Category Archives: Two-fisted Touristing

Excursions around the world, ideally with some musical seasoning.

MADISON SNOWSTORM

Posted on December 27, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Just a little blizzard in Wisconsin’s capitol…

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The Sci-Fi Lego Skyscrapers of Porocity

Posted on December 23, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

I saw these nine gigantic towers of white lego building blocks in the Pompidou museum in Paris in 2018. They reminded me of science fiction movies of my childhood where fantastical models would be filmed to look like immense futuristic … Continue reading →

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LIGHTSCAPE at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on December 7, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A magical trail of fantastic light installations weaves its way through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at night these days. Ed and I took the tour.

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P&P – Day 2 – The Merchant’s House

Posted on November 18, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

In “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, my second short film musical adaptation of a classic gothic tale by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist is seen working at his desk in a garret apartment, while soldiers of the … Continue reading →

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SCHWARZWALD – Views of the Black Forest

Posted on October 18, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

The Schwarzwald – Black Forest – is one of the most famously beautiful regions in Germany. Located East of the Rhine and North of the Alps in Germany’s Southwest, this bucolic region of rolling hills, quaint towns and, yes, romantically … Continue reading →

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NEUSCHWANSTEIN – King Ludwig’s Fairy Tale Castle

Posted on September 22, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

On a high hill flanked by the Tegeler Mountain in the Bavarian Alps sits Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig’s “Fairy Tale Castle”. King Ludwig didn’t look far to build his fantasy castle. Hohenschwangau Castle, where Ludwig was raised, lies just across the … Continue reading →

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The Broken Castle of Heidelberg

Posted on September 2, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Before I visited I did not know that Heidelberg’s grand castle complex is actually a ruin. In 1689, after decades of warfare, the French army blew up and set fire to much of the castle so that no army may … Continue reading →

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Landing in JFK …

Posted on August 7, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

… with the sun shining against a scratched up window. We were arriving in NYC. JFK airport was just below us. But we were clearly too high to land directly. The plane would circle out south of Long island over … Continue reading →

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ALASKA – Harvard Glacier

Posted on June 20, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

We visited Harvard Glacier. Which is just left of Yale Glacier. And up from Vassar Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier… in College Fjord, Alaska. I’m not kidding. There is a College Fjord with about a half dozen glaciers named … Continue reading →

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ALASKA – High Times, Low Tide, and Wild Life in Turnagain Arm

Posted on June 13, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Mountain Vistas, Sweeping Inlets, and Alaskan Animals Turnagain Arm is a narrow branch of Cook Inlet, in the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It received its name when Captain Cook went down that way, sure he had found … Continue reading →

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DENALI – THE HIGH ONE

Posted on May 30, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Caribou, Moose and Bears, Oh My! and the Highest Mountain in North America! That bear at the top is a bit of a teaser. We’ll see him, and his bear companion, and just how close they got to us, later … Continue reading →

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UP THE ALASKAN BUTTE

Posted on May 24, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

There’s a Butte, specifically the Bodenberg Butte, in Alaska. It sits north of Anchorage in the Mat-Su Valley, and it makes for a lovely, steep hike and a really good spot on top from which to get some spectacular views … Continue reading →

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CENTRAL PARK SILHOUETTES

Posted on May 3, 2021 by dannyashkenasi
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Overcast Cherry Blossoms

Posted on April 26, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I returned to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It’s cherry blossom time. Last year the pandemic closed the gardens, and nobody except for BBG staff got to see the blossoms of the cherry esplanade bloom. This year the Sakura … Continue reading →

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EIFFEL TOWER VIEWS

Posted on April 17, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Making my way through the Great American Southwest posts took the focus off our 2018 trip to Paris. Much has been shared from that visit already, but there’s still more. And how could I have not yet included our trip … Continue reading →

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EASTER KNICK-KNACK HUNT

Posted on April 4, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A Game of Hide and Seek in Photos What I enjoy most about Easter is the hiding and seeking of treats. I best like hiding and having my loved ones do the seeking. It’s just Ed and me together today, … Continue reading →

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