Month: August 2010
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Olafur Eliasson’s Sense of Space: NYC Waterfalls
I am too busy at work and at the new home to report on recent happenings. So it is time to offload some posts that have been sitting around, let’s visit NYC, my fav place on this planet. The New York City Waterfalls was unexpectedly a controversial public art project. It was dismantled early because…
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Watchmakers Galore: Part 1
Cartier We have been living in a part of Switzerland that calls itself the “Watch Valley”. Many famous brands are located here – only the factories. We were not looking for these watchmakers but they stand out – because they are housed in neat modern buildings in small, quaint towns or villages in the countryside.…
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Campione d’Italia
Before I forgot about this place we visited in Easter, I’d better post it. Campione d’Italia is a small village that is a part of Italy but is surrounded on all sides by Switzerland except the lake front. Someone told us that it is a duty free zone and it might explain the massive casino…
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Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
Since I am going to Washington DC next week, I might as well post the pictures of my last visit in the US. I was back for a couple of days in June on business, in Richmond, Virginia. We stayed at the Jefferson Hotel which has a lot of history. It was built originally as…