My 2001 Kayaking Trips

Portland Island
Sept 2001

This was taken on my kayaking trip to the Gulf Islands and Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia in September, 2001. It was early morning and the water was smooth as glass. My folding kayak is in the foreground.

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Vienna
July 2001

My kayaking trip on the Danube river ended in Linz, from where I took the train to Vienna. This was taken at an outdoor market in Vienna, in front of a vinegar shop.

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Danube River
July 2001

This was taken on the Danube river, between Regensburg and Passau. The town of Straubing is before me. The town cathedral and its spire is visible. I loved the landscape along this stretch of the Danube, with corn fields and forests lining both sides, occasionally interrupted by picturesque towns by the shore or castles/chateaus in the distant hills. Particularly memorable was one section just before Linz where the Danube winds through a forested valley with clouds and mists drifting above and white swans swimming in a secluded cove near Untermuhl.


Passau
A castle overlooks this historic city bordering Germany and Austria.


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near Untermuhl, Austria
A view from the gasthaus in which I stayed overnight, looking out to a cove in the Danube, surrounded by hills, mists, and clouds. A scene from Wagner's opera?

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Venice
July 2001

Happy co-existence between gondola and kayak in the Grand canal of Venice.

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more Venice

The quiet back side of `El Serenissimo' can best be appreciated from the water.

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Trollhaugen, Bergen, Norway
June 2001
Home of Edvard Grieg.

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Isola Favignana in the Mediterranean sea, Sicily, Italy
July 2001
I was in Erice, Sicily for a conference. A ferry from Trapani took me to this bell-shaped island, followed by an hour's walk to the beach.

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