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Signs of the City.71

The past two weekends, my cousin(‘s son) Sam was on a visit with me here in Amsterdam. This meant I got out more as tour guide than I’ve been able to do lately, and on foot often enough that I saw things differently. Interestingly, the very last post in this particular series appeared just shortly before I flew out of Dhaka during covid, and in that post I actually referenced good ol’ Sam, who’d been a big fan of my various series and posts during the covid months in Dhaka. This is mostly half-marathoners passing the Rijksmuseum last Sunday, with a few of the last marathoners also reaching the last couple miles…

Posted by  |  October 21, 2023 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: , | Leave a comment

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Coasting.71

Posted by  |  October 20, 2023 | Categories: Cape Cod, New England, United States | Tags: | 2 Comments

Coasting.70

Posted by  |  October 20, 2023 | Categories: East Frisia, Germany, Niedersachsen | Tags: | Leave a comment

Village Views.60

In this post and the next, our last photos from Borkum, including each of us on the cute little mini-train that connects the ferry terminal with the town.

Posted by  |  October 19, 2023 | Categories: East Frisia, Germany, Niedersachsen | Tags: | Leave a comment

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Urban Canals.150

Posted by  |  October 18, 2023 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

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Country Canals.50

Posted by  |  October 17, 2023 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: | Leave a comment

“Urban” Entrances.100

Well, the town is as “urban” as Borkum gets. Herewith a few more of its entrances that caught my eye during our short stay there in late June 🙂

Posted by  |  October 17, 2023 | Categories: East Frisia, Germany, Niedersachsen | Tags: | Leave a comment

Small Wonders.210

Posted by  |  October 16, 2023 | Categories: Cape Cod, Masschusetts, New England, United States | Leave a comment

City Views.210

Splurging our last photos of that lovely early-morning walk around Boston harbor in mid-August all on this post, given that we’ve since accumulated many photos well suited to this series on two trips to Geneva, plus the usual Amsterdam opportunities and more 🙂

Posted by  |  October 16, 2023 | Categories: Masschusetts, New England, United States | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Ah, Royalty.10

Ah, the company marketing can cause the concept of royalty to keep… 🙂

Posted by  |  October 15, 2023 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Mountains.20

Our last post was my first view of the alps, looking west-southwest as our plane started to line up along the French-Swiss border for its final dawn approach to land in Geneva. Thanks to an ungodly-early departure from my home on Thursday (after a late return from a delightful bassoon recital with Sam the prior evening), we arrived in viewing proximity to this magnificence at just the right time to enjoy that pre-sunrise glow without having to deal with the glare of el sol shining directly into the phone’s lens. These were taken the following day after a meeting downtown, when I got to see Mt. Blanc rising behind the city – last month when I was there the clouds were too to experience this, though friends told me it happened often. Wow.

Posted by  |  October 15, 2023 | Categories: France, Geneva, Switzerland | Tags: , | Leave a comment

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From The Air.20

Posted by  |  October 14, 2023 | Categories: Switzerland | Tags: , | 1 Comment

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Islands.40

Posted by  |  October 14, 2023 | Categories: New England, New Hampshire, Star Island, United States | Leave a comment

City Lights.40

Yesterday evening by the train station in Geneva…

Posted by  |  October 13, 2023 | Categories: Geneva, Switzerland | Leave a comment

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Urban Garden.180

Posted by  |  October 13, 2023 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: | Leave a comment