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Winter never looked so good
I'm not a fan of winter or snow, but you make it look good. Especially liked the shots of the snow-laden spruce, the peek-a-boo mountain, and Lake Louise as I've never seen it. Well done!

Jolly Ole
Hello Judith: Thank you for your diary while in York. The shot of your room at Becket reminded me of my 'bed-sit' in London. Only mine was not painted lilac, and had a gas meter that seemed to eat pennies - the old ones! I sense too a feeling that you cannot go back 'home', with your encounter in finding the right house! Thanks for the memories!

Church interiors
Thanks for this latest blog, Judith. I'm struck by the variety of styles of architecture the interior of St. Stephan's Cathedral and the Jubilee Church. Thanks for this, Peter

Bratislava
Beautiful architecture.

What a lovely photograph
Amazing architecture

Multiculturalism
Boy, we sure don't have a lock on multiculturalism - here are signs of Turks, Jews, Greeks and Italians (yes?). A fascinating melange.

Flooding in Alberta
Hello Judith: I hope that you have not suffered as a result of the recent flooding. While the media coverage seems to have centered on getting folks back to their homes and getting downtown back operating, the damage done to bike paths in the city, and the flooding in Kananaskis, made your blog that more insightful. It will take years before some of the scaring to the landscape is remedied, if it ever will. So images like yours and our own, will be that more precious. Thank you. Peter

Thanks!
Thanks one more time for refreshing my memory with descriptions and pictures. I can taste that lemonade! Warm wishes, Jean C.

Dancing
Great video of the cross-generational dancers. It reminded me of nothing so much as (trying to!) dance the hora with my sister's Jewish in-laws and their community. As you say, commonalities....

Stone wall
Great shot of the stone wall - I am always amazed at folks who could build a stable structure like that. I can hardly pile up 3 or 4 rocks without them falling down when a squirrel meanders past. Maybe it illustrates the maxim that if you have time enough, you can do almost anything...

Intentional?
Did you juxtapose the stalactites and the octopi intentionally? I may never go in another cave!

Think of the great explorers
I'm with you - I can get lost/turned around in an unfamiliar downtown, however small. I wonder how those wacky explorers did it all those centuries ago, with no GPS and no helpful (albeit exasperated) chefs/waiters?