https://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/20/some-people-meet-people-in-the-grocery-store-but-i-get-my-tomatoes-and-im-out/2016-07-22T07:22:11+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/19/what-i-cant-tell-with-a-photo-i-will-tell-with-a-painting-and-what-i-cant-tell-with-a-painting-i-will-tell-with-a-video-or-text/2016-07-19T20:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/18/never-go-on-trips-with-someone-you-do-not-love/2016-07-18T16:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/15/we-light-the-oven-so-that-everyone-may-bake-bread-in-it/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food24.jpgFood24Breakfast I got at the Capri - note the green beans. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food23.jpgFood23Coffee house in Old Havanahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food22.jpgFood22The classic Cuban cafe bonbon - sweetened condensed milk and coffee. It was hard to come by - most places did not have the sweetened condensed milk.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food21.jpgFood21A typical Cuban mealhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food20.jpgFood20One of the meals at the casahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food19.jpgFood19Paris Cafe in Old Havanahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food18.jpgFood18One of the fancier meals we ate in Old Havana at the Paris Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food17.jpgFood17The menu at Coppelia. We didn't actually order - we just sat down and they brought us an ice cream salad.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food16.jpgFood16The craziest looking chicken I've ever seen - wandering around a restaurant in Miramarhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food15.jpgFood15Yucca and potatoes. 2016-07-15T14:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/13/in-a-world-that-remade-itself-time-and-again-one-constant-was-the-conflict-between-the-united-states-and-cuba/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy11.jpgEmbassy11Pictures like this of Fidel Castro are all over Cuba. I thought these were particularly artful.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy10.jpgEmbassy10Blockade: the largest genocide in history." These signs are less frequent, but you do see them.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy9.jpgEmbassy9Sign identifying that one of the socialist groups, CDR, will defend socialismhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy8.jpgEmbassy8Another view of the empty La Palma pedestal.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy7.jpgEmbassy7On the Avenue of the Presidents around the corner from the US Embassy, you see this empty pedestal. It once held a statue for La Palma, the first president of Cuba. Citizens of Havana tore it down after the revolution because he was a US puppet.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy6.jpgEmbassy6"The Revolution is Invincible." Signs like this are all over Cuba.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy5.jpgEmbassy5US Embassy from the Malecón. The 138 flag poles stand empty today.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy4.jpgEmbassy4US Embassy in Havanahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy3.jpgEmbassy3Ministry of Foreign Commerce in Cuba - what I have to imagine is one of the more frustrating jobs on the island, given the embargo.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/embassy2.jpgEmbassy2Jose Martí statue warns Cubans about the dangers of friendship with the States. He's pointing directly at the US Embassy2016-07-13T07:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/12/cuba-ought-to-be-free-and-independent-and-the-government-should-be-turned-over-to-the-cuban-people/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain15.jpgPresidenteTrain15https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain13.jpgPresidenteTrain13https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain14.jpgPresidenteTrain14https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain12.jpgPresidenteTrain12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain11.jpgPresidenteTrain11https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain10.jpgPresidenteTrain10https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain9.jpgPresidenteTrain9https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain7.jpgPresidenteTrain7https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain8.jpgPresidenteTrain8https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/presidentetrain6.jpgPresidenteTrain62016-07-12T21:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/11/cuba-is-like-going-to-a-whole-other-planet-its-so-different-but-its-so-similar-to-the-united-states-to-miami-its-like-a-doppelgaenger-its-the-mirror-im/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations13.jpgHavanaObservations13https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations12.jpgHavanaObservations12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations11.jpgHavanaObservations11https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations10.jpgHavanaObservations10https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations9.jpgHavanaObservations9Our school in Cubahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations8.jpgHavanaObservations8Open flame burned most of the day and into the night while they were fixing the road in our neighbourhood. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations7.jpgHavanaObservations7https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations6.jpgHavanaObservations6https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations5.jpgHavanaObservations5https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/havanaobservations4.jpgHavanaObservations42016-07-11T21:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/08/this-fellow-countrymen-the-right-respect-for-the-people-of-cuba-the-right-to-our-sovereignty-this-is-what-we-are-going-to-defend-with-our-mass-attendance/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels21.jpgHotels21Habana Librehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels20.jpgHotels20Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels19.jpgHotels19Caprihttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels18.jpgHotels18Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels17.jpgHotels17Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels16.jpgHotels16Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels15.jpgHotels15Peacock at the Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels14.jpgHotels14Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels13.jpgHotels13View from the Hotel Nacional https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hotels12.jpgHotels12View from the Hotel Nacional 2016-07-07T07:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/07/a-grain-of-poetry-suffices-to-season-a-century/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado20.jpgVedado20https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado19.jpgVedado19https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado18.jpgVedado18Vedado's distinctive street markershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado17.jpgVedado17with MD in Vedado on a rare rainy dayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado16.jpgVedado16https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado15.jpgVedado15https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado14.jpgVedado14Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in the Plaza de la Revoluciónhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado13.jpgVedado13Fidel Castro in the Plaza de la Revoluciónhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado12.jpgVedado12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vedado11.jpgVedado112016-07-07T07:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/06/hasta-que-se-seque-el-malecon/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon26.jpgMalecon26https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon25.jpgMalecon25https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon24.jpgMalecon24https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon23.jpgMalecon23https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon22.jpgMalecon22https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon21.jpgMalecon21https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon20.jpgMalecon20https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon19.jpgMalecon19https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon18.jpgMalecon18https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/malecon17.jpgMalecon172016-07-06T10:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/05/es-mejor-de-zika/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/zika1.jpgZika1A couple of the Zika guys doing the rounds in Vedado. 2016-07-04T19:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/04/plaza-nueva-y-plaza-vieja/2016-07-04T19:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/07/01/ridin-along-in-my-automobile/2016-06-30T20:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/30/men-are-like-the-stars-some-generate-their-own-light-while-others-reflect-the-brilliance-they-receive/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/marti4.jpgMarti4Posing with NM and my boy Jose.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/marti3.jpgMarti3The Jose Martí Memorial in the Plaza de la Revoluciòn It is massive. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/marti2.jpgMarti2Small statue of Jose Martí in our classroomhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/marti1.jpgMarti1The first Martí Memorial, in Parque Central in Old Havana2016-06-30T20:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/29/vamos-a-la-playa/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya11.jpgLaPlaya11Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya10.jpgLaPlaya10Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya9.jpgLaPlaya9Stuff you see in Cuba...https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya8.jpgLaPlaya8Our ride to and from the beachhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya7.jpgLaPlaya7Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya6.jpgLaPlaya6Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya5.jpgLaPlaya5Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya4.jpgLaPlaya4Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya3.jpgLaPlaya3Santa Maria Del Marhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laplaya2.jpgLaPlaya2Santa Maria Del Mar2016-06-27T18:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/28/respeto-paz-y-muuuucho-beisbol/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/baseball3.jpgBaseball3Respect, Peace and Much Baseball!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/baseball2.jpgBaseball2Even baseball diamonds not related to the visit were draped in patriotic colourshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/baseball1.jpgBaseball1Kids practicing baseball in an empty pool2016-06-27T18:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/27/because-in-many-ways-the-united-states-and-cuba-are-like-two-brothers-whove-been-estranged-for-many-years-even-as-we-share-the-same-blood/2016-06-27T18:01:16+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/24/now-is-no-time-to-think-of-what-you-do-not-have-think-of-what-you-can-do-with-what-there-is/2016-06-24T20:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/23/it-was-a-city-to-visit-not-a-city-to-live-in-but-it-was-the-city-where-wormold-had-first-fallen-in-love-and-he-was-held-to-it-as-though-to-the-scene-of-a-disaster-time-gives-poetry-to-a-ba/2016-06-23T14:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/22/weep-not-for-me-my-friends-so-dear-i-am-not-dead-just-sleeping-here-my-grassy-bed-my-grave-you-see-prepare-in-life-to-follow-me/2016-06-22T21:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/21/mi-casa-es-su-casa/2016-06-21T21:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/20/liberty-is-the-right-of-every-man-to-be-honest-to-think-and-to-speak-without-hypocrisy/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro18.jpgCubaIntro18https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro17.jpgCubaIntro17https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro16.jpgCubaIntro16https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro15.jpgCubaIntro15https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro14.jpgCubaIntro14https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro13.jpgCubaIntro13https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro12.jpgCubaIntro12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro11.jpgCubaIntro11https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro10.jpgCubaIntro10https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cubaintro9.jpgCubaIntro92016-06-21T11:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/17/fasten-your-seat-belts-its-going-to-be-a-bumpy-night/2016-06-17T21:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/16/carp-castle/2016-06-14T14:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/15/japan-knows-the-horror-of-war-and-has-suffered-as-no-other-nation-under-the-cloud-of-nuclear-disaster-certainly-japan-can-stand-strong-for-a-world-of-peace/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum32.jpgAtomicMuseum32"Caravan of Peace: East (Sun)" by Ikuo Hirayama, donated by the Joint United Nations Information Committeehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum31.jpgAtomicMuseum31"That autumn in Hiroshima, where it was said, 'For seventy-five years, nothing will grow,' new buds sprouted. In the green that came back to life among the charred remains. People recovered their living hopes and courage"https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum30.jpgAtomicMuseum30Within the museum is an area where you can watch videos of survivors talk about their experience, sign the petition for a nuclear conference and share your own thoughts about your visithttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum29.jpgAtomicMuseum29Work continues below the museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum28.jpgAtomicMuseum28Work continues below the museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum27.jpgAtomicMuseum27Work continues below the museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum26.jpgAtomicMuseum26Downtown Hiroshima drawn by Gizo Shimomurahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum25.jpgAtomicMuseum25Dead mother in running position, still holding her baby, drawn by Yasuko Yamagata https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum24.jpgAtomicMuseum24Some of the objects damaged by the blast, including the fused needles in the center of this picturehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/atomicmuseum23.jpgAtomicMuseum23Items damaged by the blast2016-06-14T14:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/14/enduring-grief-transcending-hatred-pursuing-harmony-and-prosperity-for-all-and-yearning-for-genuine-lasting-peace/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark17.jpgPeacePark17Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark16.jpgPeacePark16Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark15.jpgPeacePark15Memorial Moundhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark14.jpgPeacePark14Clock Tower in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark13.jpgPeacePark13Peace Bellhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark12.jpgPeacePark12Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark11.jpgPeacePark11Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark10.jpgPeacePark10Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark8.jpgPeacePark8Memorial Cenotaphhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/peacepark7.jpgPeacePark7Fresh flowers at the Cenotaph2016-06-12T19:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/13/let-all-the-souls-here-rest-in-peace-for-we-shall-not-repeat-this-evil/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome18.jpgDome18Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, or the Atomic Bomb Dome as it is known now.