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Friday Photos: Is it Summer Yet?

21 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by lexklein in Australia, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Photos, Just Photos from All Over, Travel - General, United States

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Australia, Boston, Cinque Terre, Croatia, Door County, Glacier National Park, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Santorini, summer

It’s only November, and already a deep chill has settled into my bones. A dose of summer memories from this country and others seems like just the ticket today. Let’s pretend we’re warm …

Door County, Wisconsin
Dublin, Ireland

Buza Bar, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Farmers Market, Boston, Massachusetts

Adare, Ireland
Gruz Harbor, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy
Glacier National Park, Montana

Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy
Mykonos, Greece

Late summer, North Dakota plains
Christmas Day lorakeets in Wahroonga, Australia

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Friday Photos: Little Places in Big Spaces

31 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by lexklein in Chile, Iceland, Ireland, Photos, Just Photos from All Over, Travel - General, United States

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Lately I’ve been obsessed with small buildings in wide-open spaces. Looking back through old photos, I found that it’s not so much the absolute size of the dwelling that matters, but the relative scale of it within its surroundings. So a brooding old castle may seem large up-close, but perched in a vast peat bog, it seems rather small and lonely. In fact, loneliness seems to be the main theme here, but I like the quiet solitude of all these places that are swallowed up by their scenery.

Dunguaire Castle near Ballyvaughan, Ireland

Dunguaire Castle near Ballyvaughan, Ireland

On the Ruta del Fin del Mundo, Patagonia, Chile

On the Ruta del Fin del Mundo, Patagonia, Chile

Near Devil's Thumb, Wyoming

Near Devil’s Thumb, Wyoming

Near Hofn, Iceland

Near Hofn, Iceland

On the Enchanted Highway, North Dakota

On the Enchanted Highway, North Dakota

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Stykkishholmur, Iceland

Stykkishholmur, Iceland

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Here’s to Beer

20 Saturday Sep 2014

Posted by lexklein in Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Croatia, Germany, Himalayas, Iceland, Ireland, Nepal, Peru, Poland, Slovenia, Tanzania, Tibet, Travel - General, United States

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My recent Friday Photo of some Guinness kegs in Dublin got me thinking about beer. The nectar of the gods is always a big part of my travel enjoyment. Before you think me a sot, let me say that I am simply an enthusiastic social drinker who particularly relishes a cold beer after a long day of trekking, sightseeing, or laboring.Ireland 2010 053One of my fondest beer memories is from a trip we took to the Monteverde cloud forest area in Costa Rica. Our family joined a larger group to work for nine days in Santa Elena, CR, where we mixed concrete by hand, dug trenches, hauled concrete blocks, and built bookshelves, among other duties. At the end of each long, hot day, we were filthy and exhausted. When we arrived back at our humble hostel each night, the dilemma was what to do first: quench our thirst and relax our aching bodies with a drink, or clean ourselves up? ImperialAs the days passed, the original binary choice of Beer or Shower morphed into a multivariable quandary expressed as Beer-Shower-Beer? or Shower-Beer-Beer? or Beer-Beer-Shower? or (screw the shower!) Beer-Beer-Beer! Imperial was definitely the ale of choice here, regardless of whether it was consumed before or after the bathing.

A good, local beer after a long day of trekking is also a marvelous reward. At dusk in the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania, we enjoyed many a Safari, Tusker, or Kilimanjaro outside our tents. African beers

On the Inca Trail in Peru, we became quite partial to Cusqueña Dark, while in Glacier National Park in northern Montana and Canada, we consistently grabbed a Moose Drool out of the cooler. Asia is not a high point for beer, but once we had acclimatized in the Himalayas in Nepal, we enjoyed a Gorkha or Everest most evenings after a day on the Khumbu trails. And a cold and rainy Mount Fitz Roy climb in Argentina was blissfully followed by two delicious home-brewed dark and blonde beers at cozy La Cervecería in the tiny town of El Chaltén.

Balkans & E Europe 2013 035Even a casual sightseeing day is enhanced by a good beer during or after. The light and dark Sarajevska brews in Bosnia & Herzegovina were both excellent at the end of a travel day, and in Düsseldorf, Germany, we drank our way through a day-long layover at the Braueries Uerige and Zum Schlüssel, both famous for their altbiers.

Iceland June 2014 133In Iceland, we happily whiled away several afternoons in Reykjavik with some Brios, Gulls, and Egils, and we tamed our post-trek PTSD after a particularly daunting mountain hike with a good Borg Úlfur draft.

Iceland June 2014 187And then there’s Ireland, oh Ireland! A real Guinness Draught the minute we arrived in Dublin at 10:30 am and a weekend full of Murphy’s Irish Stout, Harp Lager, and so many more rich and creamy Irish ales. Ireland 2010 087A “beer from the roof of the world,” a Lhasa, perked up a lunch at 11,000+ feet in Tibet, an Ožujsko welcomed us to Dubrovnik, Croatia, and we lingered over a luscious Laško in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Balkans & E Europe 2013 447Another dark beauty, a Książęce, bid us farewell on our last night in Krakow, Poland … and on that note, I’m off to the fridge! Cheers!

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Friday Photos: Irish Idyll

19 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by lexklein in Ireland, Photos, Just Photos from All Over

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Cliffs of Moher, Dingle, Dublin, Guinness, Ireland, Louis Mulcahy Pottery

As I prepare to hoist a beer on this Friday evening, some favorite scenes from Ireland seem fitting.

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