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(From my great trip through Europe in 1990) :-)
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Well, our trip was now drawing to a close, but one of the last places we visited was...............]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:50:14 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

Well, our trip was now drawing to a close, but one of the last places we visited was...............]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/f6590d9cbe75bd6aedea0c59ed9e1f34/
(From my adventurous journey through Europe in 1990) :-)
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-And speaking of pyramids, here is the Parisian one ;-)
It is the new (and controversial) entrance to the Louvre.
And it is a pyramid, so although it may be difficult to see from this photo, it does not go straight up, but up at a 45° angle.

-Oh and....
......Congratulations!!! on the 4th of july :-D]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:35:19 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

-And speaking of pyramids, here is the Parisian one ;-)
It is the new (and controversial) entrance to the Louvre.
And it is a pyramid, so although it may be difficult to see from this photo, it does not go straight up, but up at a 45° angle.

-Oh and....
......Congratulations!!! on the 4th of july :-D]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/e4c69088c56e6209211828896d199e7e/
(From my big tour through Europe in 1990)
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And another shot from this very famous landmark of Paris.
It is taken from the first floor/platform.

-When the tower was built in 1889, it was the tallest building in the world.
What was the tallest building before it?
-The Cheops pyramid, built 4500 years before!]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:15 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

And another shot from this very famous landmark of Paris.
It is taken from the first floor/platform.

-When the tower was built in 1889, it was the tallest building in the world.
What was the tallest building before it?
-The Cheops pyramid, built 4500 years before!]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/1433a21d15d715ef311e10d6153db30b/
(From my big trip by car adventure through Europe in 1990)
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Ok, this is perhaps not the greatest shot, but Iīll throw it in anyway.
-A slightly different view of one of the worldīs most famous landmarks :-D
(I hardly have to say itīs name, right)? ;-)]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:09:11 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

Ok, this is perhaps not the greatest shot, but Iīll throw it in anyway.
-A slightly different view of one of the worldīs most famous landmarks :-D
(I hardly have to say itīs name, right)? ;-)]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/0dcec418688cc38b615767ba5e0ddeb7/
(From my big trip through Europe in 1990)
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-But we couldnīt stay in the alps forever, I guess ;-)
...so we headed on to a new country! :-D
After having been to Luxembourg, Germany, Austria (twice) ;-) Italy and Switzerland, we now headed on to....France.
While slowly making our way to Paris, we stopped (briefly) in the city of Nancy, known as a centre of art and architecture - mostly in the Art Nouveau style of the late 1800s. Much of the city centre is in fact a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This is from the interior of the cathedral.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:14:26 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

-But we couldnīt stay in the alps forever, I guess ;-)
...so we headed on to a new country! :-D
After having been to Luxembourg, Germany, Austria (twice) ;-) Italy and Switzerland, we now headed on to....France.
While slowly making our way to Paris, we stopped (briefly) in the city of Nancy, known as a centre of art and architecture - mostly in the Art Nouveau style of the late 1800s. Much of the city centre is in fact a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This is from the interior of the cathedral.]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/48a4e79c1612e3a835e6d1b8e6ab6eac/
(From my big trip across Europe in 1990)
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-And here is the alpine village of Liddes.
Everybody was very nice and we had a really pleasant stay :-)
And the town itself was also quite interesting - a surprising mix of really old wooden (and very well maintained) buildings.....and newer, 20th century (more "functionally" styled) houses.
-Not the sort of town that would ever be a tourist attraction, but in actuality really well worth the look :-)]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:26:22 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

-And here is the alpine village of Liddes.
Everybody was very nice and we had a really pleasant stay :-)
And the town itself was also quite interesting - a surprising mix of really old wooden (and very well maintained) buildings.....and newer, 20th century (more "functionally" styled) houses.
-Not the sort of town that would ever be a tourist attraction, but in actuality really well worth the look :-)]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/1453392f086ca0b130128a1b38652496/
(From my big trans-European trip of 1990)
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Here is another beautiful old wooden house in the village of Liddes.
(In the Swiss alps). -Very picturesque, I think :-)]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:50:01 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

