Agueduct; Segovia, Spain.

The Romans were everywhere and they built things to last.

When visiting Segovia, it is good to park near the aqueduct and walk up the hill to see the older part of the city. And, it is "up", but worth it.

 

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

We make this flight around six or eight times a year and are always

thrilled to see Mount Hood.

 

The Winter Olympics

We talked about Cortina and mentioned that the Olympics will also be held in 25 venues, especially Milan. If you are going all that way, you should do some additional visits. On the way from one venue to the next there is much to see. North of Milan you could, for example see Lake Como and visit Bellagio. Take the ferry and get bragging rights on all your friends.
 

The Winter Olympics

If you are going to the Winter Olympics you have an opportunity to visit

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Cortinia is a lovely city in the Dolomites and has been host to the Winter Olympics before. On the way there from Bolzano you will pass through an area like this. Certainly it will have snow, but the landscape is other-worldly.

It was number one on my "bucket list" since I saw a film on it.

As you can see this photo is from 2012 and part of a week stay in La Villa.

The games will be played across 25 venues.

 

Harry Potter

This is a pub which claims it was the site where J.K. Rowling wrote the bulk of "Harry Potter".

Let me warn you about pubs if you are from the United States.

There is always someone there, if they know where you're from,

who knows more about U.S. government than you do.

 

The Big Woman

We left our car at the airport garage in Verona Italy.

We were taking a flight to Paris.

The airport was not marked well - or at least in English.

I asked were the front door to the airport was.

"Right by the big woman," He said.

Confused we went out the door and there she was.

To see the scale of this sign note the man at lower lefft.

 

If you can't take good photos

Anyone with a cellphone can take passible photos.It is easy to download them. A small camera puts everything on a chip for your computer. If you are bad at it, you can come up to a display like this and photograph what a professional has done. Besides, they were there at just the right time to photograph it. You also don’t have to buy the placemat. 

You do have to crop out the rack marks

This is a shop on Mt Saint Michel France.

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