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome17.jpgDome17Motoyasu Riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome16.jpgDome16A memorial next to the Atomic Bomb Domehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome15.jpgDome15The Rest Househttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome14.jpgDome14Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, or the Atomic Bomb Dome as it is known now.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome13.jpgDome13Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, or the Atomic Bomb Dome as it is known now.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome12.jpgDome12A fountain next to the Atomic Bomb Domehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome11.jpgDome11Motoyasu Riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome10.jpgDome10Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, or the Atomic Bomb Dome as it is known now.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dome9.jpgDome9Motoyasu River2016-06-12T18:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/06/10/i-want-to-live/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes12.jpgCranes12Children's Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes10.jpgCranes10Children's Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes9.jpgCranes9Even the man-hole covers in Hiroshima are covered in paper craneshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes8.jpgCranes8Sadako with her mother in summer 1955, taken in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes7.jpgCranes7A few of the cranes Sadako folded, on display in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes6.jpgCranes6Paper cranes distributed at Sadako's funeral, on display in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes5.jpgCranes5More cranes Sadako folded, on display in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes4.jpgCranes4More cranes Sadako folded, on display in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes3.jpgCranes3Sadako in April 1949 when she entered elementary school, on display in the Atomic Bomb Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cranes2.jpgCranes2Sadako in March 1955, on display in the Atomic Bomb 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stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/arashiyama9.jpgArashiyama9Arashiyamahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/arashiyama8.jpgArashiyama8My train pass allowed me to travel on regional trains as well, like this one. 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capsuleshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tokyocapsule6.jpgTokyoCapsule6PJs & toiletries for allhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tokyocapsule5.jpgTokyoCapsule5Inside the capsule with the screen downhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tokyocapsule4.jpgTokyoCapsule4Capsule 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and modern in KLhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity30.jpgKLCity30Best Indian food I've ever had at Betel Leafhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity29.jpgKLCity29KLhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity25.jpgKLCity25Merdeka Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity23.jpgKLCity23Merdeka Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity22.jpgKLCity22Merdeka Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity21.jpgKLCity21Detail of the flagpole basehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity20.jpgKLCity20Flagpole in Merdeka Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity19.jpgKLCity19Sultan Abdul Samad Buildinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klcity18.jpgKLCity18Merdeka 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as MW demonstrates2016-02-21T15:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/26/nature-defines-who-and-what-we-are-and-no-more-so-for-any-nation-than-new-zealand-aotearoa-the-land-of-the-long-white-cloud/2016-02-12T16:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/25/ice-ice-baby-too-cold/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu4.jpgBlukanu4Mural in Blukanuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu3.jpgBlukanu3Blukanu gave each of us a butterflyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu6.jpgBlukanu6Lamb curry at Blukanuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu11.jpgBlukanu11Ice chandelier at Below Zerohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu16.jpgBlukanu16Frozen air hockey at Below Zerohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu12.jpgBlukanu12Ice Bar selfiehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu8.jpgBlukanu8The mammoth at Below Zerohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu21.jpgBlukanu21Below Zero Ice Barhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu10.jpgBlukanu10Icy swirl at Below Zerohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blukanu20.jpgBlukanu20With Pat and Soki at Below Zero2016-02-12T15:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/22/wakatipuwaimaori/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu13.jpgWakatipu13Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu12.jpgWakatipu12Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu9.jpgWakatipu9Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu15.jpgWakatipu15Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu6.jpgWakatipu6Rope swing next to Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu3.jpgWakatipu3Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu16.jpgWakatipu16Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu17.jpgWakatipu17Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu2.jpgWakatipu2Lake Wakatipuhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wakatipu14.jpgWakatipu14Silverleaf fern statue near Lake Wakatipu2016-02-22T12:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/21/the-worlds-most-exciting-jet-boat-ride/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover5.jpgShotover5Shotover jet - I took this shot after our ridehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover16.jpgShotover16Half of the Contiki group before our ridehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover6.jpgShotover6Shotover River and canyonshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover14.jpgShotover14On the Shotover Jet! Photo credit: Shotover Jethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover8.jpgShotover8Shotover jet - I took this shot after our ridehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover9.jpgShotover9Shotover jet launch https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover13.jpgShotover13Shotover River and canyonshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover11.jpgShotover11Park with a cool sculpture in Arrowtownhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover10.jpgShotover10The aesthetics in Arrowtown are carefully maintained to keep their Gold Rush history top-of-mindhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shotover7.jpgShotover7Shotover jet - I took this shot after our ride2016-02-10T17:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/20/i-saw-an-open-country-not-perfectly-level-but-broken-by-small-hills-and-terraces-whilst-a-large-lake-or-arm-of-a-lake-stretched-away-in-the-distance-almost-as-far-as-the-eye-could-reach/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline4.jpgSkyline4Gondolashttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline8.jpgSkyline8Queenstown from the Skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline10.jpgSkyline10Queenstown from the Skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline12.jpgSkyline12Lord of the Beans - made entirely of Jelly Bellys. This was on the wall at the Skyline. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline5.jpgSkyline5View of Lake Wakatipu & the Remarkables from our hotelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline9.jpgSkyline9Remarkables & gondolas from Skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline18.jpgSkyline18With Queenstown from the Skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline11.jpgSkyline11Queenstown from the Skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline14.jpgSkyline14Man-hole cover in Queenstownhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skyline13.jpgSkyline13Gondola-loading zone - they don't actually stop. You just jump in or out as it keeps moving2016-02-10T17:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/19/remembering-that-water-however-luminous-and-grand-falls-fast-and-only-once-to-the-dark-pool-below/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass3.jpgHaastPass3On the way to Thunder Creek Fallshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass18.jpgHaastPass18Lake Wanaka https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass8.jpgHaastPass8View on the way down to Queenstownhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass2.jpgHaastPass2We followed a short forest track to get to Thunder Creek Falls,https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass14.jpgHaastPass14At Thunder Creek Fallshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass11.jpgHaastPass11View on the way down to Queenstownhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass6.jpgHaastPass6View on the way down to Queenstownhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass13.jpgHaastPass13View through Haast Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass12.jpgHaastPass12View through Haast Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/haastpass10.jpgHaastPass10View on the way down to Queenstown2016-02-10T17:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/18/it-is-not-the-mountain-we-conquer-but-ourselves/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier37.jpgFranzGlacier37View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier13.jpgFranzGlacier13View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier5.jpgFranzGlacier5View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier18.jpgFranzGlacier18View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier14.jpgFranzGlacier14View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier19.jpgFranzGlacier19View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier29.jpgFranzGlacier29View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier16.jpgFranzGlacier16View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier39.jpgFranzGlacier39View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzglacier7.jpgFranzGlacier7View from the helicopter2016-02-10T16:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/12/if-you-couldnt-rise-to-the-highest-level-of-enthusiasm-passion-and-professionalism-and-grasp-this-task-as-if-it-was-the-most-important-thing-that-you-have-ever-taken-on-in-your-life-you-weren/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta1.jpgWeta1Mt. Victoria - several hobbit scenes were filmed herehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta12.jpgWeta12View of Wellington from Mt. Victoria, our first stop of the dayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta5.jpgWeta5With Gandalf at Wetahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta10.jpgWeta10Azog is dangerous apparently https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta3.jpgWeta3Mt. Victoria - "it's a shortcut... to mushrooms!"https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta17.jpgWeta17Hutt River outside Wellingtonhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta4.jpgWeta4Mt. Victoria - where the hobbits ran from the black ridershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta11.jpgWeta11A dwarf at Wetahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta16.jpgWeta16The Hutt River stood in for the Anduin River for closeups of the tall casthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/weta6.jpgWeta6With Gandalf at Weta2016-02-12T22:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/17/may-the-wind-under-your-wings-bear-you-where-the-sun-sails-and-the-moon-walks/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli45.jpgFranzHeli45Helicopter rules.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli46.jpgFranzHeli46My helicopter ride was delayed, so I had this double-decker bacon sandwich in their cafe while I waited. That's winning at life, friends.