Years ago Nancy and I went to Le Chat Noir fairly often, but were diverted by one thing and another. Our Old Guys Group gave it a try at lunch not too awful long ago, and filed this report on our sandwiches. I wanted to go back for a more challenging test but, as regular readers can tell, we’ve been doing a lot of traveling. … Continue reading Le Chat Noir, Tenleytown, Washington, DC
The long-time readers among you first met Ella at age 5 months when she had her first encounter with the flavor of barbecue, and later in her first review, when she’d turned one. Most recently, Ella, now 6, and her sister, Lily (4), appeared in a chocolate croissant comparison. That ended without decision but much enthusiasm for trying more chocolate croissants. Ella and I recently … Continue reading Bunky’s Charter Boats and Tackle Store, Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland
Wha a magnificent entry into Budapest! We sailed into the city bright and early, and the iPhones were clicking away madly. On our left, the Parliament, and on our right Castle Hill, and treasures all along the way. We docked, went on the overview tour, and returned to the boat for lunch. Then Nancy and I set forth into town. As we walked along Vaci, … Continue reading Pichler Chimney Cake and Gelateria, Budapest, Hungary
Let’s take a break, as we enter Budapest, from posting on Prague, the Danube, and our recent River Cruise to get back to a very important update one the Frying Pan. I went to the Frying Pan for breakfast a while back, and posted a report that you can see here. Briefly, I set aside a couple of issues and was delighted with my breakfast. … Continue reading The Frying Pan Restaurant, Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland
Nancy and I were on the Romantic Danube Cruise during our 48th anniversary, August 2. On that day we happened to be touring romantic Vienna, the city of Strauss and Mozart. On our second day there, we hopped on the subway into town and had a wonderful morning. (Note, Our Viking Tour Director, Bennie, took the trouble to walk those interested over to the … Continue reading Gösser Bierklinik, The Old City, Vienna, Austria
Our Viking Danube cruise left the lovely medieval town of Regensburg and moved on to Passau, a lovely city set on a peninsula at the confluence of three rivers, and overlooked by a fortress with a new (1499) addition. We started the day with a very informative and entertaining tour led by a local history and German language teacher. He noted that a late 17th … Continue reading Ratskeller, Rathouse, Passau, Germany
After our three nights in Prague and a last morning walk through the Old City, Viking, after obsessively making sure everyone had all their luggage, put us on a bus for a pretty and well narrated ride to Regensburg. There our ship, the Viking Var, awaited us. We boarded and unpacked in time for cocktails and dinner. More about the ship and its food in … Continue reading Historische Wurstkuchl, Regensburg, Germany
This happens on a trip. After our tour of the Prague Castle and all of its buildings and byways, and our lovely, truly lovely lunch at Kuchyň, Nancy and I walked farther along, past a palace or three, to the Loreto of Prague, a church modeled after the Basilica della Santa Casa in Loreto, Italy. It was inspired by the Counter-Reformation, and is as baroque … Continue reading Atrium Restaurant, Hilton Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Viking gave us a lovely bus and waking tour of Prague the morning after our arrival. We were bused to Old Town, walked about and saw and learned about the main sights in Old Town, many of which we’d seen before in our peregrinations after our delightful lunch at Next Door by Imperial. The bus then went up the hill to Prague Castle, the largest … Continue reading Kuchyň, Prague Castle District, Prague, Czech Republic
The Hilton Prague, which is where Viking put us up for our three-night pre-cruise stay in Prague, has a rooftop bar and lounge — the Cloud 9 Skybox. Whenever you’re staying in a hotel with a rooftop lounge, you should go up and have a drink, maybe two. I heard that some of our fellow travelers may have had more than two, but that happens. … Continue reading Cloud 9 Skybar and Lounge, Hilton Prague, Czech Republic
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