Places Visited, on Three Continents

PART TWO: WESTERN EUROPE

A:  Austria, Belgium and Slovakia

Austria

Vienna (Wien) and several nearby towns, a walk in the Wienerwald from Baden, plus a boat-ride on the Danube from Krems to Melk

 A very short visit to Vienna in March 2007

Vienna in May of 2007, starting with a Whimsical Walk in Wien

A half day at Semmering, a mountain resort

A half day at Eisenstadt where Haydn lived and worked

          A walk on the Donau-Insel, Vienna

Belgium

What may have been my last official-business visit to Brussels, a very short trip in March 2007 with just one afternoon of spare time to spend in the city

 Three photo pages somewhat related to the life of Jan van Ruisbroeck, the cathedral that stands where his church used to stand, and the woods in which his monastery used to stand in and near Brussels

A 2006 revisit to the grove where Ruisbroec found inspiration

Brussels: poor quality photos but a good short history of the Large Beguinage of Brussels

Brugge:  the Venice of the North, a beautiful city with a beautiful Beguinage

A number of Belgian towns (Valenciennes, Tournai, Cambrai, Chalons), where Marguerite Porete lived or traveled (link also tells her story).

Slovakia

   Bratislava, a 3-hour tour

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