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli12.jpgFranzHeli12View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli36.jpgFranzHeli36View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli3.jpgFranzHeli3The Franz Josef helipadhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli15.jpgFranzHeli15View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli17.jpgFranzHeli17View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli28.jpgFranzHeli28Glacier closeuphttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli35.jpgFranzHeli35View from the helicopterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzheli25.jpgFranzHeli25The helicopter landed about midway through the ride so we could get out in the snow2016-02-17T16:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/16/mehemea-koe-na-tuoho-meinga-ki-te-maunga-teitei/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain17.jpgFranzRain17Rainforest walkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain16.jpgFranzRain16Rainforest walkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain15.jpgFranzRain15Rainforest walkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain13.jpgFranzRain13The mountains around Franz Josefhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain8.jpgFranzRain8Rainforest walkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain5.jpgFranzRain5Our accommodations in Franz Josefhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain12.jpgFranzRain12Franz Josef has a kiwi sanctuaryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain11.jpgFranzRain11Little church in Franz Josefhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain14.jpgFranzRain14Rainforest walkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/franzrain3.jpgFranzRain3Koru or spiral is significant for the Maori2016-02-08T16:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/15/you-now-enter-westland/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass14.jpgArthursPass14View through Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass6.jpgArthursPass6View through Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass5.jpgArthursPass5View through Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass10.jpgArthursPass10Castle Hillhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass7.jpgArthursPass7A kea bird in Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass4.jpgArthursPass4View through Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass11.jpgArthursPass11Castle Hillhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass9.jpgArthursPass9View through Arthur's Passhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass3.jpgArthursPass3Castle Hill areahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/arthurspass2.jpgArthursPass2Castle Hill area2016-02-08T16:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/14/i-always-like-going-south-somehow-it-feels-like-going-downhill/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland20.jpgSouthIsland20My view of Christchurchhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland9.jpgSouthIsland9Seals!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland8.jpgSouthIsland8Seals!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland16.jpgSouthIsland16Lovely little stream in Kaikourahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland1.jpgSouthIsland1The road on the South Island - near the seal colonyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland14.jpgSouthIsland14Detail of the Beach in Kaikourahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland10.jpgSouthIsland10Seals!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland15.jpgSouthIsland15Beach in Kaikourahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland5.jpgSouthIsland5View of Wellington Harbour from the ferryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southisland13.jpgSouthIsland13Beach in Kaikoura2016-02-08T15:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/13/there-was-still-a-light-on-the-faces-of-the-mountains-far-abovethe-sound-of-running-and-falling-water-was-loud-and-the-evening-was-filled-with-a-faint-scent-of-trees-and-flowers-as-if-sum/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell10.jpgRivendell10At Rivendellhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell12.jpgRivendell12Crossing the bridgehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell8.jpgRivendell8Kaitoke Regional Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell15.jpgRivendell15Crossing the bridgehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell11.jpgRivendell11Bridge in Kaitoke Regional Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell13.jpgRivendell13Beautiful tree in Kaitoke Regional Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell20.jpgRivendell20Harcourt Park or Isengardhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell3.jpgRivendell3Tree in Rivendell where they filmed the first set of promo shots for Legolas, also part of Elrond's househttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell5.jpgRivendell5Rivendell archhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rivendell1.jpgRivendell1Rivendell arch2016-02-14T16:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/11/this-is-the-city-of-action-the-world-headquarters-of-the-verb/2016-02-07T10:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/09/baa-ram-ewe-baa-ram-ewe-to-your-breed-your-fleece-your-clan-be-true-sheep-be-true-baa-ram-ewe/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills4.jpgFlatHills4More sheephttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills21.jpgFlatHills21Lovely little farmhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills13.jpgFlatHills13Goatshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills18.jpgFlatHills18Giant pighttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills2.jpgFlatHills2Black and white sheephttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills3.jpgFlatHills3More sheephttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills5.jpgFlatHills5Little bridge on the farmhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills17.jpgFlatHills17You wouldn't think this would need to be said...https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills19.jpgFlatHills19I don't think she looked up oncehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/flathills1.jpgFlatHills1Black sheep2016-02-06T16:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2016/02/10/make-your-heart-like-a-lake-with-calm-still-surface-and-great-depths-of-kindness/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo22.jpgTaupo22Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo13.jpgTaupo13Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo11.jpgTaupo11Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo20.jpgTaupo20Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo3.jpgTaupo3Taupo Townhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo15.jpgTaupo15Black swan on Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo8.jpgTaupo8Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo19.jpgTaupo19Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo21.jpgTaupo21Lake Taupohttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/taupo5.jpgTaupo5Lake Taupo with Mt. Tongoriro in the 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Schnitzel at a restaurant in Naschmarkthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq16.jpgViennaNMQ16One of the entrances into the MuseumsQuartierhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq2.jpgViennaNMQ2Mariahilferstrassehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq1.jpgViennaNMQ1A book stall in the Naschmarkthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq5.jpgViennaNMQ5MuseumsQuartier - the MUMOK museum (20th century art) is on the right and Kunsthalle (contemporary art) is on the left.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq12.jpgViennaNMQ12Some of the antiques on a Saturdayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq8.jpgViennaNMQ8Nuts and dried fruits in Naschmarkthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq10.jpgViennaNMQ10One of the many food stalls in Naschmarkthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq17.jpgViennaNMQ17Mariahilferstrasse dressed up for Christmashttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennanmq15.jpgViennaNMQ15Remnant from the imperial stables2015-12-18T20:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/23/ok-i-buy-the-ticket/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo20.jpgViennaTranspo20Wiener Linien kioskhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo3.jpgViennaTranspo3Each of the stations has art. This is the whimsical painting at the Praterstern U1 (red) platformhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo19.jpgViennaTranspo19Kiosk message.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo10.jpgViennaTranspo10One of the elevated tracks of the U6 line.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo8.jpgViennaTranspo8A group of preschoolers on a field trip - it's very common to see large groups of children getting on and off the trains.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo12.jpgViennaTranspo12Urban chic in one of the central stationshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo13.jpgViennaTranspo13One of the U2 platforms (purple line)https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo14.jpgViennaTranspo14One of the U2 platforms (purple line)https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo5.jpgViennaTranspo5Older tram on Taborstrassehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennatranspo18.jpgViennaTranspo18Karlsplatz station2015-12-18T19:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/07/of-one-thing-there-is-no-doubt-if-paris-makes-demands-of-the-heart-then-munich-makes-demands-of-the-stomach/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img15.jpgMunich4_img15Munich schnitzelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img11.jpgMunich4_img11https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img7.jpgMunich4_img7Coaster at the beer hallhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img5.jpgMunich4_img5https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img4.jpgMunich4_img4https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img12.jpgMunich4_img12Exterior of the restauranthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img14.jpgMunich4_img14https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img19.jpgMunich4_img19AN at the beer hall.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img17.jpgMunich4_img17https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich4_img16.jpgMunich4_img16Pork knuckle2015-12-18T13:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/04/dr-crane-your-glockenspiel-has-sprung-to-life/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img10.jpgMunich1_img10https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img3.jpgMunich1_img3Gargoylehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img7.jpgMunich1_img7The symbol of Munich is over the door to the Rathaushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img17.jpgMunich1_img17Me with this golden lady inside the Rathaushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img9.jpgMunich1_img9Neues Rathaushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img15.jpgMunich1_img15The Glockenspielhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img1.jpgMunich1_img1Manhole covers are adorned with the monk who is the symbol of Munichhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img8.jpgMunich1_img8Dragon on the front of the Rathaushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img11.jpgMunich1_img11Rathaus and Marienplatz with the Frauenkirche in the backgroundhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich1_img16.jpgMunich1_img16Rathaus at night2015-12-18T13:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/21/a-long-time-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars1.jpgStarWars1Random hallway we found ourselves in after exiting the theater. It eventually led outside. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars5.jpgStarWars5Pretty sure this was just Red Bull. Explains why I was up until 6 AM after the movie finished at 2:30AM.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars4.jpgStarWars4This is Han Solo - it's not a very good photo - his blaster is on the other side. He also just dropped his backpack across from us and expected that we would watch it while he was in the lav. Very Han Solo.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars10.jpgStarWars10Funny story - I went to take a photo of the poster, and these two guys thought I was taking a photo of them. They got a little upset when they realized I was not, so I asked them to pose for this one. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars7.jpgStarWars7https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars12.jpgStarWars12Exterior of the theaterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars2.jpgStarWars2No Exit/Exit signs in the hallway outside the theater. Confusing, guys.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars6.jpgStarWars6NM and mehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars8.jpgStarWars8The tickets for opening night sold out https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/starwars3.jpgStarWars3The smaller-than-expected theater2015-12-18T13:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/20/colours-are-lights-suffering-and-joy/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace3.jpgWinterPalace3This room had modern sculpture and a photography exhibithttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace1.jpgWinterPalace1Here's a closeup of the original wallpaper in this roomhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace26.jpgWinterPalace26I love maps. This room also seems appropriate for a general. The only new element here is the mirror on the left side.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace14.jpgWinterPalace14One of the rooms on the ground floor had this in the middle https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace28.jpgWinterPalace28The cage somehow made the Baroque elements more lavishhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace29.jpgWinterPalace29Until you notice the giant cage set into one sidehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace5.jpgWinterPalace5This room did not have any modern elements other than the lighting, but it has this magnificent ceiling...https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace8.jpgWinterPalace8Battle images in one of the parlorshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace22.jpgWinterPalace22They change dramatically depending on what side of the room you're standinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/winterpalace2.jpgWinterPalace22015-12-13T12:31:08+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/19/still-still-still-weils-kindlein-schlafen-will/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas12.jpgSalzburgChristmas12One of many Christmas market stalls in Salzburghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas20.jpgSalzburgChristmas20One of the streets in Salzburg decorated for Christmashttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas8.jpgSalzburgChristmas8These angels turned up on the stairs of the Cathedral and started taking pictures with kids.