You had better be very thirsty if ordering a beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. A standard glass of “helles” (light) or “dunkel” (dark) is a liter of brew. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: “Prost” in Munich”
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Photo POSTcard: Sun Set Over Notre Dame de Paris
The sun sets over the Seine River in Paris as storm clouds silhouette the Notre Dame cathedral.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Following in Ernest Hemingway’s footsteps
I would not presume to follow in Ernest Hemingway’s literary footsteps-but I can follow in his culinary footsteps at Deux Magots, one of his hangouts when he lived in Paris.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: The Louvre at night in the rain
Paris-The city of lights-Beautiful, romantic, iconic in the rain……unless you are lugging your suitcase trying to find your hotel. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: The Louvre at night in the rain”
PhotoPOSTcard: Beautiful Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat church
Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat is a beautiful Romanesque style church in the town by the same name in the Limousin region of central France. It is one of 78 structures in France protected under the UNESCO “Routes of the Santiago de Compestela”. France has four historic “Ways of St. James” as the early Christian pilgrimage roads leading to the town of Santiago de Compestela in northern Spain were called. Santiago de Compestela was believed to be the burial site of St. James, and thus became a pilgrimage destination.
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Photo POSTcard: French Resistance Remembered
70+ years after the end of World War II, the French Resistance is still remembered. Graffiti on a barn door in the Limousin area of central France symbolizes the victory of the French Resistance over the invading German forces. The V stands for Victory and the double cross is the Cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the French Resistance, chosen by General Charles Du Gaul to represent the resistance movement.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Sun sets on London
The sun sets over Westminster Bridge, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Who is guarding whom
Changing of the Guards ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London. A guard is guarding the guards.
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Rose.
PhotoPOSTcard: A very High Tea
High Tea at Fortnum and Mason’s Diamond Jubilee Room. So quintessentially British. Finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, pastries and your choice of one of their 50+ special teas YUM!
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Rose
Point to Point Delaware Racing at Winterthur Museum and Gardens – A Photo Story
It looks like a set on Downton Abbey, but the present day Point to Point Delaware horse racing event at Winterthur Museum and Gardens is a much anticipated annual Wilmington event in the Brandywine Valley
Horse drawn carriages driven by men wearing top hats; women wearing big floppy hats; antique cars; horses and hounds – it could be a set on Downton Abbey. But it’s the present day at Winterthur Museum and Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware.
It’s the first Sunday in May, and it was the annual Point to Point horse racing event, which is the big annual fundraiser for the museum. Unlike the flat horse racing at the Kentucky Derby, which is also on the first Sunday of May, this steeplechase combines both racing and jumping over barriers for the horse and rider. Continue reading “Point to Point Delaware Racing at Winterthur Museum and Gardens – A Photo Story”