Out and About came in Near and Far varieties this week.
Marianne and Harry’s Great Adventure
Harry and Marianne Bloomfeld journeyed to Kingston, NY, for their annual Bloomfeld Family get-together. There they found an appealing autumn farm stand, perfect for photographing.
Photo by Harry Bloomfeld
Hildegarde and John’s Great Adventure
This year, Hildegarde Gray and John Vacher were able to fulfill a pre-pandemic promise (and joy) of including granddaughter India on a trip to Vienna and Prague. Hildegarde started out first, visiting old school buddies in Regensburg, then met John and India in Vienna before traveling to Prague. India left them in Prague, and John and Hildegarde went on to Dresden before taking the train to Frankfurt for the flight home. The captions are (mostly) from Hildegarde.
Regensburg
Bear [aka Sugarbear, the family Dachshund] would have liked the Dachshund museum in Regensburg
Hildegarde, trying really hard to smile after walking up the 479 steps to the Walhalla monument in Regensburg. Clearly it's not easy to get to Walhalla!
Vienna and Prague
Waiting for the opera to start in the grand Vienna Opera House.
John on one of the grand stairways of the Vienna Opera House.
Lots of stunning art in Vienna, this one was kind of jaw dropping (pun intended). Good place for John and India to take a break.
India and Hildegarde, aka Mutt and Jeff, on the Charles Bridge in Prague.
Some unusual instruments, also on the Charles Bridge
Dresden
This is the War history museum in Dresden. The piece jutting out kind of like an arrowhead was designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind. Instead of giving you a chronological view, in that part of the museum, each floor presents a theme like war and music, war and technology, or war and sorrow. I have to admit I had very little interest in going to this museum with John, but ended up being very moved by the exhibits.
Photos by Hildegarde Gray and John Vacher