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas10.jpgSalzburgChristmas10Salzburg Cathedral at night - we were surprised there weren't more Christmas decorations inside, aside from the Advent candles.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas5.jpgSalzburgChristmas5Salzburg Cathedral with one of its Christmas markets in the foreground - there is another one in front of the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas15.jpgSalzburgChristmas15Bouncing Mozart! (a year-round attraction but noteworthy all the same)https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas6.jpgSalzburgChristmas6A second nativity scene in the Christmas Market displayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas19.jpgSalzburgChristmas19Salzburg Castle with the Cathedral in the foreground from across the Salzach Riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas7.jpgSalzburgChristmas7One of the displays at the Cathedral Christmas market was a series of nativity scenes. This is just one.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salzburgchristmas14.jpgSalzburgChristmas14One of many Christmas market stalls in Salzburg2015-12-13T12:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/13/good-king-wenceslas-looked-out-on-the-feast-of-stephen/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img17.jpgPrague2_img17The streets on the Hradcany side of the river are vertical but lovelyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img25.jpgPrague2_img25Sculpture at St. Vitushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img12.jpgPrague2_img12St. Vitus Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img20.jpgPrague2_img20View of Prague from Hradcanyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img10.jpgPrague2_img10Interior of St. Vitus Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img28.jpgPrague2_img28Foundations of older churches have been found under St. Vitus. These date from the 11th century.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img16.jpgPrague2_img16Stairs... always stairshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img26.jpgPrague2_img26The Mosaic of the Last Judgment added in 1372https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img18.jpgPrague2_img18Street on the Hradcany sidehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague2_img6.jpgPrague2_img6Stained glass inside St. Vitus2015-12-12T21:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/19/cim-viac-tym-lepsie/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img54.jpgBratislava1_img54Entry into the courtyard in Primaciálny paláchttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img55.jpgBratislava1_img55Detail on the Primaciálny palác, the mayor's office and a music hallhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img56.jpgBratislava1_img56Roland Fountain in the Main Square in Bratislava Old Townhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img58.jpgBratislava1_img58Soldier statue in Old Town, this one standing guardhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img57.jpgBratislava1_img57Detail of the arches in the Old Town Hallhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img51.jpgBratislava1_img51Stairs (of course) up to the castle. We took the long way around.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img52.jpgBratislava1_img52View of the castle at nighthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img53.jpgBratislava1_img53Statue in the courtyard of the Primaciálny paláchttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img46.jpgBratislava1_img46Bratislava https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bratislava1_img47.jpgBratislava1_img47Decorative manhole cover because why not?2015-12-12T21:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/02/you-have-power-over-your-mind-not-outside-events-realize-this-and-you-will-find-strength/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna8.jpgRomeVienna8The most whimsical of the artifacts in the Rome Museum - the pot on the left made me laughhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna7.jpgRomeVienna7This millstone was originally a grave marker for a camp prefect of the 14th legion who was from Riminihttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna2.jpgRomeVienna2More unearthed buildings on displayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna11.jpgRomeVienna11Vindobona settlementhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna9.jpgRomeVienna9The Rome Museum also houses building remains that have been unearthed all over the oldest parts of Viennahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna5.jpgRomeVienna5https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna6.jpgRomeVienna6This worshipping altar to Mithras was gifted by legionary Ulpius Secundus of the 10th Legionhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna4.jpgRomeVienna4What remains of this statue is on displayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna12.jpgRomeVienna12Vindobona remains with the Homburg Palace in the backgroundhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/romevienna13.jpgRomeVienna13Vindobona settlement2015-12-12T21:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/03/well-take-a-cup-o-kindness-yetfor-auld-lang-syne/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/scotland51.jpgScotland52015-12-12T21:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/11/when-will-you-realize-vienna-waits-for-you/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights25.jpgLights25The Museum of Art History https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights24.jpgLights24The Museum of Natural History. The huts for the Christmas markets were added later - this photo was taken in early November. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights23.jpgLights23Maria Theresa statue in the middle of the squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights22.jpgLights22https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights21.jpgLights21https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights20.jpgLights20https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights19.jpgLights19Light Showhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights18.jpgLights18Light Showhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights17.jpgLights17Light Showhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lights16.jpgLights16Light Show2015-12-12T21:44:38+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/19/life-starts-all-over-again-when-it-gets-crisp-in-the-fall/2015-12-12T21:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/01/soli-dinverno-e-cosa-da-morire/2015-12-12T21:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/30/anyone-who-keeps-the-ability-to-see-beauty-never-grows-old/2015-12-12T21:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/27/climb-every-mountainford-every-streamfollow-every-rainbowtill-you-find-your-dream/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic24.jpgSoundofMusic24Mirabell Gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic25.jpgSoundofMusic25Mirabell Gardens - the children and Maria dance through here in the filmhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic20.jpgSoundofMusic20Mirabell Gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic3.jpgSoundofMusic3The famous gazebo of "I am 16 going on 17" fame. It was moved to Hellbrunn Palace after visitors became disruptive at its original location at Leopoldskron Castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic10.jpgSoundofMusic10Beautiful old tree at Hellbrunn Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic4.jpgSoundofMusic4A closer view of the househttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic19.jpgSoundofMusic19Figurine in Mirabell Gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic18.jpgSoundofMusic18Figurine in Mirabell Gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic2.jpgSoundofMusic2Colorful tree at Hellbrunn Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/soundofmusic1.jpgSoundofMusic1Leopoldskron Lake2015-12-12T21:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/07/31/boldness-be-my-friend-2/2015-12-12T21:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/26/where-the-west-held-together/2015-12-12T21:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/28/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-that-perches-in-the-soul-and-sings-the-tunes-without-the-words-and-never-stops-at-all/2015-12-12T21:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/15/nothing-is-certain-in-london-but-expense/2015-12-12T21:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/08/i-want-to-remain-an-eternal-mystery-to-myself-and-others/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff11.jpgLinderhoff11https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff12.jpgLinderhoff12Bavarian Alpshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff6.jpgLinderhoff6Moss growth in one of the castle gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff14.jpgLinderhoff14https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff16.jpgLinderhoff16One of several formal gardens around the castle - the huts are to protect the fountains during winter.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff5.jpgLinderhoff5Chapel next to the Castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff19.jpgLinderhoff19Formal gardens at Linderhofhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff9.jpgLinderhoff9Linderhof Castle exterior from the fronthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff2.jpgLinderhoff2Formal gardens at the castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/linderhoff13.jpgLinderhoff132015-12-12T21:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/15/christmas-is-not-a-date-it-is-a-state-of-mind/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus12.jpgViennaRathaus12Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus5.jpgViennaRathaus5One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus14.jpgViennaRathaus14One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Market - pretzels!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus8.jpgViennaRathaus8One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Market - see the licorice on the right side?https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus3.jpgViennaRathaus3One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus17.jpgViennaRathaus17Rathaushttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus10.jpgViennaRathaus10One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus9.jpgViennaRathaus9One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus4.jpgViennaRathaus4One of the stalls at the Rathaus Christmas Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennarathaus7.jpgViennaRathaus7Rathaus Christmas Market2015-12-15T20:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/16/if-you-start-to-take-vienna-take-vienna/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre14.jpgViennaCentre14One of the stalls at the Christmas Market in Maria-Theresien-Platz https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre8.jpgViennaCentre8Hofburg Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre2.jpgViennaCentre2A few of the famous Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre7.jpgViennaCentre7Hofburg Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre5.jpgViennaCentre5Hofburg Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre6.jpgViennaCentre6Hofburg Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre1.jpgViennaCentre1One of the famous Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre12.jpgViennaCentre12Christmas Market in Maria-Theresien-Platz https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre4.jpgViennaCentre4Hofburg Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennacentre18.jpgViennaCentre18Maria-Therasein-Platz from the Hofburg Palace2015-12-17T16:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/17/the-best-coffee-in-europe-is-vienna-coffee-compared-to-which-all-other-coffee-is-fluid-poverty/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry10.jpgViennaPastry10Pastries on display at the Demel Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry7.jpgViennaPastry7Pastries on display at the Demel Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry4.jpgViennaPastry4Those racks are full of delicious chocolatey thingshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry9.jpgViennaPastry9Pastries on display at the Demel Cafe - the apple strudel is on the right front.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry14.jpgViennaPastry14The pastry workshop at the Demel Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry8.jpgViennaPastry8Pastries on display at the Demel Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry11.jpgViennaPastry11Pastries on display at the Demel Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry15.jpgViennaPastry15Sunday afternoon treat - MD's sundae is at the top of the image.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry12.jpgViennaPastry12Demel's selection of colors for pastry decoratinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/viennapastry6.jpgViennaPastry6Sacher Hotel2016-01-13T09:37:04+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/10/he-is-unfortunately-so-beautiful-and-wise-soulful-and-lordly-that-i-fear-his-life-must-fade-away-like-a-divine-dream-in-this-base-world/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein7.jpgNeuschwanstein7Route up to the castle through the woodshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein8.jpgNeuschwanstein8Route up to the castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein9.jpgNeuschwanstein9Austrians have been here apparentlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein26.jpgNeuschwanstein26The path up to the more strenuous route to the castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein28.jpgNeuschwanstein28Neuschwanstein Castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein14.jpgNeuschwanstein14Part of the castle complexhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein5.jpgNeuschwanstein5Views from https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein27.jpgNeuschwanstein27https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein20.jpgNeuschwanstein20We watched this guy jump the fence and sneak into a very restricted, dangerous-looking area.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/neuschwanstein12.jpgNeuschwanstein12Marienbrücke Bridge, currently closed for renovation. 