Pink and Overjoyed.
Just Tickled Pink I have to say that it is with great delight and humble privilege that I now accept the award of “Most Influential Blogger” from lovely Dawny Hosking. She is a wonderful writer and...
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Day 11 – Melk; And a Most Magnificent Benedictine Abbey.
Melk Abbey, Austria. We awoke early on Day 11 to find ourselves travelling through magical Austria It was akin to a good dream … one that comes back just to bless you a second time! This was now our...
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Day 11 – Krems; Wandering the old Cobblestone Streets
Magnificent Melk Abbey, Austria. After a wonderful morning spent exploring the magnificent Melk Abbey D.B. and I had walked down from the hill overlooking the little township and then back towards the...
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Guest Post: On Writing - The Journey So Far
Reblogged from dawnyhosking: It's me...thanks to the lovely Alana, this is a great honour... Read more… 4 more words I have to reblog this guest post written by Dawn Hosking. Anyone who follows Dawn's...
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Day 12 – Vienna; City of Enchantment, My City of Dreams.
My favourite, a Global City of Enchantment, Vienna. If you think Mozart, or Strauss, Freud or Adler, Buber or Wagner, Zinnemann or Menger…… if you think any of these great people, well of course…....
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Day 12 – Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna.
Schonbronn Palace,Vienna Less than one hundred years ago, Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna had been the enormous Summer Residence of the Imperial Habsburg Family. The Habsburgs had ruled over an extensive...
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Day 13 – Bratislava; The City of Fun.
A City of Fun. Bratislava. I thought I was going to be the first to call it this….but NO…evidently not so. Bratislava in Slovakia (Pop about 470,000) has actually been labeled the “City Of Fun” by...
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Gosh What an Honour – A Blog of the Year Award 2013
Feeling very Chipper and Chirpy today! I would like to thank wonderful Sweetness for nominating me for this award. Please do go over and check out her entertaining blog called The Chronicles of a...
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WOW! Make that a Double Honour – Blog of the Year 2013 a Second Star!
OH WOW – Very Cheery and Chirpy Tonight I would like to thank wonderful Dawny Hosking for nominating me for this award. Please do go over and check out her entertaining and informative blog. This is...
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A Sunshine Award – Well Thank You Tails from Paris!
You are my sunshine! I’ve begun humming a favourite old song of mine again lately: “You are my sunshine, My only sunshine. You make me happy, When skies are grey!”……… Well today I’d like to say a BIG...
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Day 13 – Budapest; Like a Fairy Tale Kingdom after Dark
Sailing into the Fairy Tale Kingdom of Budapest, Hungary. Some six months have now passed since our first magical Viking River Cruise, yet it can still be a little difficult to determine whether Day 13...
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A Second Liebster Award: These are a Few of my Favourite Things!
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Cream colored ponies and crisp...
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Day 14 – Budapest; A City to Watch in the 21st Century.
Straddling both sides of the mighty Danube, Budapest, Hungary is currently reported to be one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in Europe. It famously combines what were originally two...
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Day 14 – Budapest; Becoming acquainted with the Main Shopping Precinct.
A door studded with Swarovski Crystals in the main city area in Budapest, Hungary. Just after lunch on day 14 we excitedly joined our ever-obliging young tour guide, Valerie, for the very last...
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Day 15 – Budapest; Time to say Goodbye to the wonderful Viking Team
Time to Say Goodbye The time had come to say our sad goodbyes…… Fifteen or so enchanting days spent river cruising had seemed to pass us by so quickly since that very first and oh so wonderful “Diamond...
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Days in Budapest, Hungary – Our Photographic Memoirs.
We did a lot of sightseeing in and around Budapest on these buses. This was outside the Palace of Art at Heroes’ Square. Sorry everyone but the silly season is now beginning here in the land of Oz with...
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Days in Budapest, Hungary – Two more photos of the Amazing Parliament House.
Black and White Photo of Parliament House, Hungary. I took this in a rush while we were stopped at the Lights on our Night “Green Bus” tour of Budapest. I was actually rather amazed they turned out as...
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Days in Budapest, Hungary – Taken During our Night Bus Tour
Photograph of Heroes’ Square, Budapest, Hungary again taken from the bus when it was stopped. We were totally charmed by Beautiful Budapest and especially Budapest at night. So we had to see it all...
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Days in Budapest, Hungary – Puszta Day Tour and Kecskemet Visit
The Hungarian cowboys with their amazing horses. We both really enjoyed our small bus tour out into the Hungarian Countryside. We went to visit the small city of Kecskemet and a Hungarian farm where we...
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Blog of the Year Award – Some More Stars Yeah!!
I’m over the moon as I’ve now been nominated for two more stars for my Blog of the Year Award. I would like to thank wonderful Shaun and Jardin. They have both recently nominated me again for another...
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