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City Views.150

All three images taken from pretty much the same location right by the subway stop whose entrance is the image on the left.

Posted by  |  November 5, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: | Leave a comment

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Urban Entrances.50

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Urban Entrances.49

Posted by  |  November 3, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: | 1 Comment

City Views.149

A (rainy) daytime view of Vienna’s Stephansdom (of you’ve seen the nighttime view in an earlier post), along with a few scenes from the plaza and adjoining streets around it on that particular afternoon.

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Small Wonders.149

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Urban Garden.119

That’s the actual Schönbrunn Palace at the bottom of the  hill — and we will show more of it in future posts, I promise – but since the stroll through the grounds with autumnal foliage everywhere was so lovely, that’s the focus today :-).

Posted by  |  October 31, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

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Urban Canals.109

Posted by  |  October 30, 2022 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment

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Urban Canals.108

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Urban Garden.118

I’m certainly happy that we lingered in the gardens first before approaching the actual palace at Schönbrunn. And didn’t this particular leaf times its fall well? 🙂

Posted by  |  October 28, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

City Views.148

This is Vienna’s Anker Clock, whose 12 pairs of people are dressed to represent different phases of Viennese cultural history. A different pair parades across each hour, and at noon each day, all 12 parade across in succession – so the guide books say. It was raining so we weren’t able to stay long enough to get the full experience.

Posted by  |  October 27, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: | 1 Comment

Small Wonders.148

…still in the gorgeous autumnal gardens of Schloss Schönbrunn 🙂

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Urban Entrances.48

From the grounds of Schloss Schönbrunn, former summer stomping grounds of imperial Austria’s monarchs.

Posted by  |  October 26, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Coasting.38

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Coasting.37

Like most ocean beaches I’ve ever visited, Dakar’s also exhibited early-morning shorebirds seeking food, and early-morning strollers enjoying the waves. But Dakar also featured a remarkably vibrant surfing scene, which I greatly enjoyed watching.

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Urban Entrances.47

Yes, the gates to Vondelpark can be closed, as I learned to my … surprise, chagrin and / or shock … the day of and the day after one of the major spring storms that knocked down trees. Unless one climbed over fences, stone walls, or gates such as these, one could not enter the park for a day or two. Gasp.

Posted by  |  October 25, 2022 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment