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We made a pilgrimage to central Germany, (in an area between Hanover, Kassel, Goettingen and Bielefeld) to the factory and museum of Tecta ....

Kragstuhl apparently means 'cantilever chair' in German.  Here is a museum devoted to the history and celebration of modern chair d...

We were lucky to be taken on a ride through Amsterdam canals by a friend. Many of the houses from the 1600's don't look that differ...

Cortina was the site of the 1956 Winter Olympics and has attracts winter skiers. It is northeastern Italy in the Dolomite mountains. There...

Cortina d'Ampezzo is about 1,200 meters of altitude. It is an easy walk up to Lago d'Aial at 1,400 meters and a nice rest stop. ...

This was a day of 4 Forclettas (little passes with pathways)  and 1 Pass (with road). We were hiking east to west just south of Cortina on...

Rifugio Lagazuoi is at 2,754 meters on a peak above Passo Falzarego.  It is serviced by a cable car funivia and a foot path.  No roads.   B...

The army of the Austrian Hungarian Empire dominated northern Italy before and thru WW I.  They had entrenched fortifications on the peak of ...

So, everything was going fine, the trail was interesting, with glacial bogs below and remnants from WW I fortifications. I was doin...

Alan and Michael were happy to reach the small lake Lech di Lagacio at 2,100 meters. We left Michael to follow his path and took the correc...