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Almagro Spain.The Conversation
A simple conversation in The Plaza Mayor of Almagro, represents to me the pace of life I keep coming back to Spain for. No billboards or flashing neon signs or people occupying the same space yet staring into their cell phones miles away in other private virtual worlds. For more […]
Toledo
This is the view from the balcony of the Parador Toledo. The capital of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, it is a spectacular ancient city and the Parador across the river is a destination in and of itself. Toledo is only a few hours drive from Madrid but feels […]
Drinking from the bottom of a glass of Spanish wine.
A week after the October snow storm that devastated my area of Massachusetts, I finally had time to down load my images from a tour of Paradores in Spain I was on the week before the storm. I love Spain. The food was fantastic, the Paradores were beautiful and I […]
Street life Almagro Spain
Almagro is a classic old Spanish town. Comfortable, incredibly scenic with a healthy street life and an ample cast of old characters. One such local hero rode around the town with his best friend, a small puppy on the back of his three wheel bike that I found waiting for […]
Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt Austria
I arrived in Austria today after a full day of travel by train and plane from the hills of western Mass and as I expected it is beautiful. Our first stop was at the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt about 45 minuets from Vienna. It is a spectacular Palace and is […]
Norway: Fishing the Fjord in Alesund
In the small town of Alesund in western Norway, my writer Max and I boarded Kjell Olson’s small boat to head out for a few hours of fishing in one of Norway’s legendary fjords. “We have to get out to the right spot” Kjell said. “I know where the […]
Portrait of a Norwegian Seagull
Everything is better in Norway. The ocean are teaming with fish. The mountains are majestic, the fjords are dramatic and the people are all beautiful. Even the Norwegian seagulls have a stately presence about them, like this one that was trailing the fishing boat I was on in Alesund .