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silverfox917 · 2 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Switzerland

I would just like to add a couple more thoughts about the Passion Play, and then I will stop. I was asked what my favorite part was, and I mentioned 2 of them. First was the Last Supper. Very humbling to see Jesus washing the feet of the apostles. Next was the soliloquy that Judas gave. The anguish in the voice and the pain on his face when he realized what he had done and who he betrayed. Those…

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Traveling with the Silver Fox to Oberammergau, Germany

We went to this beautiful Bavarian village to attend the Passion Play. This event is put on every 10 years, but in 2020 it was put on hold for 2 years, and rescheduled. This play is put on because of a vow, and all having to do with being spared from the plague. The first performance was in 1634. Besides 2020, the only other 2 times the play didn’t happen was in 1920 because of the Spanish Flu,…

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Traveling with the Silver Fox through Austria

Austria is a beautiful country full of green landscapes, small villages, and lots of cows. Interesting thing about this country, everything is closed on Sunday. Including grocery stores. I found out from a cab driver they can only be opened 72 hours a week. Not sure why, but that’s what he told me. If you need anything you are out of luck. The only places I did see opened were gas stations and…

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Traveling with the Silver Fox in Vienna

We had been to Vienna before in December of 2013, so this time we decided to go wine tasting in their wine region. Our tour guide was a lovely gentleman named Tom who drove us about an hour out of Vienna in the Wachau Valley. The winery’s are family owned and consist of 50-60 families. They use a Viennese blend and 80% of the wines stay local. They produce almost all white wines of a dry Riesling…

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Traveling with the Silver Fox in Slovakia

Going to Vienna we realized we were just less than an hours drive to the country of Slovakia. Why not spend a couple of days there and add another county to the list. We stayed in the capital of Bratislava. This county has seen a lot of changes in who has the control over them. Hungary, Germany, and the Communist. Of course the last control ended in 1989 when that party fell, and they joined the…

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Traveling with the Silver Fox in Split Croatia

Another beautiful place in Croatia. After visiting Dubrovnik twice, we waited until the big guys knee was replaced before venturing into this city. We knew that we would be doing a lot of walking. Yesterday we did just that by taking a walking tour of the city and taking a cooking class. Split is the 2nd largest city in Croatia. It was founded in either the 2nd or 3rd centuries as a Greek…

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Traveling with the SilverFox Wine tasting in Porto I think I have mentioned before that we like to go wine tasting in the different countries and regions we visit. And Porto was no exception. Porto wines known as port goes as far back as when the Romans inhabited this land. The vineyards must suffer to produce good wines: hot, cold, hot. Water for the grapes comes from the rain stored on the…

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silverfox917 · 2 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Porto I am back! Been a long 2 years since I have written my blog, and I am so happy to be able to do this again. This trip to Porto Portugal was suppose to happen in March of 2020, but things happen, don’t they? We finally made it to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Porto is the 2nd most important city this country, where the Douro River meets the Atlantic.…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox Belgian Style

Spending my birthday week in the pretty country. We are taking in as much of the sights as we can. It’s a very short plane ride from the UK, so getting here was very easy.

We took the train to the town of Bruges, just an hours journey. First of all, I love going by train. It is so relaxing. I read most of the way there, and wrote in my journal on the ride back. And in between I looked out the…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox Dubrovnik Style

The Pearl of the Adriatic…..Croatia’s picturesque medieval city, that is Dubrovnik.

On Sunday we went within the walls of the city. Stone is the primary material….streets, the town squares, houses, churches, etc. The walls are 1,940 meters long, 4-6 meters thick towards the land, 1-3 towards the sea and up to 25 meters high at some points. A city of stone, on stone, built for eternity.

I began…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Dubrovnik Croatia

This is another place I never, ever thought I would visit, but here I am. Enjoying another adventure with the big guy.

We are staying at a great place a few miles from the city walls. Views of the Adriatic Sea can be seen everywhere. Our first night there we took a sunset dinner cruise. The sun did not disappoint. And we got to see the lights of the city come on and brighten up Dubrovnik.

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Budapest

We are staying in the Castle Buda area of the city. Our room overlooks the Fisherman Bastion which was the fish market during the Middle Ages. It frames the Castle and St. Matthias church. It is also known as the Church of the Virgin Mary. It was built during the 13th-15th centuries, with a very gothic style in architecture. During the Turkish period it had been converted into a Mosque. This…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Budapest

Another Easter, another adventure. This time we are in the country of Hungary. Some place that I have wanted to visit for a very long time. We are staying in the Castle District on the Buda side. Again, we can walk to the places we want to see.

This city took some serious damage during both the World Wars. With the Nazi withdrawal, Communism dictatorship took over. In 1956 the people rose up…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Madrid

The sights and sounds of the streets is something I enjoy. I had a lot of time on my hands while the big guy was working so, I did most of this by myself. It’s a good thing I like to walk around and take in the cities I visit, because you learn a lot.

Madrid is a very bustling place, where getting any type of transportation is as easy as crossing the street. Walking, bicycles, motorcycles, and…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox in Spain

If there is a wine region to see and experience in the countries we visit, we will be there. On Friday, we went on a wine tour with the wonderful Rio as our knowledgeable guide.

The drive out to the winery’s we were to visit was full of olive trees. Old ones with double trunks, and young ones with the skinny trunks. 50% of the worlds supply of olive oil comes from Spain, but Italy has the…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the Silver Fox in Madrid

It’s all about the churches. As I have written before or stated before, I love going into old churches. I can spend a good deal of time in them. Looking at the statues, the paintings and reading about their history. I imagine what it must have been like when they were first established, the music that was played, the smell of the incense…..which at times you can still smell the lingering odor.…

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silverfox917 · 5 years

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Traveling with the SilverFox Spanish Style

Having a husband that works in Europe, Wales specifically I never know where I will end up when I am over here visiting. This time around I am in Madrid….for a whole week. The big guy has business and I get to explore this colorful city.

This past weekend we went exploring all around the place, as much as we could. They have a huge monument to…

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