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European Trip Friday May 18
We woke up and packed our bags again, and decided to take the car to the bus area outside of Venice where we had noticed a parking garage so that we could head out to our next destination as soon as we were done in Venice. My intention was to buy some souvenirs/ gifts for family, and perhaps buy something made of Murano glass for us. We took the ( Read more... ) -
European Trip Thursday May 17th
We spent the morning touring the gardens at Shoenbrunn Castle, acres and acres of paths, statues hedges, and sculptured gardens. The gardens are open to the public and we saw lots of joggers, walkers and tourists. There is a structure on the hill above the gardens below which is a fountain that takes up about an acre. The size and proportion of ( Read more... ) -
Europe trip May 17- Venice eye candy
I am posting a bunch of pictures because there were so many beautiful ones!
The bridge from the bus station into the city- my first glimpse of Venice!
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Europe trip Wednesday May 16
We woke up and had breakfast in the lobby- the food was plentiful and good. We had planned this trip to stay at hotels we are familiar with such as Courtyard, that way we are assured of a minimum quality and a possibility that someone may speak English. So far, even with non-English speaking people, we have been able to communicate pretty well. ( Read more... ) -
Europe Trip Tuesday May 15
We went to breakfast in the sunny conservatory room. The choices were too many to list, but I had a croissant with fresh strawberry jelly and a large plate of fresh fruit. They had several different juices- I chose apple, pear, carrot, and orange which was really delicious. They brought “fresh delicious Austrian coffee” to the table and we enjoyed ( Read more... ) -
Europe trip Monday May 14
Picking up the Mercedes and drive to Interalpen.
We had breakfast at the hotel- surprisingly good croissants, fresh fruit, espresso. There were lots of meat options for Sheldon and non-meat options for me. I kept an extra orange for the road and we packed and waited for our cab driver to take us to the factory. He arrived a few minutes early which ( Read more... ) -
Europe Trip Sunday May 13
As we headed towards Europe, I sensed that there was light out the window, so I lifted the shade to a spectacular and fast motion sunrise- somehow traveling towards the sunrise at 600 miles per hour makes it happen a lot faster! Breakfast on the plane was pretty much the same as dinner- steamed vegetables, a roll and applesauce. We flew over the ( Read more... ) -
Europe trip Saturday May 12 2012
We spent Saturday morning finishing packing and getting wine ready to send off to a couple off competitions with deadlines while we are gone. During preparations, both printers at the house ran out of ink, so running to Staples for ink cartridges became one of the errands of the morning. Another errand was to run by the eye doctor for contact ( Read more... ) -
Winery Rituals
It is funny how rituals so easily become part of our lives. There is a certain comfort in the actions of repeat activities ( Read more... ) -
Anniversary week-end
We had a wonderful, relaxing week-end for our first anniversary.
Started the day by driving tractors:
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