2015-12-11T16:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/14/every-revolution-evaporates-and-leaves-behind-only-the-slime-of-a-new-bureaucracy/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img16.jpgPrague3_img16Church of Our Lady before Týn through the Old Town Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img4.jpgPrague3_img4Another view of Old Town Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img20.jpgPrague3_img20View of Prague on the way down from Hradcanyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img7.jpgPrague3_img7Old Town Square with Jan Hus monument on the left and Church of Our Lady before Týn in the center.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img8.jpgPrague3_img8AN in front of the Kafka statuehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img12.jpgPrague3_img12Relief outside the bus depot in Praguehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img15.jpgPrague3_img15Trdelník being cooked over coalshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img18.jpgPrague3_img18The inscription on this statue reads, "He fights for freedom, one of freedom's sons, lone in his aery sphere of blue and bronze" William Kean Seymour 1887-1975https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img5.jpgPrague3_img5Church of St. Michael in Old Town Squarehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague3_img19.jpgPrague3_img19Statue set in the wall next to the stairs down from Hradcany2015-12-09T16:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/12/many-a-book-is-like-a-key-to-unknown-chambers-within-the-castle-of-ones-own-self/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img17.jpgPrague1_img17In front of the John Lennon Wallhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img12.jpgPrague1_img12Hradcany from the Charles Bridgehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img14.jpgPrague1_img14View from Charles Bridge across the Vltava Riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img5.jpgPrague1_img5Hradcany Castle from across the Vltava River https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img7.jpgPrague1_img7Astronomical Clock while it chimes - the open doors at the top show the 12 apostleshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img6.jpgPrague1_img6Rudolfinum - seat of the Czech Philharmonichttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img13.jpgPrague1_img13Charles Bridgehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img19.jpgPrague1_img19John Lennon Wallhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img3.jpgPrague1_img3Manhole cover - delightfully decorativehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/prague1_img16.jpgPrague1_img162015-12-09T00:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/11/krummes-holz-gibt-auch-gerades-feuer/2015-12-08T23:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/09/heut-kommt-der-hans-zu-mir-freut-sich-die-lies-ob-er-aber-uber-oberammergau-oder-aber-uber-unterammergau-oder-aber-uberhaupt-nicht-kommt-ist-nicht-gewis/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau11.jpgOberammergau11This is a hotel that caters to both humans and dogs - called the Wolf Hotelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau1.jpgOberammergau1Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau8.jpgOberammergau8Cool statue in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau15.jpgOberammergau15The theater where the Passion Play is stagedhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau10.jpgOberammergau10Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau3.jpgOberammergau3Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau13.jpgOberammergau13Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau5.jpgOberammergau5Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau9.jpgOberammergau9Buildings in Oberammergauhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oberammergau14.jpgOberammergau14Buildings in Oberammergau2015-12-08T12:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/06/truth-is-not-determined-by-a-majority-vote/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img12.jpgMunich3_img12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img2.jpgMunich3_img2Braille model outside the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img8.jpgMunich3_img8Cenotaph for Emperor Louis XIVhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img16.jpgMunich3_img16Beautiful stained glasshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img19.jpgMunich3_img19Reliefs to the side of the altarhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img17.jpgMunich3_img17One of the elaborate doors into the cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img7.jpgMunich3_img7Cenotaph for Emperor Louis XIV.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img20.jpgMunich3_img20Interior of Frauenkirchehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img11.jpgMunich3_img11Chapel in the crypt, under the main altarhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich3_img13.jpgMunich3_img13You don't see many cathedrals with a cuckoo clock inside. 2015-12-04T14:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/12/05/lets-go-surfing-noweverybodys-learning-how/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img13.jpgMunich2_img13Surfing safarihttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img27.jpgMunich2_img27People leave locks on bridges all over Europe - Munich is no exceptionhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img7.jpgMunich2_img7Hofgartenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img24.jpgMunich2_img24https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img2.jpgMunich2_img2Tea House in the Englischer Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img23.jpgMunich2_img23Englischer Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img25.jpgMunich2_img25Englischer Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img28.jpgMunich2_img28View from the Englischer Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img17.jpgMunich2_img17Surfing safarihttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/munich2_img5.jpgMunich2_img5Arches in the Hofgarten2015-12-04T14:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/26/of-all-the-lovely-regions-i-have-seen-none-can-compare-to-salzburgs-striking-natural-beauty/2015-11-24T19:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/29/to-write-operas-is-now-my-one-burning-ambition/2015-11-24T13:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/28/a-phenomenon-such-as-mozart-always-remains-a-miracle-that-cannot-be-explained-further/2015-11-24T13:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/25/song-of-the-brave-how-thrills-thy-toneas-when-the-organs-music-rolls-no-gold-rewards-but-song-alone/2015-11-24T02:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/24/to-reaffirm-faith-in-fundamental-human-rights-in-the-dignity-and-worth-of-the-human-person-in-the-equal-rights-of-men-and-women-and-of-nations-large-and-small/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un2.jpgUN2Conference room where meetings are held - this room seats 300; there are many more rooms like this in the facilityhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un21.jpgUN21A model of the International Space Stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un10.jpgUN10A model of the International Space Stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un1.jpgUN1This painting is from the Philippineshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un18.jpgUN18Captioned This Bell from Japanhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un6.jpgUN6Memorial Plaza at the UN in Viennahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un12.jpgUN12https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un11.jpgUN11This sculpture is from Turkeyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un17.jpgUN17Another view of This Bellhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/un9.jpgUN9Various rockets from space explorations2015-11-24T02:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/23/if-i-could-wish-for-immortality-on-earth-it-would-only-be-for-the-power-of-relieving-the-distressed/2015-11-23T23:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/22/inside-the-cathedral-is-a-gothic-forest-dappled-in-violet-twilight-and-vast-with-quiet/2015-11-22T18:34:38+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/21/cause-ive-had-the-time-of-my-life/2015-11-20T17:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/20/i-love-the-way-textiles-so-often-tell-a-story-conveying-a-history-of-the-maker/2015-11-20T17:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/20/oh-i-love-london-society-it-is-entirely-composed-now-of-beautiful-idiots-and-brilliant-lunatics-just-what-society-should-be/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0007.jpgIMG_0007Ghandi statue outside Westminster Abbeyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london1_dickens.jpgLondon1_DickensPlaque near one of Dickens' homeshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_whitehall.jpgLondon_WhitehallWhitehall Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_westminster.jpgLondon_WestminsterWestminster Abbeyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_victoria.jpgLondon_VictoriaJust hanging out with Queen Victoria, outside Buckingham Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_thames.jpgLondon_ThamesThe Thames and St. Paul'shttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_swisschalet.jpgLondon_SwissChaletCute little chalet in Hyde Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_shard.jpgLondon_ShardThe Shardhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_selfridges.jpgLondon_SelfridgesStatue in front of Selfridge's, the famous department storehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_pelicans.jpgLondon_PelicansPelicans in Hyde Park2015-11-18T07:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/09/my-client-can-wait/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_6954.jpgIMG_6954"El Erac" the famous lizard, one of Gaudí's signatures.2015-11-18T07:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/12/life-can-be-like-a-roller-coaster-with-its-ups-and-downs-what-matters-is-whether-you-are-keeping-your-eyes-open-or-closed-during-the-ride-and-who-is-next-to-you/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater3.jpgPrater3Always with the clowns...https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater26.jpgPrater26Prater Parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater25.jpgPrater25This guy is holding up the corner of a haunted house/fun house.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater24.jpgPrater24Football, American style. The "ride" is a fun house.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater23.jpgPrater23Spinning Sombreros!https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater22.jpgPrater22The Prater version of the teacup ride.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater21.jpgPrater21From a distance, these statues look like real people standing there, especially after dark.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater20.jpgPrater20Statues near the kids' section of the parkhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater19.jpgPrater19The most terrifying ATM in the world.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prater18.jpgPrater18A dance-themed fun house that seemed kind of like it was encouraging pole dancing. 2015-11-18T07:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/18/you-only-grow-by-coming-to-the-end-of-something-and-by-beginning-something-else/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0718.jpgIMG_0718Main lobby and front deskhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm15.jpgViennaDorm15Sinks in the Community Kitchenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm14.jpgViennaDorm14The coffee machine dispenses shockingly good coffee for pretty cheap.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm13.jpgViennaDorm13Give-away spot in the lounge. The sign reads, "Free Stuff (except the dish and the plant). This day someone was giving away gherkins. I suspect someone has an apple tree in their room since piles of apples appear each day, only to disappear before sundown. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm12.jpgViennaDorm12My entryway and bathroom door.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm11.jpgViennaDorm11The lounge decked out for the Halloween partyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm10.jpgViennaDorm10The laundry facilitieshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm9.jpgViennaDorm9Community Kitchenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm8.jpgViennaDorm8Dining area outside the Community Kitchenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/viennadorm7.jpgViennaDorm7What student housing would be complete without foosball and the orphaned books shelf?2015-11-18T07:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/16/liberte-egalite-fraternite/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe44.jpgEurope44Message inked onto the John Lennon wall in Prague, taken 15 Nov 2015https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe43.jpgEurope43A sample of some of the tokens left at the French embassy in Prague, taken 15 Nov 2015https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe42.jpgEurope42French Embassy in Prague where people have left tokens of solidarity and sympathy, taken 15 Nov 2015https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3305.jpgEurope3305Eiffel Tower, taken in April 2009https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3289.jpgEurope3289Eiffel Tower, taken in 2009https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3218.jpgEurope3218Arc de Triomph, taken in April 2009https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3202.jpgEurope3202Altar of Sainte Chapelle, taken in April 2009.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3173.jpgEurope3173Notre Dame de Paris, taken in April 2009https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3132.jpgEurope3132Notre Dame de Paris, taken in April 2009https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/europe3122.jpgEurope3122Ponte Neuf across the Seine River, taken in April 20092015-11-18T07:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/07/what-mazes-there-are-in-this-world-the-branches-of-trees-the-filigree-of-roots-the-matrix-of-crystals-the-streets-her-father-recreated-in-his-models/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_water.jpgValencia4_WaterFountain outside the Basilica that commemorates the watery history of Valenciahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_tinyhouse.jpgValencia4_TinyHouseThe strip of a structure in the middle is actually a house - the narrowest one in Europe, in fact (at least until recently when the owner next door bought it and opened up some walls).https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_three.jpgValencia4_ThreeRear of the Valencia Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_streetart.jpgValencia4_StreetArtArtwork on the walls outside the Basilica.