tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719881757064941072024-03-08T02:28:25.897-08:00Our Adventures House SittingDo you want to travel but think you can't afford to? Think again. House sitting is a fun and inexpensive way to travel anywhere you dream of going. Come along with us as and learn about life as a house sitter as we travel the world one house at a time.Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-35836319412330397322014-09-08T09:49:00.000-07:002014-09-08T09:50:13.021-07:00What's Up Next?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why? Well, because it's Hawaii and it's beyond beautiful as a place to explore and enjoy. But what's better than that? An Aussie Shepherd named Kai who stole our hearts last year when we took care of "his" house. It was a very sad day when that house sit ended and we thought we'd be saying goodbye to beloved four legged friend. When Kai's mom and dad asked us to return this year we were ecstatic that we'd be able to spend more time with Kai exploring the lovely island of Kauai. Our adventure begins in late October and we'll be there until early 2015 so come back and join us for some island time later this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the mean time...we're always happy to help spread the word about how fantastic house sitting is and so we were excited to be interviewed recently for an article in PBS Next Avenue. Interested in more information? You can find the article <a href="http://www.nextavenue.org/article/2014-08/housesitting-great-way-travel-world-dime">here.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aloha!</span>Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-19416559890664986282014-05-07T13:50:00.001-07:002014-05-07T13:50:34.945-07:00Lisbon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lisbon was once a grand city and one of the wealthiest in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries when Portugal's explorers sailed the world opening new trade routes to India and Africa. Then in 1755 a massive 9 in magnitude earthquake just offshore leveled two thirds of the city. The quake and the subsequent tsunami and fires destroyed the city killing an estimated 90,000 people - about a third of Lisbon's population. A more modern Lisbon was rebuilt and was the first city to have any type of quake proof construction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The area that survived the quake intact is called the Alfama and dates back to around the 6th century. It's easy to get lost on the narrow cobbled streets that twist and turn up the hill to Sao Jorge Castle. The Alfama couldn't be more different from the historic downtown area known as the Baixa. This area of Lisbon was rebuilt after the quake on a grid plan of straight streets, wide boulevards, and large public squares. The Bairro Alto (upper town) and the trendy neighborhood of Chiado sit on the hill above the Baixa. Then there is Belem, a suburb of Lisbon that is about three miles from downtown. Belem is where the King of Portugal and the aristocracy rebuilt after the quake and where the current president of Portugal has his residence. It is also the site from which early explorers set sail and Portugal's most famous explorer Vasco da Gama is laid to rest at the Monastery of San Jeronimos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each of these distinct areas make it seem as if Lisbon is many cities all rolled into one. Rick Steves' described the city as a "ramshackle but charming mix of now and then" and that's really how Lisbon felt to us.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....but with a completely different vibe as the day turned into evening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Casa Pasteis de Belem is the birthplace of the sublime custard tart pastel de nata.<br />
Since 1837 the recipe for this soft, warm, sweet custard in a light as air, <br />
crispy, flakey pastry shell has been a closely guarded secret.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It may not sound like much, but 24 hours in Milan was a generous amount of time compared to last year. Last year we had less than 60 seconds in Milan - a late train from La Spezia put us into the station mere seconds before our connecting train to Venice departed. So 24 hours was a lot, especially since we didn't plan on being there in the first place. But we had an extra day sooooo.....24 hours in Milan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was crazy busy and it was a holiday so most of the major sites were closed. No visit to the La Scala Opera house, no visit to the Last Supper. But we had a great time just wondering around the city.</span><br />
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The Duomo - the 5th largest cathedral in the world.<br />
The organist and choir were practicing - awesome. Sometimes we're<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home to the flagship Prada store, Louis Vuitton and Gucci.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lovely Galleria was constructed in 1867.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A more modern Milan - but notice that the stone is the same as that of the Duomo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is Art Nouveau/Art Deco Milan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Milan of the grand (and grafittied) entrance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The Milan of odd creatures - a church facade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Milan of quieter side streets that 1.3 million people call home.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-60597904726294454022014-05-04T07:56:00.000-07:002014-05-04T11:45:21.527-07:00Castello Poppi<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castello dei Conti Guidi a.k.a. Castello Poppi sits high above<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Constructed in the 1100's, the castle was the home of the Guidi family for the next 350 years. </td></tr>
