Category: Things of Beauty

• budapest to southampton vII: loose ends & last thoughts

  [Mind the gap. Mind your head. It’s all so very British. Photo is mine.] In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take and the love we didn’t give. ~~Anon. (From TikTok). Here I am, sitting in the same seat, at the same table in a corner of The White Star Tavern and…

  patrickjegan

  June 26, 2026

  Budapest, Dorset, England, London, Objects of Beauty, Parliament, Protest, Things of Beauty, Travels

  #hoponandhopofflondontours, #hotelswithnoairconditionginengland, #insideparaliamentonakhotdahy, #mystruggleswalkingwithahikingstick, #touringlondonintheheat, #walkinglondonwithaninjuredknee, England, europe, London, photography, Travel

• Budapest to amsterdam V: Passau: 3 rivers, Biblical Floods, High Baroque & 2 personal guides

  [The confluence of three rivers. The very light olive color water near the top of the photo is the INN river, clay sediment imparts the color. The closer river is the DANUBE, a brown/grey depending on the rainfall and amount of organic material. A third and much smaller river is the ILZ, which is nearly…

  patrickjegan

  June 13, 2026

  art, Castles, Friendship, History, Memories, non-fiction, Passau Germany, Real Personal History, Things of Beauty, Travel Writing, Travels

  #largestpipeorganintheworld, #retiredtenorandsopranoinpassau, #seeingpassaugermanywithfriends, #thebestlemonadeingermany, #trompe-l’œilinststephenscathedralpassaugermany, #vikingcruisestopinpassau, blog, europe, germany, History, Travel