Pickle Deli Square

Sep 22

Sep 22 Villa Müller, an Adolf Loos Design in Prague

I had always thought of Adolf Loos as an Austrian, because of the work he'd done in Vienna like Looshaus. With this trip to Prague, I learned about how fluid the borders have been in this part of Europe...

Sep 21

Sep 21 Prague!

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Prague is definitely one of the most touristy cities I've ever visited...

Sep 13

Sep 13 Katowice

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Like Łódź, Katowice is also not on most tourists' itineraries, except maybe to catch the direct train to Prague...

Sep 11

Sep 11 Train Travel in Poland

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I visited four cities in Poland in total, and traveled by train among all four...

Sep 11

Sep 11 Łódź

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Łódź is the third largest city in Poland, after Warsaw and Krakow, but it's not on most tourists' itineraries...

Sep 9

Sep 9 Lodging Review: Hilton Garden Inn Krakow

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If the Hilton Warsaw touched my heart with its luxury, the Hilton Garden Inn Krakow spoke to my mind with its practicality...

Sep 8

Sep 8 Nowa Huta

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One of the best sights I saw on my Krakow visit was an afternoon trip to Nowa Huta, apparently one of only two Socialist Realism master-planned towns in the world...

Sep 3

Sep 3 First Impressions: Warsaw and More Bubble Tea

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Warsaw! Before coming to Poland, I watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog (Decalogue) series, and was expecting a city of concrete apartment blocks...

Jan 11

Jan 11 Quebec City Beautiful

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Just a few pictures showing how beautiful Quebec City is...

Jan 7

Jan 7 Stacking Fruit

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I visited the Marche Jean-Talon...

Jan 6

Jan 6 I can see why Celine Dion got married here...

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My first stop in touring Montreal was Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal...

Aug 27

Aug 27 A Tale of Two Terminals: EWR food prices

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I had five hours between my train and my plane at Newark, which then became more like eight hours after my flight was delayed...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Munich sightseeing highlight: BMW Welt

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My favorite activity in Munich was visiting the BMW factory and museum...

Aug 3

Aug 3 Rome's Water Fountains

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Rome has lots of ancient monuments and important art collections, sure. But my favorite part of the whole city were its water fountains...

Jul 29

Jul 29 Finally, Pantheon

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The Pantheon I think is my favorite monument of Rome...

Jul 18

Jul 18 St. Peter's Basilica

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St. Peter's Basilica is another place where I was excited to see in person for the first time...

Jul 18

Jul 18 Vatican Museum

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The Vatican Museum is truly amazing. There are things in there that I never knew were there, but I had seen many times before in textbooks...

Jul 18

Jul 18 First Impressions: Rome

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It's been a while since I wrote one of these first impressions report! Rome really made a big first impression on me. Well, two big first impressions...