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Tag Archives: easter island
People of Patagonia
No, not the indigenous or the current natives! I haven’t written much about the other travelers we encountered and spent time with at Explora so I will give a little run down now. We typically socialized with four other people that … Continue reading
Posted in Patagonia
Tagged Atacama, Cordillera, easter island, Explora, Patagonia, Via Australis
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Explora and Torres de Paine National Park
Leslie and I arrived at ”Explora” this afternoon after a 5 hour drive from Punta Arenas and a quick stop in Puerto Natales en route to use the facilities! After a quick lunch I headed out on the Mirador Condor … Continue reading
Posted in Patagonia
Tagged Atacama, easter island, Explora, Mirador Condor, Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine
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My Stendhal moments
I mentioned in a prior post that I had a bit of a Stendhal syndrome moment at the Siena Duomo (cathedral). First of all I love the exterior of the Duomo, the campinile (bell tower) is alternating stripes of white … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Donatello, Florence, Italian language school, Michelangelo, Raphael, Siena
Tagged Casa Buonarotti, Dali, Duomo, easter island, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Figueres, Grand Canyon, Machu Picchu, Michelangelo, moai, Moscow, Musee D'Orsay, Piccolomini Library, Piccolomini Libreria, Pope Pius II, Raphael, Raphael Loggia, Saint Basil, Siena, Sistine Chapel, St. Basil's, Stendhal syndrome, The Dalí Theatre-Museum, Vatican
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A list of my travels
Here is a list of the countries / nations / territories that I have visited, I may have forgotten one or two! I have been on multi-day hiking and biking trips in many of these countries and have ridden a … Continue reading
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Tagged active travel, austria, belgium, belize, bermuda, bosnia & herzegovina, brazil, canada, chile, costa rica, croatia, czech republic, Denmark, easter island, ecuador, egypt, england, france, galapagos islands, germany, gibraltar, gozo, horseback riding, hungary, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, malta, mexico, montenegro, morocco, netherlands, northern ireland, norway, peru, poland, puerto rico, russia, scotland, slovakia, south africa, spain, sweden, switzerland, travel, vatican city
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