Category Archives: Wednesday photo

Wednesday photo: Innsbruck

Posted on October 6, 2010 by elliewick

My trip to Innsbruck was a spontaneous Sunday trip with the summer program students in July 2006. We wanted to climb the Untersberg in Salzburg, but my host mother thought that would be a terrible idea for a blistering summer … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Untersberg and Alps

Posted on September 22, 2010 by elliewick

There are so many beautiful places to rest your eyes on in Salzburg, Austria. One of my favorite things to do was ride along Hellbrunner Allee, and this was the view of the entire ride. See my post about that … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Dubrovnik

Posted on September 15, 2010 by elliewick

Strolling down the Stradun was not the easiest thing in the world, thanks to the marble blocks that so smoothly line this street in the heart of Dubrovnik, Croatia. This view is looking west at sunset, toward the Gradska Vrata … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Zmajski Most

Posted on September 8, 2010 by elliewick

Ljubljana, Slovenia, is home to the Dragon Bridge or Zmajski Most. The dragon has been a symbol of Ljubljana ever since Jason of the Argonauts and Golden Fleece notoriety slew one in a nearby swamp. This bridge was not designed … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ont.

Posted on September 1, 2010 by elliewick

Stratford, Ontario, in Canada, is home to the Shakespeare Festival, a months-long festival filled with Shakespeare, musicals and other dramas. This building is the Festival Theatre, the main theater for the festival. It is topped with a Canadian flag and … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Coney Island

Posted on August 25, 2010 by elliewick

Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., is one of those storied places. When I spent a summer there in 2008, I knew I had to visit the beach and boardwalk. I ended up visiting four or five times because there were … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo(s): Elgin/Parthenon Marbles

Posted on August 17, 2010 by elliewick

Known as the Elgin Marbles by all the world except for Greece, which calls them the Parthenon Marbles, they have a storied history. These marbles include statues from the pediment and friezes. A few of these marbles were left on … Continue reading →

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Wednesday photo: Musee Rodin

Posted on August 11, 2010 by elliewick

My time in Paris was spent lovingly admiring art. One of my afternoons there was spent entirely in bliss at the Musée Rodin, which houses thousands of sculptures by Auguste Rodin and his mistress Camille Claudin. His most famous works, … Continue reading →

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