With temperatures in the units this week, the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin were frozen over. After freezing to get some of these pictures, we spent the day in the Sackler and Freer Galleries (and mad a couple quick stops in the Hirshhorn and Air and Space Museums).
Fisherman’s Bastion – Budapest, Hungary Fisherman’s Bastion stands on Castle Hill overlooking the Danube River and the historic center of Budapest. Built in the late 19th century as part of a major restoration of the Buda Castle district, the structure was designed in a romantic Neo-Romanesque style with decorative towers, arcades, and terraces. From its […]
Budapest – Hungary Budapest stretches along both banks of the Danube River, where the historic cities of Buda and Pest were unified in the late 19th century to form the modern capital of Hungary. The city sits at the western edge of the Carpathian Basin, a vast plain surrounded by mountain ranges. The skyline of […]
Our trips back to Boston are becoming less frequent. I swear that every time I go back, a bunch of tall office buildings have gone up, my block in Southie has a bunch of new condos, and the traffic keeps getting worse. But I never get tired of the gritty feel, the history, the pride, […]