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_street.jpgValencia4_StreetThe view from the Gatehouse - this would have been outside the city many years ago.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_mustard.jpgValencia4_MustardThis government building has the most interesting color - this shade of mustard yellow wouldn't work many places, but it works here.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_model3.jpgValencia4_model3Tactile model, to-scale, of the Valencia Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_model2.jpgValencia4_Model2Detail of the tactile modelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_model.jpgValencia4_ModelAnother angle of the tactile modelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia4_gate2.jpgValencia4_Gate2One of the original 12 gates into the city of Valencia - it stands like three stories tall2015-11-18T07:13:33+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/04/so-we-live-a-life-like-a-video-when-the-sun-is-always-out-and-you-never-get-old/2015-11-15T17:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/17/vota-mea-reddam-in-conspectu-timentium-deum/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche24.jpgKarlskirche24Close-up of just two of the massive marble pillars inside the church.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche22.jpgKarlskirche22These two were one of the exhibits in the church's museum.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche21.jpgKarlskirche21Another of the exhibits in the museum - Mary looks much different here than in most depictions: fuller face, lighter coloring.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche20.jpgKarlskirche20The majority of the artifacts in the museum were church items used during Mass over the church's history, like this cross.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche19.jpgKarlskirche19The two angels at the front of the Karlskirche stand sentry out over the plaza.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche18.jpgKarlskirche18One of the two angels in front of the churchhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche17.jpgKarlskirche17The temporary elevator and staircase for those brave enough to get up close to the dome.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche16.jpgKarlskirche16Each of the chapels dotted around the edge of the nave included beautiful paintings in vivid colorshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche15.jpgKarlskirche15Close-up of the dome - I made it off the elevator before my fear of heights got the better of me, and I had to go down. What I did see was amazing, and as a bonus, I clearly entertained the Austrian teenager manning the elevator.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/karlskirche14.jpgKarlskirche14View of the dome taken while safely planted on the ground floor of the church2015-11-15T16:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/13/to-the-wise-counsellor-of-three-emperors-to-the-glorious-conqueror-of-austrias-enemies/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img24.jpgBelvedere2_img24Gnocchi special at the Upper Belvedere Cafehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img23.jpgBelvedere2_img23Upper Belvedere Cafe with Empress Sisi paintinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img22.jpgBelvedere2_img22A Kiss print in the entryway. The real deal is upstairs. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img21.jpgBelvedere2_img21All of the columns are held up by magnificent sculptures who look none too happy about it.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img20.jpgBelvedere2_img20Cherubs in the entryway staircase at the Upper Belvederehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img19.jpgBelvedere2_img19Upper Belvedere staircasehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img18.jpgBelvedere2_img18Upper Belvedere staircase galleryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img17.jpgBelvedere2_img17Upper Belvedere staircasehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img16.jpgBelvedere2_img16Cherubs in the Upper Belvedere staircasehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/belvedere2_img15.jpgBelvedere2_img15Bas-relief on one of the walls in the Upper Belvedere staircase2015-11-14T21:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/15/i-seek-truth-and-beauty-in-the-transparency-of-an-autumn-leaf-in-the-texture-of-an-ancient-tree-trunk/2015-11-11T19:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/14/art-is-a-line-around-your-thoughts/2015-11-11T19:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/08/nothing-important-is-learned-it-is-simply-remembered/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_window.jpgGaudi_WindowWindow in one of the houses at Park Güell.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_tunnel.jpgGaudi_TunnelTunnel at the Park.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_stairs.jpgGaudi_StairsThis staircase in the free section of the park leads up to the hills above and great views of the cityhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_sagrada4.jpgGaudi_Sagrada4Exterior of Sagrada Familia - as you can see, construction is ongoing. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_sagrada3.jpgGaudi_Sagrada3Sagrada Familiahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_sagrada2.jpgGaudi_Sagrada2Sagrada Familiahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_sagrada1.jpgGaudi_Sagrada1Sagrada Familiahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_passion4.jpgGaudi_Passion4Detail of one of the sculptures on the Passion face of the cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_passion3.jpgGaudi_Passion3Detail of one of the Passion sculptureshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gaudi_passion2.jpgGaudi_Passion2The Passion of the Christ2015-11-10T11:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/02/if-you-have-good-thoughts-they-will-shine-out-of-your-face-like-sunbeams-and-you-will-always-look-lovely/2015-11-08T21:10:07+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/17/youre-a-wizard-harry/2015-11-08T21:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/18/anythings-possible-if-youve-got-enough-nerve/2015-11-08T21:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/29/i-wonder-anybody-does-anything-at-oxford-but-dream-and-remember-the-place-is-so-beautiful/2015-11-08T21:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/02/death-is-so-final-whereas-life-is-full-of-possibilities/2015-11-08T21:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/04/is-feidir-leis-an-ghaoth-a-bheith-i-gconai-ag-do-chul/2015-11-08T21:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/28/the-reason-for-the-unreason-with-which-you-treat-my-reason-so-weakens-my-reason-that-with-reason-i-complain-of-your-beauty/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_starwars.jpgSeville2_StarWarsThis hallway appeared in the second Star Wars prequel - picture R2D2, Padme and Anakin walking along here. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_square.jpgSeville2_SquareThe square after crossing one of the four bridgeshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_reflection.jpgSeville2_ReflectionThere is a little moat that runs through the plaza. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_rail.jpgSeville2_RailEverywhere you look there's wonderful ceramic detail. These rails grace one of the balconies that looks onto the plaza. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_provinces.jpgSeville2_ProvincesA handful of the 48 province alcoveshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_portrait.jpgSeville2_PortraitI'm standing on one of the balconies overlooking the plazahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_northtower.jpgSeville2_NorthTowerOne of the two towers at either end of the plazahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_detail.jpgSeville2_DetailDetail of the wall inside the main building https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_crest.jpgSeville2_CrestA crest in the floor of the plazahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville2_ceramic.jpgSeville2_CeramicA view from one of the bridges2015-11-08T21:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/29/unbowed-unbent-unbroken/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_window.jpgSeville3_WindowDetail of one of the windowshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_throneroom.jpgSeville3_ThroneRoomThis is just part of the immense (and dark) Throne Room.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_spain.jpgSeville3_Spain$This symbol represents Spain. Many scholars believe it was the origin for the $ symbol for American currency. It would have been stamped on all of the gold Spanish coins leaving Louisiana before the territory was acquired by the French. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_skylight.jpgSeville3_SkylightThis is the Patio of the Dolls, so named for the little doll heads in some of the reliefs in the room.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_maps.jpgSeville3_MapsThis Renaissance map tapestry shows Spain, but the image is upside down so if you laid it on the floor your perspective would be correct.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_horses.jpgSeville3_HorsesThe tourist police in Valencia ride these beautiful horses.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_gardens8.jpgSeville3_Gardens8The view from the palace into the gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_gardens7.jpgSeville3_Gardens7The French side of the gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_gardens6.jpgSeville3_Gardens6The Italian side of the gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville3_gardens5.jpgSeville3_Gardens5The view of the rear of the palace through the gardens2015-11-08T21:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/10/the-straight-line-belongs-to-man-the-curved-one-to-god/2015-11-08T10:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/06/i-would-sooner-be-a-foreigner-in-spain-than-in-most-countries-how-easy-it-is-to-make-friends-in-spain/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_round.jpgValencia3_RoundPlaça Redona houses stalls selling fabrics, lace and sewing notions today.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_oranges.jpgValencia3_Orangeshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_marketexterior2.jpgValencia3_MarketExterior2The exterior of Valencia's Central Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_marketexterior.jpgValencia3_MarketExteriorAnother shot of the beautiful ceramic work on the front of the Central Markethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_man.jpgValencia3_ManOne of many stalls selling Valencia's famous citrus.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_ham.jpgValencia3_HamAnyone want some ham? https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_fruit2.jpgValencia3_Fruit2The stalls sell every imaginable type of fruit. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_fruit.jpgValencia3_FruitThe selection here was incredible, and everything was as fresh as possible.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_dome2.jpgValencia3_Dome2The dome is a distinguishing attribute of the building. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia3_dome.jpgValencia3_DomePeople watching here was a lot of fun.2015-11-06T23:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/05/i-like-this-place-and-willingly-could-waste-my-time-in-it/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_sangria.jpgValencia2_SangriaSangriahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_paella.jpgValencia2_PaellaLobster Paellahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_harbor4.jpgValencia2_Harbor4Valencia Harborhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_harbor3.jpgValencia2_Harbor3Valencia Harborhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_harbor2.jpgValencia2_Harbor2Valencia Harborhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_harbor.jpgValencia2_HarborOne of the buildings in the harbor repurposed for the America's Cuphttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_flags.jpgValencia2_Flagshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_diverted.jpgValencia2_DivertedThis is the river that was diverted from the original bed where the City of Arts and Sciences now sitshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/valencia2_beach.jpgValencia2_BeachThis terrible picture does not do the Valencia beach justice.2015-11-03T00:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/27/intrepid-spirits-seek-victory-over-those-things-that-seem-impossible/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_streets4.jpgSeville1_Streets4The main square in Old Town, next to the Cathedral, India Archives and Alcazar Palace.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_streets3.jpgSeville1_Streets3One of Seville's winding streets - even with phone-guided directions, it's super easy to get lost here.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_streets2.jpgSeville1_Streets2Gorgeous balconies on a winding, narrow streethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_streets1.jpgSeville1_Streets1Another winding street in Sevillehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_sign.jpgSeville1_SignThis plaque on a wall in the old Jewish Quarter honors the three cultures who lived side-by-side for hundreds of years: Jewish, Christian and Muslim. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_rowers.jpgSeville1_RowersRowers on the Guadalquivir River, taken from a river cruise.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_magellancolumn.jpgSeville1_MagellanColumnColumn commemorating Magellan's voyage.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_guadalquivirart.jpgSeville1_GuadalquivirArtStreet art along the riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_guadalquivir.jpgSeville1_GuadalquivirBeautiful, river-side homes and a modern building along the river.