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-81767963534638231722014-01-02T13:59:00.001-08:002014-01-04T18:20:03.186-08:00Hawaiian Eats<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're talking Loco Moco (no, it's not something that is now legal in Colorado) a popular Hawaiian gut buster. Kalypso restaurant in Hanalei serves it for breakfast. A half pound hamburger patty served atop rice, smothered in brown gravy, topped by two sunny side up eggs and covered in crispy fried onions. Now that's a whopper! Poi, a dish of pounded boiled taro root, is a healthier alternative but not nearly as tasty. Then there is Lau Lau (salted chicken, pork, and beef wrapped in Taro leaves and steamed), Pipi Kaula (jerky made from flank steak) and Huli Huli Chicken (chicken marinated in soy, pineapple juice, ginger and garlic). But the king of Hawaiian dishes, served at every luau, has to be Kalau Pua'a - a pig steamed for hours underground until it's so tender it melts in your mouth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you wash it all down with? POG. A sweet concoction of pineapple, orange and guava juices that's fine on its own but really, really good mixed with some rum and topped by a little paper parasol! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interested in trying some loco moco? Guy Fieri featured his version on Guy's Big Bite and provides his recipe <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/guy-fieri/loco-moco-recipe/index.html#!">here</a>. How about going all the way and hosting your own luau? <a href="http://www.polynesia.com/hawaiian-luau-food.html#.UsXGuI2A3IX">The Polynesian Cultural Center</a> has all the recipes you'll need for the dishes mentioned above plus more. Now you just need to find a whole pig and start digging....</span><br />
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-43854286839720383932013-12-29T20:09:00.004-08:002013-12-29T20:09:54.187-08:00Kaua'i is Beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">About five minutes up the road from us is the little town of Hanalei. It's the place to go if you're looking for some good looking board shorts or other trendy surf attire, fresh fruit smoothies, anything made with acai, beach inspired housewares and gifts, souvenirs, and, of course, shave ice. Yes, shave ice, not shaved ice. An ice cold concoction of ice shavings covered in sweet syrups - yep, plural, nobody gets just one flavor - and, if your really feeling like a splurge, a scoop of ice cream on the bottom is the bomb! There are some good restaurants and some touristy places too. There is also one of the prettiest churches on the island. Hanalei is a sweet place with a fun, carefree vibe where you are just as likely to rub shoulders with someone famous as you are with a scruffy dude whose been camping on the beach a bit too long. Doesn't matter - everyone seems to be having a good time. Everyone seems to be happy in Hanalei</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like Arizona's Grand Canyon the Waimea Canyon was formed by water and erosion. Rainwater flowing from Mount Wai'ale'ale (one of the wettest places on earth at 400" inches of rainfall a year) fed three different rivers that flowed through the canyon eroding the rock. Unlike the Grand Canyon, it began as the top of an ancient volcano arising from the sea that collapsed upon itself and then filled with lava flows. That was five million years ago. Each layer of rock represents a subsequent layer of lava. Today there is only one river continuing to carve and create the canyon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To get to the canyon is an 18 mile drive from the little town of Waimea. Our advice: go early in the morning before clouds form in the valley obscuring the view and before the large tour buses start up the narrow winding road. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although the park is located on the drier side of the island,<br />
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The Kalalau Valley is the largest valley on the Na Pali coast <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on Waimea Canyon and Koke'e State Park go to <a href="http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/parks/kauai/index.cfm?park_id=7">Hawaii State Parks.org</a></span><br />
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-55971318738289670962013-10-11T19:37:00.001-07:002013-10-11T19:38:07.865-07:00Angel Island<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ayala Bay is named for Lt. Juan de Ayala of the Royal Spanish Navy. His ship sailed<br />
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Ayala anchored at the island and christened it "Isla de los Angeles"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Angel Island sits quietly in San Francisco Bay like the shy teenager at the party while glamorous and famous Alcatraz gets all the attention. But take a little time and get to know her and you will see that she has much to offer in natural beauty and a rich and complex cultural history. The island has been by turns an immigration station and a first stop in America for over a million immigrants from more than 80 countries, a civil war artillery camp, a "processing facility" for prisoners of war, a Nike missile base during the cold war, a quarantine station established to prevent plague, cholera and smallpox from spreading to the US, and, finally, became a California State Park in 1963. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facilities used to house immigrants and prisoners of war are open to the public<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Chinese people were specifically excluded from immigrating to the U.S. by the<br />Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. While many of the 175,000 Chinese that were<br />detained at Angel Island stayed for up to ninety days there were some who<br />were kept at the island for two years while their cases were reviewed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Poetry written by Chinese detainees and carved into barrack's <br />walls provides a glimpse into their experiences at Angel Island.