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A Hike in November

November 3, 2015 – 8:44 pm

Although Kentucky’s election results aren’t proving promising, we were gifted today with the most lovely November weather—75° and sunny. And so, after voting, we did what we love to do but don’t do nearly enough—we hiked. (This time, the Fort Thomas Landmark Tree Trail.) We slid on leaves, observed moss and mushrooms, and stood still […]

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Dia de los Muertos

November 2, 2015 – 10:00 pm

Today is Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. It’s a tradition I’ve long been aware of, but only halfheartedly. Recently the children and I have been attending First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati. It’s a good solution for our family. Andy is an atheist. I’m agnostic. I wanted something that exposed my children to […]

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    We rode a funicular up to the fortress. This view of the city is from one of the fortress’s windows. Before we walked around Salzburg on Sunday, we took a river cruise down the Salzach river. We thought the kids would be thrilled with being on a boat. Owen promptly fell asleep (second picture) and look at Sophie’s face (and the folks behind her, this whole picture, the third, cracks me up). Andy and I had fun! I took this picture of Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, from that cruise. We didn’t have an itinerary for Salzburg, and maybe that would have been smart. But by not doing a lot of research, we were, perhaps, more stunned than we may have been when we decided to “take a quick peek” inside this church. Mozart was baptized, and played the organ, here. Sunday we walked around the city. This is Residenzplatz, one of several beautiful squares in Salzburg. The baroque fountain is attributed to Italian sculptor Tommaso di Garone. This picture makes me laugh. After checking into our hotel in Salzburg, we found a restaurant with a small, outdoor beer garden, and ate our first schnitzel. Here Andy is considering dessert. The five of us decided to add on a few days to our trip. So Saturday we took a long train ride through the alps to Salzburg, Austria. wine in the grotto, the last night (Friday night) After riding the funicular down on Friday, we got gelato. (Andy insisted on stopping for gelato at least once a day.) I’m fairly certain the kids’ main food sources were gelato in Italy, and soft pretzels in Bavaria (sigh). Friday we took the kids on their first funicular ride at Castel San Pietro. The castle is not open but the view at the top provided gorgeous views of the city. For almost 20 years Andy has been placing flowers found on walks in my hair. villa, dusk After Andy and I explored Castelvecchio, we met up with Katy, Tom and Kyle for dinner and drinks, sans kids. Spotted, while walking. I understand the history of labor required to make all of this is quite horrific but I also don’t understand what has happened to general aesthetics ... there are spots of beauty, for sure, but here, the spots just seem so numerous. I suppose it’s a good thing there are so many folks I love in the U.S. Otherwise, I don’t think I could come back! The castle was fairly empty and we were able to explore/climb a lot of it (at times we were so high it made my stomach turn). We both really loved this.
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