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Stockholm

Posted on April 22, 2023 by If It Was Today

It was a lovely sunny day, with the temperature near 20 Celsius. Apparently this is the first really nice day of spring this year, and it felt like the sunshine brought everyone out onto the street. We used the day … Continue reading →

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Travel Day

Posted on April 21, 2023 by If It Was Today

Yesterday was a travel day, flying from Budapest to Stockholm. The experience nicely illustrates why I don’t entirely miss traveling for business. If things can go wrong, they will go wrong. And of course, they obviously can go wrong. But … Continue reading →

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Quite a Hike

Posted on April 19, 2023 by If It Was Today

We had a tour of the castle on the Buda side on Sunday, but that time we took a bus to the base of the hill. Today we decided to walk from our hotel, then climb up the steps to … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Day in Budapest

Posted on April 18, 2023 by If It Was Today

We took it easy today, mostly just walking around Budapest and enjoying the lovely spring weather. We began by heading up towards Hero’s Square. Along the way, we came across this, which certainly qualifies as an interesting use for a … Continue reading →

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Budapest – Day 2

Posted on April 17, 2023 by If It Was Today

We disembarked today and took a taxi to our hotel, since we will spend a few more days in Budapest. We considered walking – it was only 15-20 minutes to the hotel, but we had our luggage, and we thought … Continue reading →

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Budapest

Posted on April 16, 2023 by If It Was Today

Our river cruise is coming to an end with our arrival in Budapest early today. We spent the day getting an introduction to the city and its history. And we learned how the city’s name should be pronounced. I’ll give … Continue reading →

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Vienna

Posted on April 15, 2023 by If It Was Today

We had a brief tour of Vienna this morning, with the rest of the day free to wander at our leisure. There is so much impressive architecture in Vienna that I’m not even going to try to cover it. Instead, … Continue reading →

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A Rainy Day in Melk

Posted on April 14, 2023 by If It Was Today

We woke up this morning to find that it was going to be rainy (97% chance of precipitation) and cold (3 degrees Celsius). We had been booked to take the Durnstein walking tour, but decided we weren’t all that interested … Continue reading →

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Passau

Posted on April 13, 2023 by If It Was Today

Today we decided to take the Passau Castle hike which involved hiking through the old town, then up the side of the hill to the castle, which dates back to at least 1499. This picture gives you an idea of … Continue reading →

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Regensburg

Posted on April 13, 2023 by If It Was Today

We had a couple of options for tours today. One of them involved beer tasting, so guess which one I picked. We started with a local Sausage shop where we had a sandwich made with Regensburg sausages. Apparently every town … Continue reading →

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