 Munich February 2014 |
 Alte Pinakothek; the access staircase |
 Cranach |
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 Durer? |
 Raphael? |
 Leonardo da Vinci? |
 Lippi? |
 Veronese |
 Josse de Momper; the Ruined Bridge |
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 Canaletto |
 El Greco |
 Murillo |
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 The Opera: Turandot |
 Wearing 3D specs with George ... |
 ... Ailien, Irmgard, Roswitha ... |
 ...us ... |
 ... Christa and Paul |
 Walk in the Englische Garten Prinz-Karl Palais |
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 Cootes |
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 The Frauenkirche, from the Kaufhof Cafe |
 At the Paros Tavera |
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 Bishaop's Walthamstow The Palace |
 The kitchen and brewery |
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 The Keep |
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 Our bed and breakfast Post Mead |
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 Former Pub in the Village |
 Winchester Cathedral April 2014 |
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 The Nave |
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 The Chancel |
 The High Altar |
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 the North Aisle |
 Silent II by Anthony Gormley ... |
 ... in the flooded Crypt |
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 Petworth House and Park April 2014 |
 The Rotunda |
 The Doric Temple |
 The House Entrance |
 The Chapel |
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 The North Bay |
 J.W.M.Turner |
 J.W.M.Turner |
 by the Le Nain brothers |
 J.W.M.Turner |
 Henry VIII after Holbein |
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 Grinling Gibbons carving |
 van Dyck |
 Wellington |
 van Dyck |
 The Royal Bed |
 The park |
 The front of the House |
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 Deer in the park |
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 The Rotunda |
 Whitmore Hall with Probus June 2014 |
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 The entrance hall |
 Our hosts: Christine and Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring |
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 The wall of the old house, encased in the present walls |
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 The gardens |
 The stables |
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 Munich Opera Visit June 2014 |
 The Opera: Bellini, Montagues and Capulets |
 Micky, Gastehaus Brunnstein |
 Jackdaw Orleansplatz |
 The Villa Stuck |
 The Friedensengel |
 Musik Salon |
 Stuck: Tochter Mary |
 Stuck: Blasender Faun |
 Modern ceiling |
 Empfangs Salon |
 Speisesaal |
 Empfang |
 Stuck: Tochter Mary |
 Lunch in the garden |
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 Walk from Iffeldorf to Seeshaupt |
 Ostersee with Herzogstand and Heimgarten |
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 Train: Munich Kochel |
 Bullfinch |
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 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker |
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 Groebensee |
 The ferry arriving at Seeshaupt |
 Seeshaupt from the ferry |
 The lake steamer |
 Off into the storm |
 After the rainstorm |
 Tutzing |
 Cy Twombly, Roses Brandhorst Museum, Munich |
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 Cy Twombly, Battle of Lepanto |
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 The fountain: Orleansplatz |
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 Buxton Opera Festival July 2014 |
 Walk: Solomon's Temple & the Golf Course |
 Another occupant |
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 past the obstacle |
 On the tower |
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 With friends at the Roseleigh Guest House... |
 ... Richard L., Clare, Richard M., Ian |
 The new pillar in the playground |
 Picture in La Brasserie this could almost have been Stephen in Orsay in 1974! |
 Edinburgh & Will's Circus |
 Will, practising at the Edinburgh Mela |
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 helper |
 clever! |
 juggling |
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 with Grandma |
 Sari stall at the Edinburgh Mela |
 The Castle |
 at the top of Arthur's Seat |
 "yes" vote from the distant ski slope |
 Arthur's Seat |
 The concluding firework display of the Festival |
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 The Dome Bar |
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 Bray and Wexford October 2014 |
 Sunrise, from our room |
 The Ulysses Guest House |
 Bray sea front |
 A drone! |
 on the ground |
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 Wexford with the opera house |
 The fish quay |
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 Cormorant fishing |
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 Little Gull |
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 Birmingham for the Ring and the Lickey Hills |
 The Bull Ring Church |
 The Bull decorated for Remembrance Day |
 The view from the hotel |
 The Staffordhire Hoard at the Birmingham Museum |
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 The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
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 The Myako Teppanyaki Restaurant |
 preparation |
 cooking! |
 The Le Truc Restaurant |
 Birmingham from Rednal Hill |
 The Longbridge Works |
 Wet cobwebs |
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