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View from our Window 2

Dave — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:01:23 +0000

We spent a night in Czesky Krumlov, a very quaint and picturesque town. The view from our window:

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View from our Window 1

Dave — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:37:28 +0000

A view from our apartment window in Prague (may not be right side up for Safari browsers):

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View from our Window ‘deux part deux’

Dave — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:18:15 +0000

Across the street from our window, a McDonald’s in an Alsatian style building wedged between two Parisian buildings. Note the typical Alsatian stork on the roof. Who’s up for McStork burgers?

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View from our Window ‘deux’

Dave — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:12:54 +0000

The view of Rue St. Lazare.

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View from our Window ‘un’

Dave — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:46:39 +0000

From our hotel in Strasbourg.

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Picture gallery posted from Puerto Rico

Dave — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:54:58 +0000

I’ve just posted a gallery of pictures from our trip here: http://daveburnsphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Puerto-Rico/G0000W2AFmQZItnw/

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View from our Window #4

Dave — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:29:25 +0000

We stopped through the Finger Lakes region of New York on the way home for Meredith’s grandmother’s 90th birthday party. Here is the view from our room in the Ramada Geneva Lakefront:

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View from our Window #3

Dave — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:14:00 +0000

We left Tuscany Saturday morning and are now at our apartment in Rome. We’re staying in a neighborhood called Trastevere which is very active at night with restaurants and bars. Below are two pictures from our window, one at night and the other in the morning when it is really quiet.

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Massa Maritima

Dave — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:39:00 +0000

We spent our last day in Tuscany exploring a hill town that we did not visit in 2008 and that is not visited by most tourists (at least most Americans). A coworker of mine also writes travel guidebooks about Tuscany and Italy and he generously gave me a copy before we left. In his book, he describes a town in southwestern Tuscany called Massa Maritima as an “undiscovered gem” so we decided to check it out. It turned out to be exactly that – very charming and worth a return visit. It’s a very small hill town with the usual picturesque red tile rooftops, great views, steep streets, and cafes tucked away in side alleys. For such a small town, it has a lot of options for places to eat and as we left in late afternoon, lots of cars were passing us in the other direction. The town’s population must expand a lot at night.

The view over the rooftops with the sea in the background.

A typical view down a steep street.

The main square in the old town with the cathedral and campanile.

The cathedral shows a change in architectural style as it was built. The lower part with rounded arches is Romanesque while the upper part with striped marble is Gothic.

The other side of the old square with lots of cafes.

A view down an alleyway with cafes, shops, etc.

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Montepulciano

Dave — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:03:00 +0000

We spent one of our last days in Tuscany in Montepulciano, one of our favorite hill towns and it didn’t disappoint. The town is very picturesque, not as crowded as some others, offers tasting of local wines, and has plenty of side streets and back alleys to wander. It turned out that the town was preparing for a festival that night and, while sitting at a cafe on the main piazza, we witnessed a group rehearsing a routine that involved lots of drums plus carrying flags and then throwing them high in the air to other members of the group. A very cool thing to watch while we cooled down from the hot sun.

A view from Montepulciano over the surrounding countryside – a very typical view from a Tuscan hill town.

Meredith and me outside the Cantucci Cantine after tasting some wine. I recommend a visit with Adamo who has been making wine for over 50 years.

The group rehearsing their flag routine in the main piazza.

The group throws their flags in the air across the piazza.

More flag waving.

More flag throwing.

Members of one of the local “contradas” emerging from their headquarters in the evening in full costume before heading up to the piazza for the main event.

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