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Old Italy

Hotel Fortuna in Perugia (thumb) We just returned from a three week trip to Europe.  We traveled through four countries, including Italy.  Here are shots I took while visiting the Umbria Region of Italy, which is adjacent to the Tuscany Region and feels very similar in landscape.  This is central Italy with the hilltop cities.  We only visited a few of [...]

egyptian countryside

 (thumb) Bisindila is a town located 8 hours south of Cairo. Its inhabitants still do not enjoy the luxury of electricity and hot water. It is divorced from the country's political system, and is run by the local "Mukhtar", a man whose family has owned the greater part of the land in Bisindila for four [...]

Downtown Mountain View

City Hall and the Performing Arts Center in the middle of downtown Mountain View (thumb) Mountain View is a town founded in the 19th century as a stagecoach stop between San Francisco and San Jose.  By the end of the 19th century, it had turned into an agricultural boomtown.  It remained predominantly agricultural until the 1950's when the changing local economy - with the emergence of aerospace and technology industries - [...]

Rocking Whiterock

An artist's pretty awesome welcome sign for this city (painted on a gate to an auto repair shop) (thumb) Whiterock is a little town that lies along the coast of B.C. It is about an hour's drive from Vancouver, and is easy to get to, as it is a rather famous tourist spot. Apart from being abuzz with tourists, it is also covered with rocks (well, isn't that a surprise), though whether they are white or not, I shall leave upto you to [...]

carmel, california

cute alleyway off the main street (thumb) Carmel is a quaint little town in northern California known for charming streets, cute cottages and a wispy atmosphere. Clint Eastwood was once the mayor of this adorable town. A delightful place to stroll with the little ones (babies in strollers or dogs on leashes).

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