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">From the civil war through the Cold War the federal government had a presence on Angel Island<br /> that lasted for almost 100 years. The Army finally abandoned the island in 1946 <br />only to return again in 1954 to establish a Nike missile site. <br />The site became obsolete in 1962 and the Army left the island.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The formal name is Mission San Francisco de Asis, but it has been known as Mission Dolores since the first mass was held in 1776. Named after a small stream nearby, Arroyo de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, the mission was the sixth to be established of California's 21 Missions. Mission Dolores is unique in that it is almost completely intact as it was originally constructed. While buildings around it collapsed during San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Mission Dolores' four foot thick adobe walls remained standing and unharmed. The original redwood logs supporting the roof remain in place to this day lashed together with rawhide.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ceilings have been repainted over the years but they remain true to the<br />
original Ohlone Indian designs which were painted with vegetable dyes.<br />
The main alter was created in San Blas Mexico in 1796.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The side alters were also made in Mexico but installed much later in 1810.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mission's simple baptistry is still in use today.<br />
Written records have been preserved for <br />
Mission Dolores 28,000 baptisms.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't you just love it when the underdog makes an incredible recovery to come from behind and win? That's what happened today in San Francisco when Oracle Team USA won the 34th America's Cup race. The week began with Emirates Team New Zealand ahead 8 to 1 and finished with Oracle's amazing comeback winning eight straight races to take the cup. The competition has been on in San Francisco Bay for the past 19 days making it the longest cup race in the 162-year history of the event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sounds like we're really fans of the sport doesn't it? The truth is that we just happened to be in San Francisco house sitting and who could pass up the opportunity to see a world class sailing race? We have to admit though that we were pretty jazzed by the whole event and happy that the US has retained the Auld Mug for another year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We actually didn't know much about the America's Cup and mistakenly assumed that the races were named for our country. A little time on the internet clued us in to the real story. There was a yacht called the America and in 1851, in a major upset, she would win against the British to earn Britain's Royal Yacht Squadron's 100 Pound Cup. The syndicate that owned the yacht America then donated the winning trophy to the New York Yacht Club under a stipulation that the trophy be a "perpetual challenge cup for friendly competition between nations" and the America's Cup was born. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowds stood about 8 deep at the ends of the pier and some folks opted for lounging in the sun <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boston Common and the Massachusetts State House are good places to begin the Freedom Trail.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Boston is a walking town and there is no better walk to begin with than the Freedom Trail. It is promoted as "a walk through America's History" and it truly lives up to that promise. It's not a long walk, about two and half miles, but it does take hours to do because there is much to see and absorb. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Freedom Trail is marked in either red brick or red paint.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Begin with a stop at the Boston Common Visitor Information Center and pick up a trail map and brochure. You won't need the map to follow the trail - it's marked by a red line from start to finish that begins just outside the visitor's center - but it will help you identify and understand the significance of the 16 sites that are some of our country's most important historical landmarks. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While not officially on the Freedom Trail the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial is<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Granary Burying Ground is Boston's third oldest burying ground.<br />
John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Paul Revere are but a few <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The King's Chapel was constructed in 1688. Families of means purchased individual pew boxes<br />
while slaves sat in the rear gallery and condemned prisoners sat on benches to the right for a last<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old City Hall sits on the site of Boston's Latin School, the first<br />
public school in America founded in 1635.<br />
The school continues to operate but at another location.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin Franklin was a pupil at the Latin School<br />
along with John Hancock, Samuel Adams<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faneuil Hall, a gift from Boston merchant Peter Faneuil in 1742, was a meeting hall and open<br />
air market for early Bostonians. Patriots met here to debate and rally against the Sugar Act,<br />
the Stamp Act and the landing of British troops. The hall became known as the<br />
