The last budget post I wrote was for the Balkans as we left Croatia and prepared to enter Western Europe. Over the last month, we visited Munich for Oktoberfest, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, all around Romania, Cappadocia and Istanbul in Turkey, the wine country and capital of Georgia, Paris, Bruges and Brussels, and, finally, London. We […]
Coffee and Cake, Hapsburgs and Ham Hock in Vienna
Our next stop was the polar opposite of beer-chugging Munich during Oktoberfest. The stately aristocrat of Europe, Vienna is known for classical music, fancy cake and fine wine, and grandiose buildings. It’s a city where people linger in cafes for hours over a single coffee and pastry and everyone knows how to waltz. It was […]