Travel to old Europe....................

This is not us! I loved this painting when I saw it hanging in SuzAnna's Antiques some years back. Today I found it in my iPhoto archive and once again it spoke to me. It illustrates how I'm feeling right now about flying off next week to a part of Europe I've never seen. I think the cloche hat and airy scarf, both items I'll be wearing, already have me excited at thoughts of riding the trains, treading the old cobblestone streets and alleys, tiptoeing down cathedral aisles, sighing at the architecture of old palaces and historic buildings. Throw in perhaps a river cruise on the Danube, and wandering across timeworn bridges to the strains of Mozart. Sampling scrumptious pastries with coffee or hot chocolate in an historic old cafe if the days are chilly, or even if they're not!

First stop will be London - but just to change planes for Hungary for a few days in beautiful Budapest. Then a train to lovely Vienna, Austria for a couple more days before boarding the train to the Czech Republic, and there I'll have several days in Prague.....a city I've been longing to visit for ages.

More than likely I'll take a gazillion photos. Will post if possible. Plan to come back with stories of these three wonderful cities to share with you.
What am I packing? I'm working on that - come back to see!

Linking this post to Jeanne's blog Collage of Life - where a new Bowerbird Friends party is in progress. Hope you'll go visit.