<i>Cradle of Liberty</i>. After the war, anti-slavery speeches, temperance rallies, <br />
the women's right's movement were all debated at Fanueil Hall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faneuil Hall surrounded by modern day Boston.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No trip to Boston would be complete without a visit to Paul Revere's<br />
house. Built in 1680 it is Boston's oldest surviving private building.<br />
It was from here that Paul Revere set out for his famous<br />
<i>midnight ride</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Old North Church towers above Copp's Hill burying ground and <br />
the statue commemorating Paul Revere's ride. It was from this steeple <br />
that two lanterns were hung on April 18, 1775 signaling the beginning of <br />
Revere's ride - the spark that ignited the American Revolution.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in<br />
the world. She earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" during the war of 1812 <br />
when British cannonballs bounced off of her impenetrable hull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last stop on the Freedom Trail is the Bunker Hill Monument erected on the<br />
site of the first major battle between the colonists and the British on June 17, 1775.<br />
The 221 foot granite obelisk commemorates the 1400 who died in the battle<br />
and honors the ill-equipped but determined colonists who faced the powerful British Army.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of the trail in Charlestown it is a short ride on the Inner Harbor Ferry <br />back to Boston Long Wharf.</td></tr>
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For information about the Freedom Trail and visiting Boston go to <a href="http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/">TheFreedomTrail.org</a> and<br />
<a href="http://www.bostonusa.com/">BostonUSA.com</a>.<br />
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-26850091537892749932013-09-15T18:59:00.000-07:002013-09-15T20:33:23.571-07:00Peggy of the Cove<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many beautiful views on the road to Peggy's Cove.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is it about the sea that so inspires the creation of folklore? Maybe it is the inherent danger of the ocean. The sadness of sailors lost, the women who forevermore walk the widow's walk searching the sea for men who will never come home. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that for most of human history no one knew what really lay beyond the horizon and it was more comforting to make up a good tale than live with uncertainty? Whatever the reason, it is a rare seacoast town without some tale to tell and Peggy's Cove is no exception.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hugging the eastern point of St. Margaret's Bay, Peggy's Cove feels remote, but it is only about 25 miles from the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The lore surrounding this little seaside town is centered on how it came to be called Peggy's Cove. The most romantic version tells the tale of a young girl who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck. She had no memory of her name or of her past. Taken in by a village family, she came to be known as Peggy of the Cove. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The simple, less colorful version, is that Peggy was simply the wife of an early settler and the town was named for her.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The pragmatic and straightforward version is that the town was named after Saint Margaret for whom the bay is named. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Personally, we like the idea of the shipwrecked girl who found not only salvation, but a new life in a new place named just for her.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Located at the tip of the Chebucto Peninsula, Peggy's Cove has easy access to Saint Margaret's Bay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remnants of a time when Peggy's Cove was an active fishing area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> ... locals boast that more photos are taken of Peggy's Cove than Niagara Falls.<br />
Hmmm...another bit of lore?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobsters are a big business in this area and if you ever visit<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are lots of websites designed to help familiarize yourself with an area that may be one of your cruise ports of call but few that are designed specifically to maximize your minimum amount of time in port. This is why we were so jazzed to find Tom's Port Guides. (Well, actually, Colleen's savvy sister Andrea found it.) Tom's guides are packed with useful information on the many ports commonly visited by cruise lines and he is adding more ports every year. His information on transportation options in each port, walking tours, maps, GPS directions for driving yourself, photographs and practical alternatives to the cruise line's packaged excursions provide the detail you need to be able to make the most of your time in each port. All of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the information in the guides can be downloaded to your IPAD, Kindle, or other Wifi enabled device to take along with you for easy access during your trip. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next time you are taking a cruise we highly recommend stopping by </span><a href="http://www.tomsportguides.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Tom's Port Guides</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> before you set sail.</span><br />
