Vienna to Rome by way of Zagreb
Welcome! This website began in 2016 with a nine week journey from Vienna to Rome, hence the name of the website. The self-directed leisurely itinerary wandered through eight countries. Stops along the way included well known cities and many less well known but enchanting places such as Pécs, Zagreb, Lakes Bled and Bohinj, the Istrian peninsula, Mostar, Kotor, Bari, Ravenna. It was a travel dream come to life.
Over the years I added other trips to the website — Romania, Norway, England, several trips to Italy, Malta, Bolivia, as well as travels in the US and photos closer to home in Hartford. This year, however, troubles arose. Photos migrated aimlessly across the website: images from Bolivia appeared on pages dedicated to Romania, photos from Malta on a page on Lincoln Cathedral. The mess was too daunting to right. The best solution was to start over.
Travels are organized by year. Click on the year below my photo (below) or one of the categories below that and select a destination, or scroll down for posts arranged from most recent; click the date on the post to view images. In time I hope to restore some of the lost pages of the earlier website. Enjoy what is here and may these travels inspire travels for you.
Joseph Pace
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Seville was my introduction to Andalusia, and a wonderful introduction it was. The Alcazar and cathedral were fabulous. I was enchanted with mosaics and decorations in the Alcazar, plus the beautiful gardens, which were a lovely retreat in the heat…
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Avila was an excursion I took on my own to visit the home of St Teresa. Her house is attached to a church — or rather, the church attached to the house. Avila is also famous for its walls which…
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What an amazing small city! I took the train to Belgium at the end of the family trip and spent several days in this small city. The city is a trove of art (van Eyck), chocolate, moules frites, medieval buildings…
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My sister Tricia, her husband and I visited The Hague during the family trip to Amsterdam. We wandered around the historical center, visited the Mauritshuis, which has an exceptional collection of Dutch paintings including Vermeer and beautiful still lives from…
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My sisters and I enjoyed a sibling trip to Amsterdam in 2017. The highlight of the trip was a day spent at Keukenhof, the amazing spring gardens outside Amsterdam. Each year after the blooms have faded, the gardens are plowed…
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I am writing this almost ten years after this journey, and sadly have lost names of many of the places we visited along the Croatian coast. We spent time in the two major cities: Split (home of Diocletian’s massive palace)…
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We came to the Istrian peninsula via Trieste and Koper, and drove down the west coast of the peninsula to Rovinj, our base for several days. On the way we stopped in the beautiful small town of Porec, which boasted…
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Leaving Split, Croatia we drove due east across the mountains making a brief detour to Medugorjie, a dusty Roman Catholic pilgrimage site, and then on to Mostar. I immediately regretted our time in Mostar was limited, as the city fascinated…
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On the border with Slovenia, Pletvice Lakes is an extraordinary valley filled with lakes, small rapids and the occasional waterfall. The national park is large, but in half a day one can walk around the lower lakes and manage boat…
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On this very hot day in 2025 I am thinking of Slovenia’s lovely countryside, especially Lakes Bled and Bohinj in the shadows of the Julian Alps. Lake Bled is the better known and more popular, but I found Lake Bohinj,…