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Grindelwald, Switzerland: In Photos
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We entered the Tube around 9:00 in the morning, a mass of noisy students and a few adults, taking up a section of platform. We had told the teens: "We'll start you on your journey, but you'll have to find your way back. Pay attention." The anxious ones stayed near us, the eager ones studied the green and red and blue and yellow lines on the wall map. "We'll need the Circle Line," one said, and after nodding, we passed the phrase among us like bread, or sweets, so when the train arrived, and the sliding doors opened, we all walked through them with enough nourishment and energy to know where we were going . Later, we stepped out of trams into the high Swiss landscape at Pfingstegg Station. After London, most of the kids didn't even look at the trail map. They just started up. One foot in front of the other, one sore-muscled groan after the other, a collection of revelations. We walked under rock ledges and over small streams. We talked abo...
The photo of the red oak is very nice. Nice detail, I especially liked the imperfections, and water droplets.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Emily! I'm hoping to learn more about your wonderful Minnesota and the natural world and people that inhabit it this coming year on Landing on Cloudy Water.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bill! Merry Christmas to you, as well. Happy blogging in 2011!
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