2009 World trip with the Percivals

BestShotsOfTheTrip

Jenni and Lou Wolgast
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Art Adamisin with Jenni and Bonnie
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Claus Maikis, our friend from Germany , came to the VSC as well.
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Bob Whitely tries to save Jeff from himself.
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Jeff and Bob.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Desert flowers in bloom.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Saguaro, desert flowers and other desert foliage.
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Bighorn sheep.
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Sunday 2009-03-22     Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum  The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in the US. This is a 10 year old female; males have blue-gray wings and a more rust coloured tail than females, which are brown overall and have a lighter breast than the males.
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A Harris's Hawk (spelling courtesy of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum web site)
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Sunday 2009-03-22     Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum  The saguaro's range is almost completely restricted to southern Arizona and western Sonora.  They grow from sea level to about 4000 feet. In the northern part of their range they are most numerous on warmer south facing slopes like this one.
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Mountain Lion or Puma - a beautiful animal.
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A small street that branches of Bahnhofstraße, a street full of high class stores in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Approaching the Grossmünster Church with the Fraumünster church in the background
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Cobble stone pavers add character to Zurich's city's streets.
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Looking up the Limmat river to Lake Zurich and the Alps beyond that.
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This area is called Lindenhof and is the site of an ancient Roman fort.
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Streets of the Altstadt (Old Town) district.
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The Altstadt (Old Town) district.
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Zurich is a very pedestrian-friendly city. Easy to get around because of excellent public transport system.
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Zurich's three major churches L to R: Grossmünster,  St Peterskirche  and Fraumünster. Lindenhof is in the foreground.
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The National Museum, built 1898 in the style of a French Renaissance chateau. The building is vastly more interesting than its exhibits.
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Contrary to popular rumour, the Swiss have a wonderful sense of humour.
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Our rental car for the period, an Opel Zafiri.
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The Forggensee in Bavaria, Germany.
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Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Hohenschwangau Castle near Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Neuschwanstein Castle from Hohenschwangau.
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Playing in the snow in Schwangau, Germany.
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Tegelberg Mountain near Schwangau, Germany.
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Tegelberg Mountain near Schwangau, Germany.
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Tegelberg Mountain near Schwangau, Germany.
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Tegelberg Mountain near Schwangau, Germany.
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Tegelberg Mountain near Schwangau, Germany.
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This old couple seemed to be having trouble walking on the snow.
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Neuschwanstein Castle from the cable car.
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Neuschwanstein Castle from the cable car. Hohenschwangau Castle visible on the right.
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Oberammagau, a quaint Bavarian village with Ammergau mountains in background.
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Oberammagau, Bavaria.
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Oberammagauis is famous for its Lüftlmalerei (frescoes) of traditional Bavarian themes.
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Sunday 2009-03-29      Deutsches Museum - Munich  The Messerschmitt Me 109 was one of the best-known German fighters of WW2.  More than 35,000 were built from 1936 onwards making it one of the most produced aircraft ever.
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The Mariensäule is topped by a golden statue of the Virgin Mary in Marienplatz, Munich.
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Claus joins us for the next few days.
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The famed Feldherrnhalle (Field Marshall's Hall) in Munich, site of the killings asociated with the Beerhall Putsch in 1923.
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Returning from Munich. Heavy weather accompanied us on the way back to our accommodation in Wackersberg.
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Our room in the Gasthaus at Wackersberg.
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Ready to commence our day's adventures.
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Walchensee on Highway B17 heading for Mittenwald.
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Walchensee on Highway B17 heading for Mittenwald.
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Mittenwald, famous for Violin making.
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Mittenwald also has highly decorated buildings.
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Mittenwald.
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Mittenwald.
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Garmish Partenkirchen, site of the 1936 Winter Olympics.
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The river Isar in Vorderriß, the same river that flows through Munich.
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River Isar.
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The River Isar is frozen at this point.
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Ulm, Old town. Ulm was nearly totally destroyed during WWII.
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Claus lives in a small village near Ulm.
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Claus takes us to his favourite restaurant. The floors inside were quite normal.
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Both ladies are very fond of Claus.
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The most interesting building in Ulm, the Hotel Schiefes Haus (crooked house).
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Langenau-Albeck, in Claus' backyard with one of his beautifully-crafted models.
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Sylvensteinsee.
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We do a day trip to Innsbruck, 60 kms from where we are staying.
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Innsbruck.
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Mountains completely surround Innsbruck.
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Picture postcard of the older part of the city.
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Two hang gliders soar over the mountain range.
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"Bruck" comes from the German word for Bridge. Innsbruck means bridge over the Inn.
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Two lovely women.
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Walchensee as we return from Innsbruck.
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Walchensee as it was two days ago.
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The Gasthof at Walchensee as we return from Innsbruck.
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The Gasthof as it was two days ago.
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Our last night in Germany spent at our favourite restaurant, the  Altes Zollhaus.
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I loved staying here and want to return.
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Today, we leave for Alsace in France. This is Bad Tölz, a village near Wackersberg.
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Thursday 2009-04-02       At Michele's place in Romanswiller, France   This is a device with a hot stone (pierrade) on top on which you cook meats like sliced raw fillet, prawns, potatoes and Viande de Gryson from Switzerland.  Underneath is space for about eight cheese trays where you melt the cheese and mix it with meat, potatoes or prawns.
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We stop for lunch in Orbey, Alsace.
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Walking tour of Orbey.
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One of the valleys of the Vosges, a mountain range in Alsace.
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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, once mined for antimony.
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Michele's house in Romanswiller on the corner left.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller, the village centre.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller. Built in 1646CE.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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The school house has writing in French over the top of German as Alsace changed between France and Germany.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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Delightful very old houses.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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Walking tour of Romanswiller.
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Michele's parents made tonight's meal: snails followed by frogs legs.
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Wangenbourg, Alsace, France.
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Ruins of the Wangenbourg castle.
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Michele's parents made another Alsacian specialty for today's lunch: montbeliard sausages, medium and small sausages (knack) on a bed of choucroute (sauerkraut).
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Michele's parents Rene and Paulette.
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The village of Soultz-les-Bains
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
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We have to leave, unfortunately.
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Michele, our very gracious host, made our trip to Alsace unforgettable.
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Michele took this photo as we left Romanswiller to drive to Zurich Airport.
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Our long-boat tour guide greets us with a traditional wai  in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Buddhist temples on the Chao Phraya River
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We take a look at the canals.
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Long boat.
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Blue and gold are Thai royal colours.
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Wat Arun Temple on the Chao Phraya River.
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Tuesday 2009-04-07     The Tuk-Tuk ride   But Bonnie loves the experience.
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Tuesday 2009-04-07      The Tuk-Tuk ride   Here we meet an interesting Thai who speaks perfect English. He tells  us about the Thai New Year celebrations that start next week – Songkrat:  a key activity is that everyone squirts water over everybody else but that they probably won't do it to me because I am old. Hummph!!
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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Twin overhead merging double-decker rail lines in Bangkok.
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Not such a good spot for a photo really.
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The infamous Bangkok traffic.
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Sydney, Australia. We're home. Sob. Great trip.  End of the Album   return home  .
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