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville1_goldtower.jpgSeville1_GoldTowerThe Tower of Gold, so named because it was where the gold from the Americas was stored as it came in from the river in the 15-17th centuries.2015-11-02T16:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/30/following-the-light-of-the-sun-we-left-the-old-world/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_tower.jpgSeville4_TowerThe Bell Tower is the minaret from the original mosque on this sitehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_orangecourt2.jpgSeville4_OrangeCourt2The Orange Court is also part of the original mosque complexhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_orangecourt.jpgSeville4_OrangeCourtThe Orange Court is a relaxing spot in the midst of crowds there to see the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_interior4.jpgSeville4_Interior4One of the many vaulted ceilings inside the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_interior3.jpgSeville4_Interior3It's easy to see how the designers of the Cathedral wanted parishioners to think of heaven when inside - the vaulted ceilings draw your eyes upwardhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_interior2.jpgSeville4_Interior2The interior of the Cathedral is relatively dark, but it adds to the solemn atmosphere of the placehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_interior1.jpgSeville4_Interior1It's hard not to feel small in spaces like thishttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_exterior2.jpgSeville4_Exterior2The exterior of the Cathedral from the Orange Court in the rear of the buildinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_exterior.jpgSeville4_ExteriorThe front exterior of the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seville4_dragon4.jpgSeville4_Dragon4Detail of one of the columns on the front exterior - you don't see many dragons in Spain2015-11-02T16:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/31/do-not-weep-like-a-woman-for-what-you-could-not-defend-like-a-man/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_windows2.jpgAlhambra_Windows2Elaborate windows look out over a green courtyardhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_windows.jpgAlhambra_WindowsFrom these windows you can see Granada and the Sierra Nevada mountainshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_window3.jpgAlhambra_Window3https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_throneroom.jpgAlhambra_ThroneRoomThis is the Throne Room where the sultan would have heard petitionershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_renaissance2.jpgAlhambra_Renaissance2Part of the Renaissance Palace added by Charles Vhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_renaissance.jpgAlhambra_RenaissanceExterior of the Renaissance Palace added by Charles Vhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_persimmon.jpgAlhambra_PersimmonThis persimmon tree graces one of the gardens at the Alhambrahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_lioncourt3.jpgAlhambra_LionCourt3The Court of Lions honors the three religions of the people: arranged as a Christian cloister with Arabic writings and decor, and the 12 lions in the middle represent the 12 tribes of Israelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_lioncourt2.jpgAlhambra_LionCourt2https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/alhambra_lioncourt.jpgAlhambra_LionCourt2015-11-02T16:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/11/01/the-wind-one-brilliant-day-called-to-my-soul-with-an-odor-of-jasmine/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_view.jpgGeneralife_ViewThe view out across the valley from the Generalife Gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_trellis2.jpgGeneralife_Trellis2Just one of many beautiful pathways in the gardenshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_trellis.jpgGeneralife_TrellisThis trellis offers much-needed shade.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_trees.jpgGeneralife_TreesEach section of the garden is just a little bit different. It's like discovering new botanical surprises around every cornerhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_roses2.jpgGeneralife_Roses2View of the Alhambra from the Generalifehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_roses.jpgGeneralife_RosesPart of the summer palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_pathway.jpgGeneralife_PathwayThis decorative pathway leads up to the palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_fountain.jpgGeneralife_FountainThis fountain was one of my favoriteshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_entry.jpgGeneralife_EntryArches near the entryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/generalife_creek.jpgGeneralife_CreekThis little creek flows through part of the gardens2015-11-02T16:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/26/i-know-you-ive-walked-with-you-once-upon-a-dream/2015-10-26T11:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/25/thats-the-real-trouble-with-the-world-too-many-people-grow-up/2015-10-26T11:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/25/nobody-goes-to-bed-in-madrid-until-they-have-killed-the-night/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0323.jpgIMG_0323Madrid Metro entrancehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_tortilla.jpgMadrid_TortillaDinner in Madrid: Spanish Tortilla, Sangria and some cured ham.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_plaza3.jpgMadrid_Plaza3Plaza de Españahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_plaza2.jpgMadrid_Plaza2Plaza de Españahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_plaza.jpgMadrid_PlazaPlaza de Españahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_museum.jpgMadrid_MuseumIt's a Museum of Ham!! The graffiti is misleading - this was just a restaurant near my hotel. They had, as expected, many types of ham. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_donquixote.jpgMadrid_DonQuixoteDon Quixote monument in Plaza de Españahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/madrid_balcony.jpgMadrid_BalconyView of Madrid from my balcony2015-10-27T13:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/26/no-man-is-ever-wise-by-chance/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_choir1.jpgCordoba_Choir1Choir in the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_waterwheel.jpgCordoba_WaterWheelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_streets.jpgCordoba_StreetsOne of the streets in Old Townhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_street2.jpgCordoba_Street2One of the streets in the Jewish Quarterhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_seneca.jpgCordoba_SenecaStatue of Seneca next to the entrance to the Old Townhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_romanruins.jpgCordoba_RomanRuinsWhat remains of the Roman temple under the current floorhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_portaitoranges.jpgCordoba_PortaitOrangesIn the Court of Oranges with the Bell Tower/minaret in the backgroundhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_organ.jpgCordoba_OrganThe organ, altar and choir in the Cathedralhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_orangecourt2.jpgCordoba_OrangeCourt2Court of Orangeshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cordoba_orangecourt1.jpgCordoba_OrangeCourt1Court of Oranges2015-10-26T10:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/24/mother-of-the-hispanic-peoples/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_salvador.jpgZaragoza_SalvadorThe Cathedral of Salvador is just across the square from the Basilica. The cube in front is part of a museum.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_noise.jpgZaragoza_NoiseEach of the festival dancers was wearing their own percussion. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_lions.jpgZaragoza_LionsDual lions at the bridge across the Ebro Riverhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_guitar.jpgZaragoza_GuitarFestival dancers - they were all decked out in feathers as native peoples of the Americas.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_flowers.jpgZaragoza_FlowersThe Offering of Flowers is a key part of the festival, resulting in this pyramid in the middle of the square.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_festival4.jpgZaragoza_Festival4Festival dancershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_festival3.jpgZaragoza_Festival3Festival dancershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_festival2.jpgZaragoza_Festival2Festival dancershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_feathers.jpgZaragoza_FeathersFestival dancershttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/zaragoza_donuts.jpgZaragoza_donutsThe street food at the festival was delicious, including these anise-flavored donuts.2015-10-26T09:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/16/i-viewed-the-morning-with-much-alarmthe-british-museum-had-lost-its-charm/2015-10-26T09:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/06/i-am-somebody/2015-10-26T09:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/12/in-britain-are-hot-springs-adorned-with-sumptuous-splendour-for-the-use-of-mortals/2015-10-26T09:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/22/kemst-tho-haegt-fari/2015-10-17T09:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/23/a-thousand-words-will-not-leave-so-deep-an-impression-as-one-deed/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_stavedetail3.jpgOslo3_StaveDetail3Stave church detailhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_stavedetail2.jpgOslo3_StaveDetail2Stave church detailhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_farmhousedeco2.jpgOslo3_FarmhouseDeco219th century farmhousehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_farmhouse30s.jpgOslo3_Farmhouse30sFarmhouse from the 20th centuryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_staveinterior.jpgOslo3_StaveInteriorStave church interiorhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_stavedetail.jpgOslo3_StaveDetailDetail above one of the doors on the stave churchhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_stave1.jpgOslo3_Stave1Stave church from the 13th centuryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_schoolhouse1.jpgOslo3_Schoolhouse1Schoolhouse from the 19th centuryhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_schoolhouse.jpgOslo3_SchoolhouseSchoolhouse interiorhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo3_hats.jpgOslo3_HatsSome of the traditional Norwegian hats, part of the Folk Dress exhibit2015-10-17T09:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/22/it-is-better-to-stand-and-fight-if-you-run-youll-only-die-tired/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/vikingship.jpgVikingShiphttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_5432.jpgIMG_5432One of the decorative sledges found in the Oseberg ship.2015-10-17T09:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/21/theres-no-such-thing-as-bad-weather-only-bad-clothes/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_trees.jpgOslo1_TreesThe fall color in Oslo is gorgeous - I grabbed this shot on the way out to the airporthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_streetart.jpgOslo1_StreetArtI saw a piece by this artist in the East End in London - this one in Oslo is exquisite as well. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_stationcourtyard.jpgOslo1_StationCourtyardMore of the courtyard outside the central stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_skyline.jpgOslo1_SkylineJust a part of the Oslo skylinehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_scuba.jpgOslo1_ScubaScuba sculpture in the waterfronthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_ryanair.jpgOslo1_RyanairWaiting to get on the plane in Stagnatedhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_royalpalace.jpgOslo1_RoyalPalaceRoyal Palacehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_radhuset.jpgOslo1_RadhusetOslo waterfronthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_nobel.jpgOslo1_NobelNobel Peace Centrehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/oslo1_motherchild.jpgOslo1_MotherChildOslo waterfront2015-10-17T08:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/27/hic-willelmus-dux-alloquitur-suis-militibus-ut-preparent-se-viriliter-et-sapienter-ad-proelium-contra-anglorum-exercitum/2015-10-16T22:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/29/she-was-perhaps-the-only-entirely-unselfish-person-whose-name-has-a-place-in-profane-history/2015-10-16T22:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/07/st-pauls-must-be-saved-at-all-costs/2015-10-16T22:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/14/we-are-all-worms-but-i-do-believe-that-i-am-a-glow-worm/2015-10-16T22:02:01+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/19/there-is-no-love-sincerer-than-the-love-of-food/2015-10-20T15:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/23/the-appearance-of-a-stranger-in-a-country-church-draws-as-many-gazers-as-a-blazing-star/2015-10-13T01:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/13/there-is-a-good-service-running-on-all-lines/2015-10-13T01:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/10/wanna-see-something-gross/2015-10-12T20:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/18/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-general/2015-10-12T19:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/17/be-not-afeard-the-isle-is-full-of-noises-sounds-and-sweet-airs-that-give-delight-and-hurt-not/2015-10-12T19:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/16/people-will-walk-across-to-the-mount-all-day-and-assume-they-will-be-able-to-walk-home-the-spectacle-of-hundreds-of-people-realising-that-the-path-they-walked-over-on-is-disappearing-under-several/2015-10-12T17:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/11/none-of-us-want-to-be-in-calm-waters-all-our-lives/2015-10-11T23:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/08/if-you-want-to-be-original-be-ready-to-be-copied/2015-10-09T16:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/07/fine-art-is-that-in-which-the-hand-the-head-and-the-heart-of-man-go-together/2015-10-06T08:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/03/everyone-knows-giants-dont-like-getting-their-feet-wet/2015-10-06T08:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/11/gauntly-chiselled-jewels-bound-by-bracelets-of-mossy-grass/2015-10-06T08:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/10/pile-of-stone-henge-so-proud-to-hint-yet-keep-thy-secrets/2015-10-09T16:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/20/what-part-of-eyjafjnallajokull-dont-you-understand/2015-10-06T08:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/09/our-admiration-of-the-antique-is-not-admiration-of-the-old-but-of-the-natural/2015-10-05T22:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/20/there-was-a-star-danced-and-under-that-was-i-born/2015-10-05T20:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/15/meta-in-leiden/2015-10-05T20:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/15/if-you-do-one-good-deed-your-reward-usually-is-to-be-set-to-do-another-and-harder-and-better-one/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9114.jpgIMG_9114This is an example of the puppets used during the production, though the one that represents Joey is a full puppet, including the legs.