<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-79057808250817862392013-08-07T18:56:00.001-07:002013-08-07T18:56:19.415-07:00Summer Vacation<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Strange as it may sound, we are taking a bit of a vacation from our almost full time vacationing of the past sixteen months. We're in Morro Bay California for a few weeks spending time with friends and family, catching up on our sleep, and just recharging our batteries a bit. But...not for long! We'll be back to house sitting next month with a great assignment in San Francisco. We love SF and we're particularly jazzed because it is the perfect time of year to be there and because we'll be able to watch some of the America's Cup race taking place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the mean time we'll have a post here and there from California's spectacular Central Coast and we're leaving you with a few links to our most popular past posts. These are the top five most viewed of our 114 posts to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=271988175706494107#editor/target=post;postID=8248467224676316884;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=40;src=postname">Egypt (part one)</a> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=271988175706494107#editor/target=post;postID=7265390349996565486;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=38;src=postname" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Egypt (part two)</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An icon of power and authority, of stealth, of watchfulness, and even of Satan, the list is long for what the lion has symbolized over time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In Medieval times it was believed that lions never slept and so they came to represent watchfulness. Biblical references speak of the lion as a symbol of resurrection both because of St. Mark's relationship to Christ and because it was believed that lion cubs were born dead and came to life three days after birth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In Venice, he is no mere lion, he is the Venetian Lion. The symbol for St. Mark and for the city, the lion flies on the Venetian flag. The traditional Venetian Lion is winged and rests one paw on a book. Inscribed in Latin, the inscription translates to "peace be upon you, O Mark, my Evangelist" which are said to be the words spoken by an angel to St. Mark after being shipwrecked in the lagoon and coming to rest in Venice. Some lions have a sword held in the other paw, a mark of fierceness added in times of war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Outside of Venice, we saw countless coats of arms incorporating the lion. It seemed as if almost every nobleman wanted the mighty lion on his crest. Some chose lions to adorn their crypts as reminders after death of their power and importance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lions embellish important buildings, await you at the entrances to cathedrals, stare down upon you from high pedestals in public squares, and are common as door knockers. Sadly, we saw one poor lion reduced to being used as a drainpipe! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you ever dumbfounded by how something that should be so simple is made to be so incredibly complicated? That's what garbage (or as we say here "rubbish") collection in Scotland is like. Don't get us wrong, we recycle and think that everyone should, but this is so ridiculous that it could be material for Robin Williams. (Unfortunately for you, our telling of this probably won't be that funny :).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are grey bins, green bins, blue bins, brown bins and red bins. We have one of each. The grey lidded bins are collected weekly. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're fairly clear on what goes in the grey bins as they are listed as "food" bins. The collection calendar states that they are picked up weekly. That's it...just "weekly."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The green "household" bins and brown bins are collected every two weeks, except in winter when the brown bins are collected only monthly. They are collected on alternate Thursdays from each other, not on the same Thursday. The green bins are for "general" rubbish - we're really not sure what that means in light of what goes in the blue and red bins. However, we're pretty clear on the brown bin and the garden waste. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The blue bins are for glass and metal and all food tins and drink cans must be flattened first. However, "crisps or sweets packets" are not allowed. Paper also goes into the blue bin, but not if it is an envelope or a food wrapper. You are allowed to put textiles in the blue bin, but only if the sheets are cleaned first...oookaaaay. Of course the textiles have to be placed in the orange textiles bag before they can be put in the blue bin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is your head spinning round and round a la Linda Blair yet? Wait...there's more to come...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, the red bin is for cardboard, cereal boxes, greeting cards (can we put the envelopes here?) and plastic bottles (without lids, even if they are plastic). But, if we like, we can also use the clear plastic bags for the bottles as long as we secure them so the bottles won't fall out - no mention is made as to if the clear plastic bag then goes into the red bin. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The red and blue bins are collected on alternate Mondays from each other, not the same Mondays on alternate weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When people find out that we are house sitters, they usually have at least a few questions for us. One of the questions we hear most frequently is "what happens if something happens while you are house sitting?" That "something" being serious - an accident or injury for us or an emergency at home. Well, we've just had "something" happen, so it seems like a good time to do a post on that subject!