MEXICO TRIP

Central Mexico – chiefly Tezpotlan, then San Miguel de Allende and finally Mexico City
– from October 18^th to November 3^rd, 2014.

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Tezpotlan Sunday

Tezpotlan Weekdays

Tezpotlan to San Miguel de Allende

Home of VR San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel Casita de las Flores

Atotonilco near San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende Tuesday Market

San Miguel de Allende Artisans and Regular Market

San Miguel de Allende Day of Dead

San Miguel de Allende to Mexico City

Mexico City Hotel Grand Prix

FOX RIVER AREA - OCTOBER 15, 2012

Here are some scenes from the Fox River area of Illinois taken on October 15th, 2012.
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GERMANY 2011 movie

A photo journey through much of Germany in July 2011.  With gratitude to my friends, Mirjam Schmid and Eva Kazior, for their guidance and gemutlichkeit.

GERMANY - July 2011

Here are the photos from my July trip to the beautiful country of Germany.
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Trip 1: Southwestern Germany Black Forest region

Exploration of towns not far from my friends’ home in Schwegenheim (Germerscheim, Heidleberg, Stuttgart), south past vineyards to Alsace region of France (overnight in Strasbourg), south and east through Black Forest region to Triberg where I bought a cuckoo clock (iconic symbol of Black Forest).

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Trip 2: Southern Germany to Munich – Alpine region

Leaving the Black Forest and proceeding eastward through the alpine topography of southern Germany to Lindau (located on an island in Lake Constance where I enjoyed a delicious paella dinner), then northeast to Munich which greeted us with a gay “Christopher Street Parade.”

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Trip 3: Schloss Neuschwanstein

Trip to the most famous romantic medieval castle that was planned by King Ludwig with the help of a stage designer rather than an architect

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Trip 4: Rothenburg ob der Tauber

This town is a charming well-preserved gem from the middle ages.

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Trip 5: Western Germany – Rhine River Valley

Cruise on Rhine River from Rüdesheim to Boppard with castles galore.

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Trip 6: Speyer

Ancient imperial city of towers on the Rhine. (68 town-gates and 38 churches and chapels)

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Trip 7: Berlin and Potsdam

Berlin is in northeast Germany and only 12 miles from Poland. Potsdam is southwest of Berlin and is the former Prussian royal seat shaped largely by King Frederick the Great.

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Childhood To Adulthood - old photos

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Recently I have rekindled the artistic spark of my girlhood.  Here is "Illinois Winter Magic."

Darlington Wisconsin October '09 Weekend - Photo Tour

The railroad was once very important to the town of Darlington Wisconsin as was the Pecatonica River that meanders alongside it.  The railroad transported goods and people, and the river sported recreational boats and powered the mill for the wheat that was then the main crop.  The railroad and mill are now gone. The upper millstone is now on display in the town's park by the River.  Except for some moss-covered ties alongside the Trail and the old Darlington Depot (now museum), there are no signs of the railroad that once connected Darlington to the world.  The Cheese Country Trail is now where the train tracks once were, and the Trail now sustains the town by accommodating ATM vehicles and snowmobiles.  The bucolic topography that was spared the last glacier remains.
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WisconsinFarmhouse2008Thanksgiving

The last glacier never touched the bucolic, rolling topography of southwest Wisconsin or its meandering Pecatonica River. What do you do for entertainment in a Wisconsin farmhouse over Thanksgiving weekend? Click on the video to find out.