Michigan Schlief
Michigan Schlief Joined: March 22nd 2005
Logged in: June 23rd 2011
Logged in: June 23rd 2011
Travel Blog Posts
NAT'L PORTRAIT GALLERY STEPS
Spring in DC is a wonderful time to get out with a camera and capture the verve of this great city.... read more
Sculpture Garden
Monday was sunny. I cut through the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden to get home. Tuesday was gray. I took a shortcut by way of the Butterfly Path to The National Mall. I always carry a camera on walks around DC.... read more
noodle shop
Chilling in Bangkok's Chinatown with grilled tiger prawns, Thai seafood hot pot and an icy Singha beer. Life is good. Bangkok's Chinatown is a Thai smorgasbord of tastes, smells, sounds and happenings. Life is in the streets: Serendipity in technicolor. Please note that I am not in Bangkok at the moment but back home with Marilyn in Michigan.... read more
GALLERY PLACE
DC is well known for its marvelous museums, its mix of people from all parts of the world, its wealth of ethnic restaurants, its incredible mass transit system, its Smithsonian festivals and its angry protest marches plus all the other pleasures & treasures of a cosmopolitan national capital. Tourists come from all over the world to DC. Plus the Locals are out there too, mixing in. People-watching rises to a high level of fun in DC. And that is what I most like to do when in DC, get out on the National Mall or walk the downtown streets and catch people with my camera. These are a few of my round Downtown DC Candid Camera (and some not so candid) people shots. There is one shot outside of DC in Maryland. This will be my ... read more
DC TRANSPORT
I am back in DC for the autumn. Every day I pack my camera, a jug of water, some fruit, a couple of good books and my journal into my daypack and head out either on foot or on my bicycle to explore. DC is NEVER boring. Here's nineteen slices of what's been happening on or near the National Mall in Washington DC. this September.... read more
The Mall Map
Let's turn around, face to the East and walk up the other side of the National Mall.... read more
The National Mall Guide Map
The National Mall in Washington DC divides into two parts. The East Mall runs a mile down a tree-lined esplanade bordered by flowery gardens from Capitol Hill to 15th Street. The East Mall is where the museums are, plus other more subtle pleasures of this large open space in the middle the nation’s capital. The West Mall starts where the East Mall stops at 15th Street and flows down to the Potomac River. The green-covered West Mall holds the best known of our national memorials. The walk I describe in words and photos in this Part I of Walking The National Mall is the lower western third of the East Mall from 7th Street to 14th Street. The walk starts in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden at 7th Street and Constitution, continues west down ... read more
An Irish rainbow
On the second Saturday of this October, good friends Sean and Judith got married in Our Lady of the Valley Church near the village of Beaufort in County Kerry, Ireland. I was standing up along with Sean’s dad Art (the best man) in this very special happening in the land of Leprechauns and pots of gold at the end of rainbows. My wife Marilyn and I flew Continental to Shannon Airport, where I rented a car. Beaufort, having limited bus services, necessitated the car rental. I truly detest driving in the States, so why take up the challenge of a completely different “side” of driving in a foreign country. Well, I had to get to Beaufort, and a car was about the only way I could do it. So I took up the challenge of the ... read more
Gelato italiano--Incredibile!!
I spent this past month of July taking beginning level Italian language lessons at Dilit School in Roma. It was a worthwhile experience that provided me with basic skills in Italian. I can now order food and drink, purchase a train or bus ticket, find out how to get to Campo di Fiori or Piazza di Spagna, and best of all make new Italian friends--all in Italian. But the best part of being at Dilit was the camaraderie I shared with other international students at the school, who were also learning to: parlare italiano.... read more