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The day after arriving in Edinburgh to begin a month long house sit, Colleen slipped off of the curb and broke a bone in her foot. We had just stepped out of our hotel to check bus schedules for our trip out to meet the homeowner and we hadn't even put our phone in our pocket! Yes, it's a rookie mistake...one we probably shouldn't admit to, but it's the truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there we were standing in the rain, no phone, Colleen couldn't walk, and we were too far from the hotel for her to hop </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">back. Every cab that passed by was occupied. It just wasn't shaping up to be a good situation. Fortunately, a very kind and thoughtful woman came to our assistance. She called a cab for us and explained that there was only one hospital emergency room and that it was on the other side of town. We were so very grateful for her help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The emergency room staff at the hospital were equally helpful. It was a busy Saturday for them, but they worked us in and Colleen was x-rayed, put in a cast, and on crutches within a couple of hours of our arrival. Incredibly, the service was provided free to us. We didn't pay for anything. The hospital staff explained that for the first visit the same health care coverage that is provided for citizens is extended to visitors. Coming from the US where health care is extraordinarily expensive, this was amazing to us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So how did this "something" impact our ability to house sit? It didn't. For the simple reason that there are two of us - an advantage that a single person house sitting doesn't have. While Colleen is recovering, Rick is able to take care of the house and so we're able to meet our responsibilities and fulfill our commitment. Had Colleen been doing this on her own, she would have been in the very unfortunate situation of having to cancel on the homeowner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our house sitting as a couple has also been an advantage in the past. At one point, Rick injured his knee and was unable to walk well for several weeks. Another time, sadly, there was a death in our family. We decided that only one of us would fly home for the funeral and one of us would continue house sitting and caring for the owner's pet. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course we hope that these types of situations don't occur. But they do and our saving grace has been that there are two of us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the most popular sites to visit in Stockholm, Sweden, is the Vasa Museum. The museum was built to focus on just one particular piece of history. To tell the story of a 17th century Swedish warship named the Vasa. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The interior of the building covers about 135,000 square feet of floor space with 81,000 of that devoted to exhibits. This is amazing when you consider that it is all devoted to one ship and that it can't actually house the entire ship! The masts, towering 172' from the keel, raise out of the museum's roof. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The story of the Vasa is a sad one. Built over two years (1626-1628), it was created with the intention of intimidating Sweden's enemies. Its size, number of cannons, unique design and splendor were meant to impress. Almost 200' in length, 172' high, with a narrow width of under 40', it was the first ship Sweden built with double rows of cannons allowing for 64 of them. She could carry a crew of over 100 plus 300 soldiers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On August 10, 1628, the day of Vasa's inaugural sail, the ship was loaded with crew, guests and soldiers. Her gun ports were open and the cannons were ready to fire celebratory salutes as she grandly sailed through the harbor. Stockholm's citizens lined the streets and hills around the city eager to see the new ship set sail. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Vasa made it less than one mile before a strong gust of wind heeled the ship over. Vasa was able to partially right itself, but then another gust tipped her to the point that the open cannon ports took on water and the ship began to sink. Within minutes she was lying at the bottom of the harbor in 95' of water. A number of people drowned, most made it to shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is so unique to this story is the ending. After remaining underwater for 333 years, Vasa was salvaged in 1961. It took 5 months to raise the 1500 ton hull and more than 40,000 objects were brought to the surface. For the next 17 years the ship was continually sprayed with Polyethylene Glycol to prevent the wood from shrinking and cracking as it dried. Conservationists worked for 10 years to save the sails. The cold northern water had preserved the Vasa to such an extent that the reconstructed vessel is 98% original. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the time the Vasa was constructed, ship builders in Sweden did not<br />
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Vasa was top heavy - too narrow for her height - making her unstable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over a 1000 Oak trees were used to construct Vasa's hull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gun ports are adorned with fierce looking lions and soldiers ready to do battle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then.</td></tr>
