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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This splendid house museum predates the Marmottan (previous page) by a couple generations and gives one an idea of what I imagine Proust might have encountered. The house and its furnishings are as I once heard someone say, “the best…
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On my wish list — along with Notre Dame — was touring three small museums: the Marmottan, the Jacquemart-André and the Nissim de Camondo (closed for a two year renovation). Today I visited the Marmottan and the Jacquemart Andre. The…
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Across the Seine today to visit St Sulpice, Paris’ largest church, and St Germain-des-Pres, one of the city’s oldest dating back to the 8th century. Both churches are justly famous for their pipe organs. St Germain-des-Pres is a riot of…
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One of the things I most wanted to do on this visit was explore these two islands in the Seine. Notre Dame is on Ile de la Cite, along with Sainte Chapelle. Ile de St Louis is much quieter, a…
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Today Janet’s friends the Bonanos managed to get no waiting in line tickets for us to visit the newly rebuilt and cleaned Notre Dame. It was breathtaking — the limestone gleamed, the stained glass sparkled,, works of art once darkened…
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Comfortable flights, but the travel seemed long. We arrived in Dublin before dawn and our flight to Paris left with the rising sun. At Charles de Gaulle we had some trouble finding the RER B into Paris, but once we…
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Beach day. Last full day on the island and much of it spent relaxing at the beach, followed, of course, by yet another great meal. Nevis is a lovely, unrushed place to relax. Highly recommended.
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Today was a relaxed and low key day, exploring Pinney’s Beach near Charlestown, looking at expensive yachts in the harbor, a visit to the island’s famous hot water springs and a very relaxed lunch at the picturesque Hermitage Inn. The…
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We had planned today to hike to the top of Mount Nevis, the dormant volcano at the center of the island; however, we learned it was advisable to have a guide ($135 a person), and, since it has been rainy…
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Beach day…and that was about it for the day. Before the beach we visited Newcastle Pottery where whimsical objects are made out of the island’s red clay, and Sweet O Savory bakery where we bought a selection of beef, chicken…