[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 a lot if you get here. We saw some walking the 2 miles or so … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #11.1
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Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #10
[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, or something like that. I'll do my best to limit the number of pictures but … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #10
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #09
[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, but I felt an eerie quietude as we toured some of the former boundaries between … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #09
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #08
[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 today by way of the Western Highlands and the Robert Burns Museum in Ayr near … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #08
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #07
[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 of overnights during the tour and many are VERY nice. Perhaps I'll do a hotel … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #07
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #06
[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" will help you trill the 'r' "...BUR-doh." "E-din-BUR-doh." Good. ...to Inverness via St. Andrews (400+ … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #06
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #05
[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 is now, that was then. Monday 24 April (only a week ago???) was the assault … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #05
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #04
[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 twice that many. Darn. The hotel is 9 miles from Edinburgh. Here are two shots … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #04
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #03
[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 scratch the surface. As it should be. Should I save today's best for last? No. … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #03
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #02
[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 movie fame. It should be well know despite that. The interior stone carvings are phenomenal. … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #02
Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #01
[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 quite that old resurrected from storage, I'm off to see beautiful Scotland and the Emerald … Continue reading Scotland/Ireland 2017 – #01
Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2015: Swindle & Fraud
[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 to feast than fragments of thought and insight from great thinkers throughout history. Yes, they … Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2015: Swindle & Fraud
Biking in The Netherlands – 10 – Kudelstaart to Aalsmeer to Amsterdam
[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 series HERE.] LAST DAY at last! I'm not in a hurry to end the trip, just … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 10 – Kudelstaart to Aalsmeer to Amsterdam
Biking in The Netherlands – 09 – Gouda (Waddinxveen) to Kudelstaart
[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 series HERE.] Today is our final full day of biking. We prepare to embark on bikes. … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 09 – Gouda (Waddinxveen) to Kudelstaart
Biking in The Netherlands – 08 – Leiden to Gouda
[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 series HERE.] Wednesday 22 April 2015. Biking Day 4. A lot of countryside biking for which … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 08 – Leiden to Gouda
Biking in The Netherlands – 07 – Haarlem to Leiden
[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 series HERE.] Day 4 of our biking tour. Biking Day 3. Should be easy posting today. … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 07 – Haarlem to Leiden
Biking in The Netherlands – 06 – Alkmaar to Haarlem
[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 series HERE.] Monday 20 April 2015. Second day of biking. We bike from Alkmaar south and … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 06 – Alkmaar to Haarlem
Biking in The Netherlands – 05 – Purmerend to Alkmaar
[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 series HERE.] Our first day of biking at last. In the morning we have a 1hr+ … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 05 – Purmerend to Alkmaar
Biking in The Netherlands – 04 – Meet the Biking Tour
[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 series HERE.] FINALLY we are ready to start the bike tour. We meet the group and … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 04 – Meet the Biking Tour
Biking in The Netherlands – 03 – A Walking Tour of The Hague
[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 series HERE.] Hang in there bi-cy-clers and pedal-interested. A day of walking today, meet the Bike … Continue reading Biking in The Netherlands – 03 – A Walking Tour of The Hague