No surprise, but I took a whole lot of pictures during our trip. The quality and variety was limited by my need of a cane and wobbly balan...

  Got home last night. Flew British Airways from Budapest to Heathrow, then BA's new non-stop service to St. Louis. Big convenience! The...

Our river cruise went back out on the Danube after sunset on our last night onboard. Many of the magnificent riverfront buildings are illumi...

  There is a big, multi-level food hall in central Budapest known as the Covered Market. It is geared toward tourists as much as locals. We ...

  That's a new idea to me. The people onboard seemed to be having a noisy good time. Another exhausting day in another very interesting ...

  A new country for us, Slovakia. Only six million people, with the capital, Bratislava, at about a half million. The country punches above ...

  Stock im Eisen-Platz, Vienna, outside St. Stephen's Cathedral. We have only one brief day in this interesting, vibrant city.  We'd...