British Airways : Pure Enjoyment!
British Airways : Pure enjoyment! Read our previous posting “Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice!” Soon after we settled into our comfy business class alcove seats on the British Airways 747 flight to London, a smiling stewardess handed me the flight’s menu, titled in large letters “Pure Enjoyment”. How appropriate a description, I thought,…
Belarus, last European country for tourists to discover
Read our previous country posting: “Barbados, easternmost island in the Caribbean!” COUNTRY ROLL No 17 : Belarus, or White Russia, last European country for tourists to discover! Vitebsk, Belarus, birthplace of Marc Chagall! Photo MyNativeBelarus.blogspot.com Read our related posting:”Best of Belarus food: Machanka with draniki!” Read our next country posting: “Belgium, crossroads of…
Our favorite Prague Cafes !
The Viennese coffee house culture spread to all corners of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the nineteenth century, including to Prague, then a provincial capital. Prague cafes ( coffee house or cafe is “kavarna” in Czech) later fell into disfavor during the Communist era but have bounced back strongly since 1989. Century-old cafes…