Biking in The Netherlands – 02 – A Day in Delft

[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.] The second day of our trip we took the 15 minute/11.70 Euro round-trip-for-two …

Biking in The Netherlands – 01 – Intro to 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.] We stayed in Den Haag/The Hague to visit the area and adjust those body …

Biking in The Netherlands – 00 – You won’t starve in Den Haag (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.] ...Or: What I've done on vacation thus far.  Extensive posting may have to wait …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2009: Travel

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos are mine, L.Q. cover courtesy L.Q.] A mix of travel literature and photography.  Hopefully one or the other will be appealing. I trust Travel will be …

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl [Updated]

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Reading, Book Review] Check your pulse if you haven't heard of Anne Frank the young Jewish girl who kept a diary of her family's hiding in Amsterdam for 2 years (1942-1944) during WWII, only to be found and arrested less than a year before the end of the war, with most of them …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra Days, Prague. 17 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) The last day.  We've had a great trip but we'll be glad to get home. We love Prague.  Depends on what you like.  Outdoors architecture and history abound.  Students of Charles …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra days. Berlin-Prague Travel Day & Walkabout. 15 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) I'm a bloggin' maniac now.  I need the laptop for a download of all videos taken, but first I do a laptop-easy upload of 30 photos of the BER-PRG train ride …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra day Berlin Part II. 14 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Halfway through our extra day in Berlin, post guided-tour, we leave the Pergamon Museum (previous post) and stop for lunch. . Next we march down the Unter den Linden (remember those …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra days Berlin and Prague. 14 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) If you have spent the considerable time and money to get to Europe for a guided tour you might think about an extra day or two at the beginning or end …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. PRG-FRA-CHI-DEN. Now, about that jet lag… 18-19 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] [See recent previous posts for what this trip was about.  I'm posting from a laptop now.  'Hopefully' this will be easier than I found my iPad2 to be.] ...what jet lag?  Oh, THAT jet lag!  After a customer endorsement at our local luggage store prior to our departure m'lady and …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. Extra Days, Prague. 16 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Two full days to walk, walk, walk.  No taxis today.  A 100 yds. from the hotel to Nametsti Republiky where we buy 90 minute tram tickets for 32CZK ($1.60) each.  We …

Timberwolves Europe 2013. PRG-FRA-CHI-DEN. “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane…” 18 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] Prague is a city of fairy tale architecture. Lots of pointy spires. Lots of EVERYTHING. There is a fair amount of interior and exterior Art Nouveau, one of my favorite artistic styles. All this is food for future posts of present past. Because we are flying free business and first …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, Daily Posts & Extra Days now in Chronological Order. [Updated]

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) [Editing on the iPad was painful enough just to get this in reverse chronological order. ] [UPDATE] I'm on a regular laptop and have put the posts in proper order. [UPDATE …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, WWII footsteps in Halle Germany. 10 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) A beautiful Halle sunset 9 May will bring dawn on a brand new day. . . It was a busy day today. Our guide for the day was Matthias Maurer, founder …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, WWII footsteps Koln to Kassel. 8 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play a movie.) Here is a bit of photo catch-up for our cross-country travel day on Wed. 8 May. We left Aachen, actually east of Cologne, and traveled a windy route across Germany …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, WWII Footsteps from Aachen to Koln. Part II. 7 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Here are more photos and info for Tue. 7 May. After leaving Mareike and Peter at Frenzer Muhle (use Google translate) we stop by Indemann viewing platform for a quick look …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, Berlin, The Last Day. Mon. 13 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge.) Today is the final 1/2 day of the tour, though everyone doesn't scatter for return to the U.S. or extra days in Europe until tomorrow. As required by Berlin law we have an 'official' guide …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, Potsdam & Berlin. Sun. 12 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Happy Mother's Day to all. Today we leave our wonderful visit in Halle, Germany and head for Berlin. . On the autobahn we stop at a very fancy truck stop run …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, Torgau, Jesnitz, Trostitz, Puchau. 11 May.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) Peggy suggested the theme for today was "Power of Place" and indeed it was. We visited many places Vets or Pup's fathers had been. Sometimes we had WWII pictures to compare. …

Timberwolves Europe 2013, Halle Germany. 10 May Video sampler.

[Categories: TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY, EUROPE, WWII] (See previous posts for what this tour is about.) (As always, click on photos to enlarge or play movie.) It was a busy day again today. Following is a infintesimal taste of what the day was like. After an extensive morning tour by bus of important sites in the history …