I love the earth from the air. It is a different place from above. I could look down at it always.

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New York

I’m in New York – Brooklyn and Manhattan – for what is ostensibly a MFA related art-world trip. But really, I’m here for the friends.  Staying with Dan and Ellie, friends from LA, now NYC.  Both are artists, in different ways, and I’m so glad they’ve been willing to host me, because times with them…

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Since last time…

I’m going to start posting again, and pretend that I’ve been around for the last 8 months posting every time I’ve gone somewhere.  Play along, it’ll be fun. And, if you’re wondering what I’ve been up to since Berlin, it went a little something like this: Berlin, Bad Honnef, Arnhem, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Fairfield, San…

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Berlin

Berlin has been very good.  Arriving after a very long day of driving, I was so thankful to be greeted by a smiling friend and his welcoming home.  We are staying with Andreas, who I met in 2003 in Flagstaff, Arizona at a hostel.  I was on my way towards San Luis again, heading back…

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Not So … Romantic Road

The quintessential medieval walled city in Europe, I actually booked a hotel here for two whole nights, and was looking forward to the drive from Munich up the fabled Romantic Road.  We wound up having an extra night before we arrived in Rothenburg, which seemed exciting, as we were then free to find somewhere to…

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This is pretty much what it looked like along the Romantic Road (In German “Romantische Strasse”).

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And so, I have come to a conclusion.

Upon departing our Munich hotel, which was very, very nice, we headed to Andechs Monastary.  Having read two lines about it in the guidebook, which said it was home to the best beer in Germany and a nice church, we drove there, planning on arriving around eleven o’clock in the morning.  As we passed through…

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Munich, Part II

After our wet introduction to Munich, and subsequent flight into a hotel room at great haste, we were hoping that seeing the sights would be somewhat low impact.  It turned into a wonderful evening.  We walked around Marianplatz and visited an amazing store called Alois Dalmayr which was a purveyor of a fascinating array of…

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