Monday, October 31, 2011

September in Sardinia, Part III: Giants' Tombs, Sassari, and the Sinis Peninsula

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( A Week in Sardinia, September 2011, Continued ) Arzachena, Tomb of the Giants "Coddu Vecchiu" Arzachena and Tombs of the Gi...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

SEPTEMBER IN SARDINIA: Part II, The Supramonte

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(Trip to Sardinia, September 2011, Continued) Valley below the Supramonte, near Su Gologone Su Gologone Entrance to Hotel Su Go...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

September in Sardinia, Part I: Ancient Crossroads of the Mediterranean

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A Week in Sardinia, September 2011 Su Nuraxi:  Bronze Age tower and village built about 1500 B.C. Grazing sheep, olive groves, and ancie...
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Monday, October 10, 2011

UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley: A Plant Lover's Paradise

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Oak Knoll in the California Section Research and Conservation Nestled in the Berkeley hills, just above the Cal campus, more than 13,00...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Puppet Parade, Hillsborough, NC

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Giant puppets are animated with large sticks. Picture giant handmade puppets, rollicking ragtime bands, performers on stilts, dancing tro...
Monday, September 26, 2011

The Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal, Agra, India The Taj Mahal: One of the Eight Wonders of the World (February 2000) In the spring of 2000, when I went to I...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

London: Highgate Cemetery, Victorian Splendor for the Departed

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Final Resting Place for the Famous (Excerpt from my diary of our three month stay in London in the fall of 1998.) Entrance to Highgate ...