Here is another beautiful old wooden house in the village of Liddes.
(In the Swiss alps). -Very picturesque, I think :-)]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/b7fc67e680aabbc64538e4b36ed6259a/
(From my big trans-European trip of 1990)
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-So finally we had reached the delicious coolness of the Swiss alps.
Just after we crossed the border and the Grand St Bernard pass, we came to this small alpine village; Liddes. We inquired at the local inn if there was a room available for us, and were genuinely pleased to recieve a warm and friendly welcome.

A huge difference, I must say, from the rather semi-rude people of Venice. (Iīm a bit sorry to say this, but we did not really have a pleasant stay in Venice - although the town itself is truly a wonder to behold!
Possibly the crushing heat wave had something to do with this, but...well...)

In sharp contrast, we always found the people of the alps really friendly and helpful :-)
And Liddes was a very interesting village with itīs very old wooden buildings - although the building planners of the 20th century were perhaps not really thinking about maintaining the villageīs picture-perfect alpine look when they decided to build the houses on the left ;-)]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:42:17 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

-So finally we had reached the delicious coolness of the Swiss alps.
Just after we crossed the border and the Grand St Bernard pass, we came to this small alpine village; Liddes. We inquired at the local inn if there was a room available for us, and were genuinely pleased to recieve a warm and friendly welcome.

A huge difference, I must say, from the rather semi-rude people of Venice. (Iīm a bit sorry to say this, but we did not really have a pleasant stay in Venice - although the town itself is truly a wonder to behold!
Possibly the crushing heat wave had something to do with this, but...well...)

In sharp contrast, we always found the people of the alps really friendly and helpful :-)
And Liddes was a very interesting village with itīs very old wooden buildings - although the building planners of the 20th century were perhaps not really thinking about maintaining the villageīs picture-perfect alpine look when they decided to build the houses on the left ;-)]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/ec7378616873d526a48bfb82da034b04/
(From my big trans-European trip of 1990)
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This is the Des Toules dam, built in 1963, height 86m.
-It is in Switzerland, just after we had crossed the Great St Bernard pass and the border.]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:39:54 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---

This is the Des Toules dam, built in 1963, height 86m.
-It is in Switzerland, just after we had crossed the Great St Bernard pass and the border.]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ http://www.fotothing.com/karlbark/photo/2ec08fb2091c7bc89d2697eee315670a/
(From my big trans-European trip of 1990)
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Great St Bernard pass - 2,469 m

-Finally we reached the Swiss/Italian alps.
We had driven up the Aosta valley, directly towards Europeīs highest mountain, Mont Blanc -and the Great St Bernard pass.

Instead of driving through the long tunnel lower down the mountain, we decided to take the historic road over the Great St Bernard Pass, the most ancient pass through the Western Alps. (With evidence of use as far back as the Bronze Age).
The road is only open from june to september each year.

For centuries, this was the only road between northern Europe and southern Europe for hundreds of miles on either flank. There are surviving traces of the Roman road and the "more recent" path of Napoleon's army into Italy in 1800.

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/valais/grandstbernardhistory.html]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:43:55 +0000 nobody@fotothing.com (karlbark) ---
Great St Bernard pass - 2,469 m

-Finally we reached the Swiss/Italian alps.
We had driven up the Aosta valley, directly towards Europeīs highest mountain, Mont Blanc -and the Great St Bernard pass.

Instead of driving through the long tunnel lower down the mountain, we decided to take the historic road over the Great St Bernard Pass, the most ancient pass through the Western Alps. (With evidence of use as far back as the Bronze Age).
The road is only open from june to september each year.

For centuries, this was the only road between northern Europe and southern Europe for hundreds of miles on either flank. There are surviving traces of the Roman road and the "more recent" path of Napoleon's army into Italy in 1800.

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/valais/grandstbernardhistory.html]]> karlbarkhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/