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Photo Gallery: Israel: Northern Israel

The highlight of our summer cruise was a stop in Israel for 2 days.  We disembarked at Haifa and then boarded again the next day in Ashdod.  Here are some photos from day 1, mostly in northern Israel:

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Photo Gallery: Turkey: Ephesus & Kusadasi, 2009

Our cruise took us to Turkey for a day, where the temps were over 100 degrees…  We braved it for a tour of Ephesus (as in, the Ephesians) and lunch in Kusadasi:

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Photo Gallery: Rhodes, 2009

We spent my birthday, August 22, in Rhodes, Greece.  A great town that is easily walkable, we spent the day at the beach and doing some minor shopping (by our standards):

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Photo Gallery: Athens, 2009

Our summer cruise took us to Athens as our second stop.  There we hired a driver to take us to some of the most notable places.  Thanks to his help we saw much of Athens, in only 8 hours.  Here are some notable shots:

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Photo Gallery: Naples & Pompeii, 2009

Stop #1 in our Celebrity Ancient Empires Cruise last summer: Naples & Pompeii.  Check out some photos:

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Photo Gallery: Rome, August 2009

It occurred to me that I have never put up the best photos from our trips last year.  Especially our 13-night Mediterranean cruise.  We started our trip with 3 days in Rome.  Here are some pics:

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Amsterdam & The NL (Observations)

We just got back from a 4.5 day trip to the Netherlands.  Alot has changed since the last time I visited in 2003.  If you’re planning a trip, here are a few things I picked up:  The weather was beautiful and it was Easter weekend, so the lines at all the museums were completely out [...]

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Last Night in Sydney

I just found this photo I took in Sydney in my Picasa library and did a simple focal B&W on it.  I took this on our last night in Sydney – my new favorite thing to do is go out with my Sigma f1.4 and snap quick shots at night.  The lens does a really [...]

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