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-21052796055418166942013-07-06T03:37:00.000-07:002013-07-06T03:37:00.300-07:00St. Petersburg - Peterhof & Cathedral of Spilled Blood<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to imagine it as the same structure you see today.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The "Versailles" of Russia is, in fact, still undergoing reconstruction and will be for many years to come. Photographs aren't allowed inside the palace so we can't show you how spectacular it is, but consider this: the walls are covered in elaborately hand embroidered silk and it takes one person one year to reconstruct one square meter. Now you can better understand why reconstruction is still ongoing!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were originally 20 smaller palaces and seven parks at Peterhof.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Cathedral of Spilled Blood was never actually used as a cathedral. Built on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated, it was constructed as a memorial by his son Alexander III. Also badly damaged during the war, the cathedral was used during the Siege of Leningrad as a morgue. After the war it was used to store vegetables. Its use as a vegetable storehouse led to its being nicknamed the Savior of our Potatoes. After 27 years of reconstruction, the Cathedral reopened as a museum in 1997. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Created as a private court museum by Catherine the Great in 1764, the Hermitage Museum has grown to contain over three million objects. The entire museum encompasses just under two million square feet and contains the largest collection of paintings in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are works by da Vinci and Rembrandt, there are Dutch and Flemish collections, Titians and Rubens. There is a French Impressionist collection with works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Van Gogh and Matisse, and the largest collection of Spanish art outside of Madrid's Prado Museum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are rooms devoted to ancient Greek pottery and Egyptian mummies, a gold room and an armory collection, galleries of sculpture. There is so much to see that it is impossible to take it all in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then, there is the Winter Palace itself, one of the five palaces that comprise the Hermitage, it is its own work of art.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">grandly gilded in gold...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">such as the armory collection with its taxidermy horses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and watched over not by armed guards but by serious ladies who keep an eye<br />
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-60765292341069459372013-06-29T02:00:00.000-07:002013-06-29T02:00:09.196-07:00Tallinn<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Evidence of human activity in the place that is now Tallinn, Estonia dates back 5000 years. The fortress walls of Tallinn were constructed in 1050, that's 963 years ago. Yet, Tallinn has been "free" for only the past 22 years - since Estonia declared independence in 1991 during the break-up of the Soviet Union. Hard to imagine isn't it? Tallinn's favorable location on trading routes in the Gulf of Finland made it too desirable. Danish, Germans, Swedes, Russians, then the Nazis, then the Russians again. We can't begin to understand what occupation must be like. But we can appreciate. Appreciate the beauty of this UNESCO World Heritage site. Appreciate that we are free, that we've never known such hardship, and that we can come to visit and enjoy Tallinn - one of the most intact, unaltered, medieval cities anywhere. We hope you enjoy it too.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We began our visit with a climb up to the top of St. Olaf's tower, pictured here. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy to have reached the top of St. Olaf's tower!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From this vantage point we could look beyond the fortress walls to modern day Tallinn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In addition to its UNESCO designation, Tallinn was honored<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tallin's massive fortress walls surround the old city.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The site of a marketplace since the 1300's, today's Town Hall Square features craft markets <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This modest little door leads into one of the oldest continuously operating pharmacies in Europe.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Copenhagen is a big city with easily a week's worth of museums and sites to see and we had 24 hours. We opted for Nyhavn (that water just calls to us...), a walk around the city down the Stroget (a major shopping/restaurant/social scene street) with stops at City Hall Square, Rosenborg Castle, the King's Garden and Orsteds Park before heading to the railway station for our train to the airport. Here's Copenhagen on the run...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copenhagen's elegant City Hall was constructed between 1892-1905.</td></tr>
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<br />Colleen - Journal Design Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17884391403691681231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271988175706494107.post-22316192333341835242013-06-23T07:27:00.002-07:002013-06-23T07:28:39.724-07:00A Tale of Two Canal Cities<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A serene waterside estate on Bruges "Lake of Love"...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once upon a time, in the 11th century, Bruges was one of the world's largest cities and busiest ports.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old St. John's Hospital, built in the 11th century, was one of Europe's first hospitals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and a canal watch dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">was designated a "European Capital of Culture" in 2002.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 13th century Church of Our Lady.<br />
At 400 feet tall, this is one of the highest brick towers in the world.</td></tr>
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