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  • Caribbean Cruise 2015
  • Europe 2014
    • Transatlantic Cruise
    • Spain
    • Southern France, Provence & the Loire
    • Normandy and Paris
    • Italy
    • Greece, Malta & Turkey
    • Croatia
    • England
    • Trip Map
    • Travel Technology
  • St Thomas
  • Southwest Travel
    • Sedona
    • Apache Trail
    • Palm Springs
    • Grand Canyon
    • Meteor Crater
    • Lake Havasu
    • Las Vegas
    • Bisbee
    • Payson fly-in camping
    • Luke AFB
  • Other Europe Trips
    • England 2006
    • Italy 2004
    • UK 2000
    • Bullfights - Commentary
    • Europe 1994
    • Original Europe 2014 Facebook posts
  • West Coast Travel
    • Portland
    • SoCal - Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Catalina Island, San Diego & Coronado Island
    • SoCal - Santa Barbara & LA
    • San Francisco
    • Seattle
  • Around the USA
    • Florida 2012
    • Chicago and Upper Michigan
    • Vermont 2001
    • DC Flying Trip 2001
    • Cities of the South
    • Kiowah
    • Key West 1980's
    • Western Travels Early 1990's
  • Alaska
    • Alaska Photos
    • Travelogues
      • Lewisville, TX to Whitehorse, Yukon
      • Whitehorse to Kachemak Bay
      • Kachemak Bay to Seward
      • Seward to Juneau
      • Juneau to Seattle
      • Seattle to Lewisville
  • Down Under
    • New Zealand
    • Australia
    • Fiji
    • Hawaii
  • Around North America
    • Mexico 1984
    • Walker's Cay, Bahamas
    • Grand Canyon circa 1992
    • Northwest USA Trip
    • Old Photos
      • Assorted Flying Photos
      • Michigan Tech
  • BMW
  • Aviation
  • Desert Photos
    • Hikes
    • Desert Flora
    • Desert Fauna
    • Desert Landscapes
    • Desert Travels

Europe! More updates...

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Cruising the Grand Canal at dusk. The palazzos have some nice Murano chandeliers.
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I love the gondolier on his cell phone. Some things are universal.
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Selfie at the Bridge of Sighs. It is said that convicted prisoners would look back as they were led from the halls of justice to the prison, and sigh. I think it represents tourists who look back at all the money they spent in Venice and sigh.
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Venice' Piazza San Marco as viewed from our cruise ship. I had no idea we would sail this close.
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Ephesus, Turkey. Awesome ruins from over 2 millennia of history.
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Santorini, Greece. Can't take a bad photo on this island.
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The Parthenon on the Acropolis. Yeah, it's awesome.
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Orvieto cathedral
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Portofino
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Varenna, Italy, on Lake Como.
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Villa del Balbianello on lake Como, Italy
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Bellagio. The Italian Lake District has awesome scenery and nice small towns. All served by ferry.
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Along the paseo in Varenna, Italy.
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St Chapelle, Paris. Best stained glass ever.
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Norte Dame, Paris. Really nice, but I think my favorite is St Chapelle.
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Is that the Mona Lisa?
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Yeah, the Venus de Milo is a masterpiece. A standout among many at the Louve.
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Complete with giant tennis ball advertising the French Open
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Hall of Mirrors, Versailles.
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Altarpiece in Napoleon's tomb
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Napoleon's tomb. So he sent half a million soldiers to take Moscow, and came back with only 60,000. But he's a hero! Viva la France!
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Rodin sculpture garden, Paris. I'm thinking, croissant or baguette today?
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Hotel De Ville, Paris.
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Honfleur, Normandy
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American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Normandy. This is only a tiny fraction. No words can describe it.
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Window in St Mere Eglise church. Zoom in...it's Airborne all the way.
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Church in St Mere Eglise, Normandy. This is where the paratrooper got hung up on the roof, as seen in The Longest Day. He's still there, as a mannequin.
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Bayeux cathedral interior
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Cathedral at Bayeux
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Remains of the artificial harbor called Mulberry B at Arromanches in Normandy. They sank enough "Phoenix caissons" just after D-Day to build a sea wall a kilometer across. An incredible engineering feat.
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Mont St Michel, Normandy. They're building a new causeway across the mudflats (not high tide when we were there). Pilgrims of old had to either take a boat or walk at low tide.
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Double helix staircase in Chambord. Each starts opposite the other.
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Chombard. Huge chateau, and "just" a hunting lodge for the king. It's good to be the king...well, until it isn't.
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Chateau Chenonceau in the Loire Valley.
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I don't know what this is called. All I can say is that it was delicious. All the desserts in France are delicious.
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Rocher St Michel in Le Puy.
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Le Puy, in central France. Hiked up to the statue. Photo taken from another hilltop, Rocher St Michel.
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Statue of the Virgin Mary, made of melted cannons captured from the Russians.
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View of the Low Cornice from the Middle Cornice. Just like in the James Bond movies, except it's a Renault Clio for us, not an Aston Martin.
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Nice hilltop village called Eze on the Middle Cornice between nice and Monaco. It's a hike (no cars), but delicious crepes await at the Cactus Cafe.
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Inside the church in Monaco. Looks almost new, with cool backlighting...but it's centuries old.
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Monaco... Beautiful. Clean. Expensive. You can see the grandstand being installed for the Grand Prix. Good day trip from Nice.
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Breakfast on our balcony in Nice. A so-so Airbnb apartment, but great location.
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Giant caldron of paella, anyone?
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Stairs up to our hotel room in Avignon
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Afternoon tea in Avignon. It was as good as it looks.
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These are common. They retract by remote control.
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Carcassonne at night
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Main gate to Carcassonne. Awesome hilltop medieval town.
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French commandos training on the beach in Collioure. Right next to topless tourists sunning themselves.
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Collioure France. Small town on the Med with loads of charm.
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La Sagrada Familia stained glass. There's a lot of it.
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La Sagrada Familia interior
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La Sagrada Familia. Gaudi's masterpiece cathedral still a work in progress for over 100 years.
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Our apartment in Barcelona was in El Born, the old district. This is our "street".
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Alhambra ceiling
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Alhambra relief
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The Alhambra
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If I only had a car in Granada. I'd take this as a challenge!
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Granada, Spain. Alhambra in the background.
Cadiz, Spain
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Ponta Delgada, Azores
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Croquet anyone?
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Ficus tree "floating" in the atrium. 
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Breakfast on our verandah. In case we're too lazy to go to the restaurant or the buffet. 
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Gearing up for the Europe trip. We are traveling light!
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St Thomas!
A week in the Virgin Islands with friends.

