Neither Here Nor There

I arrived safe and sound in Milan (albeit tired and stiff) and I quickly got the hell out of the chaotic metropolis the Italians call a "functioning city" and headed to Lugano Switzerland. The third largest banking center in the country, the ritzy Lugano offers all the dolce vita of Italy with the efficiency and cleanliness of Switzerland: I liked it immediately. The town has a European-ness of the movies with windy cobblestone streets full of fruit and bread vendors, corner shops with tinkling bells above the doors, and ... (more)

Austrian Windows
I think it is a law that all windows in Austria must have bunches of bright...

Euro Union

Hallstatt
The town square of Hallstatt

Innsbruck Church
So many churchs, so little time. They are all this beautiful and more

Another Church
One of the MANY amazing cathedrals in Satlzburg

Lugano Street
A windy pedistrian walk way in Lugano Switzerland

Hallstatt in the Morning
Waiting for the ferry, I watched the sunrise over the lake.

The Market
I self-portrait through a reflection, wondering about a market in Vienna

The Spider Web
Taken in the early dawn in one of the most beautiful, peaceful places...

article published 9/21/2002

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— Barbara Koblin-Wollborg Michelso, July 23, 2003

Momma used to make me them french fried taters. Mom used to tell me i could never own a gun. Momma always used to make words seem pretty. Dad killed himself in front of me. Momma said i would make the best tractor driver one day. After my uncle touched me, momma said it was to make me a man. Momma was sometimes wrong. Momma killed our cat with garden house. Momma said i would never get to go to Europe cause of the doctors. Momma said i never like doctors or how uncle bill would tease me about my face. Momma said i didnt need to break uncle bills face but it taught him a lesson. momma used to make the best fried chicken. Momma said even though the dog chewed my ear off i can still go to the grocery store. Momma wont beat me tonight. Momma will be proud when she reads this. I love you momma.
— Tuckett Amarillo, May 30, 2003

Great travel story and nice photos, too! Post more of Switzerland/Austria, if you have them. Thanks!
— Robert Galvin, September 22, 2002

Thanks for sharing. I really like the Lugano Street photo.
— RandyK, September 21, 2002

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