Mike McLellan's Postcards

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This blog is about the adventure of traveling and especially the interesting people that you meet. We will share stories about people and places we have encountered from around the United States, Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Canada, Spain, Mexico, The Vatican, The Netherlands, Belgium, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and more. This is not a travelogue -- we leave that to Rick Steves -- this is a collection of fragments in the journey of life.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Favorite "Resting Places" - Happy Halloween

Cashel, IE

Near Galway, IE

Tower of London - Where Anne Boleyn lost her head

Rome, Italy

La Villa, Dolomites, Sud Tyrol, Italy at Austrian Border

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The storeroom at The Victoria and Alberta, London

We went to Rome and Florence to see the originals of these. The storeroom is full of copies of great works from around the world. The British went out and either made models or copies so they could be displayed in either the British Museum or one of the others. Note Michelangelo's David at the center rear. It actually stands alone in the Academia in Florence, Italy. This is only a small part of the storeroom.

Here are some of the famous tombs copied and catalogued.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Men's Room Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK

So, I was visiting the loo and was taken by the great tiles used in the men's room. They have the heraldry of Victoria. Classy place. First time I ever took a photo in a toilet.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Details of Dublin Ireland

Two above: ceiling in Anthropology Museum, Dublin

Street cobblestones, Temple Bar, Dublin

Wall detail, Temple Bar, Dublin

Sorry to be slow with posting. I got a new computer and had to download
the pictures from the Cloud. that were stored for safekeeping.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada 60 days ago

Fall was already coming to the area around Lake Louise. The aspens were changing to yellow. Lake Moraine - in our opinion prettier than Lake Louise - was moody under an overcast sky. Only one of the canoes had been taken out and while two people looked toward shore, large numbers of folks looked at them from the shelter of the lodge. Two people had adventure, the others had photographs.