Just say: It's carnival, baby!

Grand Canyon with the Scottsdale Breakfast Club

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Long weekend at the Canyon. 16 people from the Breakfast Club, fantastic weather, squirrels did not steal ice cream cones.

Florida & Disney Cruise

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10 days on the Florida Atlantic coast and a 3 day Disney cruise with family. Awesome!

Portland

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We flew commercial for a long weekend of wonderfully cool weather in Portland, Oregon.

They have great food in Portland. Numerous food trucks, a great Peruvian restaurant, and Voodoo Donut, a local institution.


Payson fly-in camping

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Fly in, set up camp right by the plane, talk about airplanes with other pilots, have a chuck wagon dinner and watch the sunset on the Mogollon Rim.

SoCal...

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Catalina Island,
Long Beach,
San Diego,
Coronado Island

Arizona travels...We drove down to Tubac, AZ. It's a nice little town about 50 miles south of Tucson. Lots of galleries and a great Mexican restaurant called Elvira's. Here are some pics...

Ed goes to Chicago & Michigan to visit friends from college

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Click on the pic to see more from Ed's week visiting Cliff, Phil & Dave in Chicago and Upper Michigan

Miscellany

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  • Home
  • Florida 2021
  • Turkey 2019
  • Caribbean Cruise 2017
  • Flying around Arizona
  • Caribbean Cruise 2015
  • Europe 2014
    • Transatlantic Cruise
    • Spain
    • Southern France, Provence & the Loire
    • Normandy and Paris
    • Italy
    • Greece, Malta & Turkey
    • Croatia
    • England
    • Trip Map
    • Travel Technology
  • St Thomas
  • Southwest Travel
    • Sedona
    • Apache Trail
    • Palm Springs
    • Grand Canyon
    • Meteor Crater
    • Lake Havasu
    • Las Vegas
    • Bisbee
    • Payson fly-in camping
    • Luke AFB
  • Other Europe Trips
    • England 2006
    • Italy 2004
    • UK 2000
    • Bullfights - Commentary
    • Europe 1994
    • Original Europe 2014 Facebook posts
  • West Coast Travel
    • Portland
    • SoCal - Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Catalina Island, San Diego & Coronado Island
    • SoCal - Santa Barbara & LA
    • San Francisco
    • Seattle
  • Around the USA
    • Florida 2012
    • Chicago and Upper Michigan
    • Vermont 2001
    • DC Flying Trip 2001
    • Cities of the South
    • Kiowah
    • Key West 1980's
    • Western Travels Early 1990's
  • Alaska
    • Alaska Photos
    • Travelogues
      • Lewisville, TX to Whitehorse, Yukon
      • Whitehorse to Kachemak Bay
      • Kachemak Bay to Seward
      • Seward to Juneau
      • Juneau to Seattle
      • Seattle to Lewisville
  • Down Under
    • New Zealand
    • Australia
    • Fiji
    • Hawaii
  • Around North America
    • Mexico 1984
    • Walker's Cay, Bahamas
    • Grand Canyon circa 1992
    • Northwest USA Trip
    • Old Photos
      • Assorted Flying Photos
      • Michigan Tech
  • BMW
  • Aviation
  • Desert Photos
    • Hikes
    • Desert Flora
    • Desert Fauna
    • Desert Landscapes
    • Desert Travels