To simply discount Prague as more…. would not capture the history and soul of the city. Having survived wars, reformations,kingdoms and communist occupation the city has a decadent independence. It has more spyres, fewer church Read More …
Across the square there is more than monument, there are lessons that every school student comes to learn, the founding stones, or monuments of Buda and Pest. To the left a court and their right Read More …
The images of Cinderella Carriages and evenings of Baroque decadence where only punctuation in a visual feast. The early morning encounter with the Hunderwasser social housing project and the public, smiling places, as our guide Read More …
Whispering in the abbey library at Melk, I am suddenly aware that this out-of-office session is too short. 100,000 books to read and a two day visit. The abbey was a monument to all that Read More …
The World Court held sesion in the chamber known as number 600 located behind those four windows in the centre block, however the spectators and journalists occupied the entire floor. To settle a World War, Read More …
Finger painting and imagining are extensions of similair ideas. Yes there were castles and towers for sale, however the possibility of finding residents, help and subsidy was far from viable. This wall that surrounds a Read More …
The wooden beam houses, bonded with plaster, time and paint highlight history and passion with preservation. The stories and the facts merge to create a visual feast as we travel down the Rhine. The street Read More …
The orange fashion statement is an indicator that we are about to set of on a journey. Two things were missing, water and wind. The water levels in the European rivers were as low as Read More …
The Roman fountain with the gaurding mask, the Holy water in every church narthex, and the waters of the Dutch Polders all emerge from before modern times. They are the waters of survival, a balance Read More …
In the early seventies Sister Carrita worked on connecting ordinary folk to art and where it came from. The dirt on the cross carrying slave’s feet as he is about to hang Peter upside down Read More …