Category Archives: EUROPE

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #11.1

Posted on September 3, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Photos here are hosted on OneDrive or CloudUp.] Fri. 30 Apr. Glenveagh National Park. Our tour gets a few hours here but it’s worth at least a half day. Take the time to walk … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged CIE Tours, Glenveagh, Glenveagh National Park, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland | 7 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #10

Posted on August 27, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Click to view, explore, view, click some more.] [Photos here are hosted on OneDrive or CloudUp.] Thu. 29 Apr. (’17). Northern Ireland. The Antrim Coast Road. Giant’s Causeway. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. Brevity is soul, … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Carnlough, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, CIE Tours, Derry, Dunluce Castle, Game of Thrones, Giant's Causeway, Glenariffe, GoT, Ireland, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Peace Walls, The Antrim Coast Road, the Glens of Antrim | 4 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #09

Posted on August 15, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger.] Wed. 28 Apr. Belfast. ‘The Troubles.’ Peace Walls. Our guides were very enthusiastic about the reconstruction booming economy of Belfast since peace was realized, … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Belfast, Belfast murals, CIE Tours, Northern Ireland, Peace Walls, Scotland, The Troubles | 5 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #08

Posted on May 16, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger.] It is the next day from yesterday. (Are you keeping with me? Thu. 27 Apr. if not.) We travel from Ballachulish (Balla-HOO-lish) to Belfast … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Alloway, Alloway Ayrshire, Ballachulish, Brig o' Doon, Brigodoon, Cairnryan Scotland, CIE Tours, heather, Isle of Glencoe, Larne, Larne Northern Ireland, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Luss Scotland, Northern Ireland, Robert Burns, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, The Troubles, To A Mouse by Robert Burns | 4 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #07

Posted on May 9, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger. Wed. 26 April. Last night was a one-nighter in the aging, 3 to 4-star (?!), Columba Hotel Inverness. We are doing 2-1-1-2-1-2-1-2-2 in terms … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Armadale, Bonnie Prince Charlie, CIE Tours, Clan Donald Center, Columba Hotel, Glenfinnan, Inverness, Isle of Glencoe, Isle of Skye, Kyle of Localsh, Loch Ness, River Ness, Scotland, slate quarry, Uruquat Castle | 9 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #06

Posted on May 3, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger. Edinburgh… (I hope you are pronouncing that Edin-burro, with a clipped and trilled ‘r’, and not -BURG!) Practice now. “…BURro” “…BURro” Actually I think “…BUR-doh” … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Cairngorms, Cathedral of St. Andrews, CIE Tours, Edinburgh Scotland, Firth of Forth Bridge, Hettie's Tea, Northpoint Cafe St. Andrews, Pitlochry, Scotland, St. Andrews Scotland, The Old Course at St. Andrews | 2 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #05

Posted on May 1, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger. Many days and miles have passed. I knew I couldn’t keep up the (posting) pace. I’m in the Republic of Ireland now, but this … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged CIE Tours, Crown Jewels of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Scotland, Ensign Ewart pub, Greyfriars Bobby, Greyfriars Kirke, John Gray, National Museum of Scotland, Robert the Bruce, Scotland, Spirit of Scotland dinner show, St Margaret Chapel, The Honours, William Wallace | 8 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #04

Posted on April 23, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger. We join the regular tour today at the Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club. There will be 22 of us on a bus that holds … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged CIE Tours, Corgi, Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, Edinburgh Scotland, Royal Yacht Britinnia, Scotland, Sir Walter Scott | 6 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #03

Posted on April 22, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger.) Saturday 22 April. It is the last free day before joining ‘the Tour’. I can see our total 5 days in Edinburgh will barely … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Scotland, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, The Writers' Museum | 10 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #02

Posted on April 21, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to view, scroll down and click to view larger.) The Wee Red Bus today with Heart of Scotland Tours. 10 passengers on a 16 passenger bus. Rosslyn Chapel of DaVinci Code book and … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Albanach Pub, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland, Jedburgh Abbey, Melrose, Melrose Abbey, Robert the Bruce, Rosslyn Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland, Scott's View, Sir Walter Scott, The Avengers movie, The DaVinci Code, William Wallace | 10 Comments

Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #01

Posted on April 20, 2017 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] I’m posting from an iPad. Good luck to me. Armed with guidebooks (a 1989 Michelin Scotland and a Baedeker’s Ireland of nearly the same vintage, from my 1990 visits) and a crusty camera not … Continue reading →

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Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2015: Swindle & Fraud

Posted on May 22, 2015 by JohnRH

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[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham’s Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham’s Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures courtesy L.Q.] LITERATURE! It’s what’s for dinner. And breakfast and lunch. What better on which … Continue reading →

Gallery | Tagged Barna da Siena, Billy Budd, Charles Dickens, Charles Ponzi, Chester Himes, Clancy Martin, Clarence Thomas, Daniel Mason, David Samuels, Ella Fitzgerald, Goebbels, H. Rap Brown, Henry V, Herman Melville, History, It's Only A Paper Moon, Jessica Mitford, Joseph Goebbels, Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly, Leonello Spada, lewis lapham, Literature, Margaret Bourke-White, Mark Twain, Moby Dick, Nietzsche, Ronald Reagan, Sandro Botticelli, Shakespeare, The Confidence Man | 6 Comments

Biking in The Netherlands – 10 – Kudelstaart to Aalsmeer to Amsterdam

Posted on May 12, 2015 by JohnRH

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[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this … Continue reading →