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<h2>Joe Englander Photography Workshops and Photo Tours</h2>
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European Cities Photo Tour</h2>
<h3>Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich</h3><p>These four cities form one of the greatest open-air museums in the world. Although
they are closely related by history, culture, and physical distance, each makes its own statement and offers its own images. Although each has history reaching into prehistory, they are imbued with a sense of being the "true" center of culture and show evidence of the
richness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Prague lies at the epicenter of Bohemia; Vienna was the showplace of the Hapsburg dynasty and for a while the epicenter of the world; Munich was the capital of Bavaria; and Salzburg, the city of Mozart. All were well known for the splendor of their baroque and rococo architecture. Each is known for creating music for the soul: Mozart and Beethoven, Haydn and Gluck, Schubert and Strauss, Dvorak, Mahler, and Bruckner. And each city takes its relaxation seriously. The first coffeehouse was established in Vienna in 1683 but, perhaps more importantly, golden Pilsner beer was invented in Prague.</p>
<p>Salzburg is a small, beautiful, well preserved baroque town. It is the essence of Vienna and Munich distilled into a bite-sized morsel. It sits calmly along a river dominated by one of Europe's largest intact medieval castles. Since Mozart, maybe before, it has been a picturesque tourist town; that makes it
a delight to photograph at any time. Winding streets, small shops, churches and cathedrals, castles and glockenspiels, gardens and fountains, all within a few blocks of each other. Its nearby big brother, Munich, is far more dynamic, fast-paced, and perhaps because of all the biergartens, more fun-filled. Only a century or so ago, Munich was the capital of an independent Bavaria, so it has all the imperial palaces, boulevards, and other trappings of a cultural center. The old and restored town center, where we will stay, is still the center for the most interesting photographs of street markets, street performers, significant landmarks, general gemutlichkeit.</p>
<p>We'll stay in the historic town center at each location. In Prague we are near the foot of the Charles Bridge. In each city we'll visit castles and churches, historic landmarks, and quiet side streets.</p><hr>
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