Month: February 2014
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Fondue at Château-d’Oex
While IT was visiting, we took her to Château-d’Oex, a small Swiss alpine mountain village that was hosting its annual winter hot-air balloon festival. See this earlier post here. Unfortunately, the weather was not suitable. So we walked around the small village which had several hotels, restaurants and shops. The place looks a bit deserted…
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No hot air balloon at Château-d’Oex
Château-d’Oex is a small Swiss alpine mountain village that hosts an annual hot-air balloon festival in the middle of winter. It is located in a valley and surrounded by the Swiss Alps and numerous ski resorts. The area known as Pays-d’Enhaut was just 2 hours drive from Lausanne – we took the scenic route via Aigle.…
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Langham Place Hotel, NYC
In January, a last minute business trip to NYC landed me this room in the Langham Place Hotel – a chain of hotels owned by a Chinese group, I think. With a stovetop, I made tea every morning. There was so much space which is rare in a NY hotel. The bedroom was located in…
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Random photos #21 – #25
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). To find the others, just click…
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Views from our shipboard veranda
Below are the views from our veranda on board the Celebrity Reflection during a 7-day cruise through the Caribbean sea. Our cabin was located on the 12th floor, midship, starboard. For more views of the ship, click here and here for earlier posts. These photos were taken more or less from the same spot on…
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Galley tour on board Celebrity Reflection
On our first “at-sea” day, we went to one of the “events” which is a tour of the galleys on board the ship. The galley is a compartment of a ship, train or aircraft where the food is cooked and prepared – i.e., the mobile industrial kitchen. The German executive chef started with a power point…