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Balkan Wine: The Jan Brady of the Wine World
If I’m thinking about wine, the Balkans isn’t the first region that comes to mind. Heck, it’s not even the 33rd. And yet – Balkan winemaking has roots stretching back more than 6,000 years. Older than Bordeaux. Older than Burgundy. Older than most of the national borders we recognize today. And still, Balkan wine remains…
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📸 Lens-Artists Challenge #344 – Abandoned
This is my entry into the Lens-Artists Challenge, a weekly photography challenge on WordPress. In this week’s challenge, Anne from Slow Shutter Speed challenges us to: tell and show us your thoughts on abandonment. Huzzah! This is my wheelhouse. When I have a camera in my hand, I’m always drawn to abandoned things. There’s a…
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Mauthausen, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 1, 2024 Today is May Day in Europe. Basically, Europe is closed. I think we are celebrating summer equinox and worker’s rights. All the towns put up a huge maypole, and then there is dancing and day drinking. We had a different May Day experience – spent the day at the Mauthausen…
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Dunkeld & Black Linn Falls, Scotland 🏴
The hunters had a day off today . . . Caused a wee international incident this morning when I asked for a cup of tea and a cup of ice. “Yer gon pour yer tea over tha ice, are ye?” Yes. Yes I am. Ken and I hiked over to the Black Linn waterfall this…