Our final destination on this European journey was Hamburg, Germany. Contrary to its reputation as a major port city, Hamburg actually is located 68 miles from the mouth of the North Sea. The Elbe River, with its branching nature, provides an ideal setting for a port complex equipped with warehousing and transshipment facilities. During our …
We arrived in Vienna by train from Venice, greeted by a thick blanket of five inches of winter snow. Our first day was spent exploring the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), one of the world’s most prestigious art museums. It houses the Imperial Collections, featuring art from ancient Egypt, classical antiquity, and the Renaissance. …
Carnival is a festival celebrated by most Catholics before Lent in February. The one in Venice, Italy, is world-renowned because of its elaborate masks and 17th-century costumes. Our friends the Quinns and us rent an apartment together in a quiet neighborhood. Venice is a “floating city” built on 118 small islands in a marshy lagoon, …