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Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Unexpected Pleasure in Dresden — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. Me standing in a palace courtyard along the River Elbe and getting chummy with one of the many statues, May 2011. Thanks to Lisa Larsen for the photo. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Unexpected Pleasure in Dresden. November 30, 2016. Thursday, May 26, through Sunday, May 29, 2011, Dresden. Editor's note: See my previous blog entry, "Half Destroyed and Living History.". This blog entry is devoted to the pleasures of my visit there.
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. The gates of the castle at Caen. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Standing with Lions, Stumbling on an Archaeological Dig, and Shooing a Fly. February 16, 2017. Tuesday Afternoon June 7, 2011. No The record does not say explicitly, but she was likely still locked in her tower in Winchester, England. The foundation of the Caen fortress in ruins. It covers about 14 acres. The flag of William I, the lion, in Caen, France. I walked the ra...
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. Looking out from the top of Mont Saint-Michel. The sand flats lead out to the ocean in the background. In the foreground is one of the towers added to the abbey in the 19th century . Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Mont Saint-Michel, Tidal Flats, Monk Footprints, and Gloomy Crypts. March 23, 2017. Ournal Excerpt: Thursday, June 9, 2011, Hotel Churchill:. Journal Excerpt: Later that same day, Hotel Churchill:. Looking down about midwa...
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Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Tough, Alone, and Inspired — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. An old barn in the Burgundy countryside in Saint Fargeau, France. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Tough, Alone, and Inspired. January 09, 2017. Late Afternoon Saturday through Monday, June 4-6, 2011. Saint Fargeau and Auxerre, France. A footbridge over an irrigation ditch in Saint Fargeau. It was a peaceful and mostly picturesque. My walks took me by meadows set among rolling hills of green where horses placidly munched grass. On a m...
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Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: A Drive through Burgundy — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. The horloge or clock tower at the center of the old town in Auxerre, Burgundy, France. Also notice the golden boot to the left of the tower. above a la botte d'or or "The Golden Boot" shoe store. June 2011. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: A Drive through Burgundy. December 17, 2016. Thursday, June 2, through Friday, June 3, 2011 Auxerre and Saint Fargeau, France. This picture was taken in Poitiers at the Hotel Le Grande, but it illus...
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Eight-Week Eruope Solo Travel: The Eleanor Vase! Geek Out! — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. The Eleanor Vase, circa 7th century Persian, complete with Abbot Sugar's neck and base, circa 1150's French. Eight-Week Eruope Solo Travel: The Eleanor Vase! November 10, 2016. Wednesday, 05/25/2011, Afternoon, Paris. I arrived at the Louvre and went straight to the information desk to ask where the Eleanor Vase. I asked the gentleman at the desk where Eleanor of Aquitaine's vase was. "What? He said. "Ah! He pointed me to the Objets d'Ar...
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Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Exploring the Middle Ages at the Cluny — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Exploring the Middle Ages at the Cluny. December 08, 2016. Wednesday, June 1, 2011, Paris, Journal Excerpt. Standing in front of the door to the tower of the Cluny museum, which according to Wikipedia was used by Charles Messier. To make observations of the night sky, perhaps in aid of finishing the important Messier catalog. Musée de Cluny / Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris, France. The sun has gone...
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. By Diliff (Own work) [ CC BY-SA 3.0. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Don't Turn Right at the Left Bank. October 26, 2016. Tuesday, 5/24/2011, Paris France, Journal Excerpt. Nicole and me eating our one meal in England (at St. Pancras station) before getting on the EuroStar train to Paris. I think he was wrong, but I had no time to find out. I had a car and driver waiting for me outside. Yes, I said. I went back outside. There wer...
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Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Building a Castle at Guédelon — Ellen A. Wilkin
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Ellen A. Wilkin. Writer: Novels, Poetry, Essays, Biography, Memoir. The main entrance to Guédelon castle under construction on June 3, 2011, Burgundy, France. The Great Tower is on the right and the Chapel Tower can just be seen on the left, slightly behind the residence. The bridge in the foreground spans the ditch, which will become a moat. One gate tower is to the right. Eight-Week Europe Solo Travel 2011: Building a Castle at Guédelon. January 01, 2017. Questions for the workmen at Guédelon:. One of ...