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  • Random photos #256 – 265

    Random photos #256 – 265

    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). random photo #256 – exit –

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  • 21st century Pop Art @ Villars-sur-Ollons

    21st century Pop Art @ Villars-sur-Ollons

    At a business meeting where we stayed for several days, the hotel put up these painting in its lobby area. The artist is Léon represented by Samhart gallery and the hotel is Chalet Royalp Hôtel at Villars-sur-Ollons. Hope they sell well, this is fun. We could use some Pop Art to lighten up – 21st

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  • Exploring Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel

    Exploring Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel

    Continuing with our posts on the bookstores we come across …, Libelle mit H&B is a high-end, well-curated second hand bookstore (antique bookseller) in the old town of Basel, Switzerland. Click here to see their website in English. It has a perfect location – Alstadt, a block from the city’s main thoroughfare –  and situated at

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  • Rizzoli Galleria, Milano

    Rizzoli Galleria, Milano

    Continuing our tour of the world’s bookstores, we found a Rizzoli inside the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuelle II in Milano. It is affiliated with the one in New York. The Rizzoli Galleria are on three floors, it is not huge but carries quite a variety of Italian and international books. According to the publicity material, the store

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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