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When the Winery Comes to You – Frog’s Leap Wine Tasting
More Details: When the Winery Comes to You – Frog’s Leap Wine TastingNormally, I write about going somewhere but Frog’s Leap winery just came to me instead of me going to it – a phenomenal wine tasting with friends and good food! Since 2001, I have been part of a wine tasting group of friends. Some have cycled out when they moved out of town but the…
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Photo of the Week – A Marathon in Vienna
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Marathon in ViennaA few years ago, I went to Vienna as part of a series of offices visits for a client. Vienna meetings were conveniently scheduled for a Friday so the weekend could be enjoyed in the former Imperial capital. As the Peachtree Road Race approaches in my hometown, a race I ran for 10 yrs before…
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Photo of the Week – Walking Home into the Sunset
More Details: Photo of the Week – Walking Home into the SunsetIn 2006, I visited Oslo for work. As usual, I like going to a place where I can see the locals in their day-to-day. This plaza gave me a great view of folks headed home at the end of a work day… (Picture taken with Canon EOS Rebel)
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Photo of the Week – A Beer Goes to Rome
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Beer Goes to RomeI came to Rome in a barrel. Ready to see the eternal city. It was dark all the way. I was in good company. Then we felt a tapping sound. Just twice. Then it went quiet. A day later, I felt pulled away. I saw light!!! I decided to sit and bask in the light. …
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Photo of the Week – I Dream of “Return to Cradle Mountain”
More Details: Photo of the Week – I Dream of “Return to Cradle Mountain”Tasmania was an enchanting place to visit. The greenery, the remoteness, and yes, something different about the Australia and Australians I had seen so far. The natural beauty was impressive. We stayed at the Cradle Mountain Lodge, which we greatly enjoyed, and hiked up to the lake on a winter day in June of 2009. …
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Along the Great Ocean Road and within Melbourne
More Details: Along the Great Ocean Road and within MelbourneDistances in Australia are enormous and, perhaps, they feel more so because there are a lot of vast empty lands in the middle (as opposed to us in the US where we have Kansas in the middle!). Yet my trip to Melbourne from Sydney felt short indeed as it does not require traversing the country. …
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Meeting the Past and Present South Africa in Johannesburg
More Details: Meeting the Past and Present South Africa in JohannesburgJohannesburg is one of the most important cities in Africa (Cairo, Lagos and Nairobi come to mind as competitors for the top spot…). It is a city of contrasts and, for me, a place where the past and the current South Africa came together – I ended up with a much better understanding of the…
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Sampling South African Wine in Stellenbosch
More Details: Sampling South African Wine in StellenboschReady to hit a new wine region? How about Stellenbosch in South Africa, a short drive east of Cape Town? The Wineries So, we finally hit the road east from our hotel to get to Stellenbosch. We made a few stops in the wine region hitting some wineries pretty much randomly. We did apply enough…