Comments on: Travel For Art’s Sake http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2 Bandwidth Frittering And Rampant Shutterbuggery By Jay Lee Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:41:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RogerC http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2/comment-page-1#comment-50200 RogerC Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:26:48 +0000 http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2#comment-50200 Hi Jay, If you want to try for something a little more exotic, Singapore Air has a heck of a deal to inaugurate their new Houston to Singapore route with a stop in Moscow. When 2 travel together, the round trip to Moscow is only $599 all inclusive. Once in Moscow, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg is ~400 away by rail or air. It's not the destinations you discussed, but wow, $599. to Moscow has to be a great deal to take in one of the world's great art collections. Happy trails. RogerC Hi Jay,

If you want to try for something a little more exotic, Singapore Air has a heck of a deal to inaugurate their new Houston to Singapore route with a stop in Moscow. When 2 travel together, the round trip to Moscow is only $599 all inclusive.

Once in Moscow, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg is ~400 away by rail or air.

It’s not the destinations you discussed, but wow, $599. to Moscow has to be a great deal to take in one of the world’s great art collections.

Happy trails.

RogerC

]]> By: TC http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2/comment-page-1#comment-48890 TC Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:07:26 +0000 http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2#comment-48890 Hi Jay - It's Prague..... The Charles bridge is not to be missed! We'll be there in July playing festivals, etc.... BTW - I'm getting a new PC laptop suitable for audio editing -of course money is no object! Recommendations? Hi Jay –

It’s Prague….. The Charles bridge is not to be missed! We’ll be there in July playing festivals, etc….

BTW – I’m getting a new PC laptop suitable for audio editing -of course money is no object! Recommendations?

]]> By: Carl Guderian http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2/comment-page-1#comment-48872 Carl Guderian Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:53:45 +0000 http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2#comment-48872 Prague, definitely. Half the city is a museum, and it has probably the only intact Jewish ghetto in Europe. It's where the Golem is from. Some of the streets of the old town are recognizeably the same as in Kafka's day. You go up to Hradcany Castle and sort of work your way down the hill. There's a sort of secret garden towards the bottom. It's a beautiful town. I've been there twice. Tourisy as hell but well worth the trip. By the way, at some of the tourist trap restaurants, the waiter totes up your bill on a calculator and automatically gives himself a 20% tip. It should be 5%, maybe 10%. And the absinthe is crap. So's the Lobkowitz beer. All the other beers are fantastic. Also, Vienna's a few hours away by train, so you could do a twofer. I've never been, so I can't say much about it. And Berlin's wonderful too. If you have anough time, you could fly into Berlin then take trains to Vienna and Prague. Prague, definitely. Half the city is a museum, and it has probably the only intact Jewish ghetto in Europe. It’s where the Golem is from. Some of the streets of the old town are recognizeably the same as in Kafka’s day. You go up to Hradcany Castle and sort of work your way down the hill. There’s a sort of secret garden towards the bottom.

It’s a beautiful town. I’ve been there twice. Tourisy as hell but well worth the trip.

By the way, at some of the tourist trap restaurants, the waiter totes up your bill on a calculator and automatically gives himself a 20% tip. It should be 5%, maybe 10%. And the absinthe is crap. So’s the Lobkowitz beer. All the other beers are fantastic.

Also, Vienna’s a few hours away by train, so you could do a twofer. I’ve never been, so I can’t say much about it.

And Berlin’s wonderful too. If you have anough time, you could fly into Berlin then take trains to Vienna and Prague.

]]> By: Jim Thompson http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2/comment-page-1#comment-48843 Jim Thompson Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:59:37 +0000 http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2#comment-48843 Well, you could have seen Starry Night and Persistence of Memory right here in Houston a couple of years ago. Seeing the Van Gogh was a wonderful experience. The Dali... was too small. Well, you could have seen Starry Night and Persistence of Memory right here in Houston a couple of years ago. Seeing the Van Gogh was a wonderful experience. The Dali… was too small.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2/comment-page-1#comment-48815 Kimberly Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:28:57 +0000 http://www.baldheretic.com/2008/02/26/art-for-arts-sake-2#comment-48815 Hi Jay, I've been reading your blog for a bit now but this is my first time commenting...if you do find yourself in Prague and are also interested in Art Nouveau, you might want to check out the Mucha Museum. When I was visiting family in the Czech Republic last May, it was a nice little diversion. Cheers! Kimberly Hi Jay,

I’ve been reading your blog for a bit now but this is my first time commenting…if you do find yourself in Prague and are also interested in Art Nouveau, you might want to check out the Mucha Museum. When I was visiting family in the Czech Republic last May, it was a nice little diversion.

Cheers!
Kimberly

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