Category: Travel
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A week in Italy
Day 1 We checked in at Casa Il Rosario, a Catholic nunnery-slash-hotel. The location was excellent, a couple of blocks from The Colosseum. The nuns made a mean breakfast with homemade yogurt, granola, and pastries. The hot chocolate machine was amazing and so was the lingonberry juice. We walked to the Borghese Gallery. The Borgheses…
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GoPro images of Italy
We visited Rome, Florence, Venice, and Pisa last week. I’m knee-deep in photos and videos from four different cameras, plus the ones others took. While you wait with bated breath for the usual video summary, here are some photos I liked out of the GoPro camera. I found a couple of cool Lightroom presets last year…
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A couple of Hills in Switzerland
Exactly a year ago, my brother and I had finished up a business trip in Geneva and were maxing out a Swiss Rail pass on a whirlwind tour of a good chunk of the country. Here’s where my photo library says I took pictures: I finally put together “the slideshow”, which is probably too long for anyone…
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Harry Pottering in Orlando
Here’s the second video (first one here) over-documenting our Orlando trip last week. This one covers Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, which include the two parts of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck With a Family of Six in Orlando
We just returned from a fun-filled vacation in Orlando, Florida, where we visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in both Universal Orlando parks, spent a day at Discovery Cove and a day in SeaWorld. My friend asked me for Orlando tips, so I’m sharing them here in case other people are thinking about an Orlando…