Month: June 2013
Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden
While I am fixing the pictures taken from our June trip to Paris, we will continue with pictures of our Easter trip to Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. The earlier posts on Baden-Baden are here and here. As usual, we were rushing around trying to catch as much as sights as possible on this trip…
Roland-Garros 2013, Paris
This is the first time for us to attend the French Open Tennis tournament (see earlier post about Serena Williams). The Stade Roland-Garros is situated at the outskirt of Paris on the west near the Porte d’Auteuil. The entrance to Roland-Garros was about 10 minutes walk from the train station. There were no lines to…
Serena Williams at Roland-Garros 2013
The French Open Tennis 2013 concluded today with Rafael Nadal winning the men’s final. Yesterday, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to win the ladies’ final. Congratulations to both winning players who proved their longevity. We had a chance to see the French Open in its first week (Day 4) and saw Serena Williams in her…
Baden-Baden, Germany, part 2
Continuing from an earlier post on Baden-Baden … Other than the spas, Baden-Baden is also famous for its casino (Kurhaus). In 1800’s, gambling was banned in some of the neighboring countries and as a result, the rich people of the surrounding states congregated here to try their luck. I (Chris) was not wearing a tie…