Mainly what we do is walk.Part of the joy of our endless fugue through Europe is walking, just walking. Cities and countryside. The pleasure is being startled by ineffable beauty. You turn a corner in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria and see the Tsarevets Fotress on the hilltop.https://chosenfugue.xyz/2019/06/18/into-the-cyrillic-part-1-bulgaria-interior/ You leave the train station in Florence, walk aContinue reading “Final Flâneur in France”
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A Date with Lyon
There is the assumption that as we fugue through Europe we are having these incredible meals- street fare, cafes, restaurants, Christmas market tastes, this is wrong. Partly because our of diet restrictions: vegetarian (we do eat eggs and fish), gluten free, low oxalate, or any food starting with letters from the second half ofContinue reading “A Date with Lyon”
Everything Toulouse
Perhaps foolishly, we don’t always know where we are going. Onward to the Pyrenees was the original goal, but a lot of travel days and maybe snow, made it not appealing. Based on ubiquitous travel blogs, we thought Albi, (maybe Patricia thought it was Aldi?) https://www.albi-tourisme.fr/en/autour-dalbi/grand-site/visiter-albi-10-bonnes-raisons/ The city is an UNESCO site (isn’t everywhere inContinue reading “Everything Toulouse”
We Caved
Inspired by Werner Herzog we added to our itinerary. Actually, we are always inspired by everything Werner Herzog does except getting shot www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRNM9cMBDk, but specifically we were inspired by his documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Forgotten_Dreams so we added on a visit to Grotte de Font-de-Gaume Cave to experience prehistoric paintings. Due to damage from humanContinue reading “We Caved”
A sip of Bordeaux
There were a lot of other Brittany possibilities but since it was off off season visits to the islands or other beaches were not really in the cards. With rain up ahead, we chose to skip Nantes (birthplace of Jules Verne), forego the pottery of Quimper (where would we put it), and sadly did notContinue reading “A sip of Bordeaux”
Brittany Rocks
St Malo was chosen to start our five weeks in France because Patricia remembered it from a book… oh yeah that kinda dumb book and Netflix movie (All The Light We Cannot See), too late we were on the ferry. Sleeping on the near-empty Portsmouth, UK-St Malo ferry was fine, it would not be fineContinue reading “Brittany Rocks”
Cologne not alone for Christmas
While we usually post soon after we visit, circumstances this year got in the way. This post is exceptionally fun as we get to experience Christmas in June. Advent marks the official beginning of Christmas Market season in Germany. We went to our first Christmas Markets about 10 years ago on a trip to ViennaContinue reading “Cologne not alone for Christmas”
Into the Cyrillic Part 1: Bulgaria Interior
This post was done in the old Word-Press format, sorry, it looks really bad. Since liberation from communism in 1989, Bulgaria has had 30 bumpy years, due to post communist bureaucratic corruption, which has inhibited development and impeded recovery. Bulgaria has the “award” of being the most corrupt country in the European Union. Although partContinue reading “Into the Cyrillic Part 1: Bulgaria Interior”
Pula, Treiste and Rijeka, the Istrian Trilogy: Part 2
Rijeka * see part 1Rijeka, the last Istrian Peninsula trilogy stop, is yet another Croatian port-town with Roman ruins, Venetian influences, daily Farmer’s Market and old city charm. But, for some reason, to us, Rijeka just felt right.There were dilapidated buildings, neglected buildings and graffiti. Beaches were both industrial and beautiful plusContinue reading “Pula, Treiste and Rijeka, the Istrian Trilogy: Part 2”
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