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9104.jpgIMG_9104Exterior of the New London Theatrehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9103.jpgIMG_9103Exterior - Covent Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9083.jpgIMG_9083Interior - Covent Gardenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9080.jpgIMG_9080Interior - Covent Garden2015-10-05T20:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/05/i-wasted-time-and-now-doth-time-waste-me/2015-10-01T21:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/24/heaven-take-thy-soul-and-england-keep-my-bones/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_8510.jpgIMG_8510For reference, here's one of the four completed lions.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9058.jpgIMG_9058T.S. Eliot by Patrick Heron. I love how England claims him as their own. He was born in St. Louis, y'all.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9053.jpgIMG_9053Sir Edwin Henry Landseer by John Ballantyne - Landseer is making one of the lions that now stands in Trafalgar Square https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9051.jpgIMG_9051Charles Dickens by Daniel Maclisehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9049.jpgIMG_9049Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte, and Charlotte Bronte by Patrick Branwell Bronte. The most tragic family in English history.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9046.jpgIMG_9046Queen Victoria - painting by Sir George Hayter and sculpture by Sir Francis Chantreyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9044.jpgIMG_9044This rather bizarre sculpture by William Theed is of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. They are wearing traditional Anglo-Saxon outfits to emphasize their German heritage. Bet they had to throw a blanket over this one about 20 years later. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9042.jpgIMG_9042Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmythhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9041.jpgIMG_9041Lord Byron by Thomas Phillipshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9039.jpgIMG_9039L-R: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess of Cornwallis by Thomas Gainsborough and George Washington after Gilbert Stuart. The placement of these two paintings made me laugh out loud - Cornwallis is so much smaller than Washington. Wonder what we'd see here if we hadn't won the Revolution.2015-10-01T21:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/27/we-keep-moving-forward-opening-new-doors-and-doing-new-things-because-were-curious-and-curiosity-keeps-leading-us-down-new-paths/2015-10-01T21:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/03/the-ball-i-threw-while-playing-in-the-park-has-not-yet-reached-the-ground/2015-10-01T20:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/12/strange-women-lying-in-ponds-distributing-swords-is-no-basis-for-a-system-of-government/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9135.jpgIMG_9135This display is in the M&M store in Piccadilly Circus - the sword-in-the-stone is the giveaway that this is supposed to be Arthur.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1776.jpgIMG_1776https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1750.jpgIMG_1750Chalice Wells is a beautiful and peaceful garden, the center of which is the red spring.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1756.jpgIMG_1756Chalice Wells is in Glastonbury and is associated with the Holy Grail. The waters here have a high iron content, so they turn anything they touch red. This led villagers to conclude this spring is tied to the blood of Christ.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1761.jpgIMG_1761https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1762.jpgIMG_1762There are several decorative fountains throughout the garden, all tied to the same spring.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1784.jpgIMG_1784Glastonbury and Avalon are supposed to overlap, but Avalon is an island... note the Tor is in the middle of a plain, no island in sight. It's possible this used to be marshy ground or the mists that rise off the plain create a virtual island. Or it's just a story.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1782.jpgIMG_1782Glastonbury Tor is the legendary location of the abbey at Glastonbury. Only this tower from St. Michaels Church remains today.2015-10-01T20:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/10/01/titanic-sinks-four-hours-after-hitting-iceberg/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4169.jpgIMG_4169The inside design of the museum is unexpectedhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4166.jpgIMG_4166These markers show where the Titanic was berthed until it pushed off. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4174.jpgIMG_4174Another image from the museum - this one of Titanic's giant propellors https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4172.jpgIMG_4172One of many images in the museum - this one shows the massive engineering works in the belly of the great shiphttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4181.jpgIMG_4181https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4192.jpgIMG_4192The final parts of the graphical representation was in another room in the museum - accompanied by narrators acting out the real accounts from survivors.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4190.jpgIMG_4190There was a graphical representation of the sinking that was fascinating to watch. https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4194.jpgIMG_4194A reproduction of a life boat.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4208.jpgIMG_4208Some of the underwater images of the Titanic today.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4210.jpgIMG_4210Some of the underwater images of the Titanic today.2015-10-01T20:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/30/we-the-participants-in-the-multi-party-negotiations-believe-that-the-agreement-we-have-negotiated-offers-a-truly-historic-opportunity-for-a-new-beginning/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9733.jpgIMG_9733The entrance to the Europa Hotel near City Centre.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4114.jpgIMG_4114https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4118.jpgIMG_4118A rather graphic mural on the Shankill Rd identifying losses suffered over the course of the Troubles.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4301.jpgIMG_4301Another peace line, this one is painted with murals of other groups around the world: Nelson Mandela's fight to end Apartheid, the Palestinian freedom fighters, and many others.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4311.jpgIMG_4311One of the peace lines - fences dividing contentious areas within the city. They are covered in graffiti and are considered by some to be the longest art galleries in Europe.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4308.jpgIMG_4308https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4290.jpgIMG_4290https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4305.jpgIMG_4305https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4334.jpgIMG_4334https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4338.jpgIMG_4338Mural commemorating Queen Elizabeth I on the Shankill Rd.2015-10-16T18:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/28/three-horns-never-play-with-long-necks/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2529.jpgIMG_2529The exhibit was cleverly designed in two levels with a walkway that allowed you to see the massive skeletons from two different perspectives.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_25121.jpgIMG_2512The interior is not only grand, but this guy is the first thing you see as you walk in.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9447.jpgIMG_9447The exterior of the Natural History Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2668.jpgIMG_2668This is the Cocoon in the Darwin Center of the Natural History Museumhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2667.jpgIMG_2667A vertical view of the Cocoonhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2666.jpgIMG_2666And... random, ordinary hallwayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2628.jpgIMG_2628Models of the famous Koh-i Noor diamond - original size and after cuttinghttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2626.jpgIMG_2626The same Aurora Pyramid of Hope under ultraviolet lighthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2624.jpgIMG_2624Aurora Pyramid of Hope - the lights in this display gradually dimmed so you could see the impact of ultraviolet light on the stones.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2616.jpgIMG_2616Iridescent stalactites2015-09-28T21:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/20/some-days-you-get-the-bear-some-days-the-bear-gets-you/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_9499.jpgIMG_9499https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_0609.jpgIMG_0609Polar bear at the St. Louis zoo - picture taken in July 20152015-09-25T08:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/22/more-than-1100-years-of-jaw-dropping-history-magic-myth-and-adventure/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3042.jpgIMG_3042Bald eagle in flighthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3218.jpgIMG_3218https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3215.jpgIMG_3215This about sums up my experience at Warwick Castlehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3214.jpgIMG_3214Peacock! I saw at least two on my visit to Warwick.https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3153.jpgIMG_3153Andean condor in flighthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3138.jpgIMG_3138The owl was "rubbish," at doing what he was trained to do, according to the wrangler. 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Bag End Grow Shophttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1740.jpgIMG_1740Glastonbury boasted the most beautiful flowers - they were everywherehttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1679.jpgIMG_1679The thorn planted by Joseph of Aramatheahttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1684.jpgIMG_1684https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_17161.jpgIMG_1716https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1721.jpgIMG_1721This sign shows where the original abbey was against what's lefthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1699.jpgIMG_1699https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1708.jpgIMG_1708https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1716.jpgIMG_17162015-09-09T01:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/06/every-august-notting-hill-throws-a-big-long-and-loud-party/2015-09-11T02:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/about/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_7662.jpgIMG_76622015-09-08T22:24:40+00:00weekly0.6https://midwestmagellan.com/2015/09/08/art-is-the-concrete-representation-of-our-most-subtle-feelings/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_8830.jpgIMG_88302015-09-08T21:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/23/if-a-train-doesnt-stop-at-your-station-then-its-not-your-train/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8281.jpgBayeuxCathedralBayeux Cathedral at sunsethttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8258.jpgLeidenCentraalTrain station in Leidenhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8328.jpgIMG_8328https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8327.jpgBayeuxBayeux Train Stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8280.jpgBayeuxSignBayeux and her sister citieshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8279.jpgIMG_8279https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8278.jpgParisLazareClock in the Paris-St. Lazare Stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8277.jpgParisNordParis Nord Stationhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8276.jpgIMG_8276https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8275.jpgIMG_82752015-08-26T19:42:11+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/11/exempt-from-public-haunt/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7045.jpgWW2World War 2 Memorial https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7813.jpgWashingtonWashington Monumenthttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7818.jpgPrinceWilliamPrince William Forest Park High Meadows Trailhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7829.jpgPotomac RiverAlong the Potomac River on the George Washington Parkwayhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7830.jpgPotomac2Swampy spot along the George Washington Parkway just north of Mt. Vernon2015-08-24T14:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/23/orientation-bikes-pancakes-weird-windows/https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8224.jpgIMG_8224My first view upon leaving the train station: bike parking that filled this entire tunnelhttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0889.jpgIMG_0889https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0875.jpgIMG_0875https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0863.jpgIMG_0863https://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8236.jpgIMG_8236The Poffertjes man, making my Dutch pancakeshttps://midwestmagellan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8226.jpgIMG_8226Canal in Leiden2015-08-27T15:24:20+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/13/i-have-never-taken-anyone-to-the-airport-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship/2015-08-20T22:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.com/2015/08/16/consider-before-beginning/2015-08-20T22:08:44+00:00monthlyhttps://midwestmagellan.comdaily1.02016-07-22T07:22:11+00:00