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A “Potpourri trip” – Landscapes & History

September 11, 2024By 10 Comments

Yes, my last blog was at the end of February this year. But there is a reason I haven’t written another until now. In February, Cindy was diagnosed with...

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SNOW AND SAND

February 26, 2024By 4 Comments

Snow and sand? Yes, you can have both and don’t need to fly anywhere. As usual for my birthday, I prefer to spend the weekend skiing. This year, we...

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Wheeler Peak – Elevation 13,161 ft / 4,014 müM

July 19, 2023By 24 Comments

The sound of my hiking shoes could have been a metronome About 28 years ago, I climbed the highest peak in Switzerland (also the 2nd highest in the Alps)...

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A long weekend, and it happened to be …..

February 24, 2023By 14 Comments

We spent a long weekend in Durango, CO. We like Durango a lot, so driving up to the New Mexican/Colorado border was a pleasure. It is a beautiful scenic...

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Like No Place Else on Earth

The glistening white sands deep in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico is one of the world’s great natural wonders. Wave-like dunes of gypsum sand cover 275 square miles...

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Our NEW ADDRESS in Santa Fe

February 8, 2021By 20 Comments

As you know from my earlier blog, last year we looked for a house but couldn’t find one we liked. All the homes we saw needed too much work....

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Santa Fe – The City Different

November 29, 2020By 24 Comments

The first time I heard and read about Santa Fe was at the age of 6 years. The reason I knew Santa Fe was because of my model train...

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365 in 2019

October 26, 2020By 9 Comments

Most of you know what 365 means. If not, here is the explanation. During one year, each day, you take one picture. That means I carried my small camera with me...

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A 2100 mile trip through Covid19 deserted land

October 10, 2020By 26 Comments

Covid19 is still present with us. Therefore this “blog” with photos taken with an “iPhone” is date-wise late, but subject-wise, unfortunately still current.    In February, a week or...

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CLOSING ONE CHAPTER – OPENING A NEW CHAPTER

June 18, 2020By 32 Comments

This Blog is long overdue, but so many things happened worldwide ….   After almost 21 years in New York, it is time to open a new chapter and move...