The Vatican City
Two Jews go to the heart of Catholicism, the wealth of the ages settled in one place. Aviva said that its much more organized than when she and her mother, Lily, visited Roma about three years ago. We walked through a number of rooms. The most interesting was probably the map room, which is a […]
March 29th, 2000 by alephnaught
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Church day
Aviva was really psyched for today. We saw the tomb of Julius II in the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter's in Chains); Michelangelo never finished it, and so Julius II is actually interred in an unmarked grave in St. Peter's Basilica (Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to do the Sistine Chapel and main […]
March 28th, 2000 by alephnaught
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Our first day in Rome
We needed to replace one of our large bags, so we walked around the Spanish Steps area, near our hotel, to find a store that was recommended by the hotel. We ended up finding nice, large, rolling bag for about $45 US! While we looked, we visited the Trevi fountain designed by Bellini. We started […]
March 27th, 2000 by alephnaught
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Arrival in Rome
Our trip started eventfully – we called Yellow Cab to get a cab to the airport. They said it would arrive within 20 minutes. An hour later, we called back and they said it would be 10 minutes. Another 20 minutes, another phone call, this time requiring yelling at a supervisor at the cab company, […]
May 10th, 1998 by alephnaught
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands
A team of four of us from ABN AMRO went to Amsterdam to do a death march – that’s a project that shouldn’t be able to be done in the time allotted. We did succeed; I worked 320 hours in 30 days, spending a total of 5 weeks in Amsterdam. This was my second time […]
May 20th, 1990 by alephnaught
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Cannes, France
I was sent by the US chapter of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) to the European Symposium in Cannes, France, in May 1990. This is a view of the west side of the harbor at Cannes, France, assembled from three shots. This is one of my favorite photos from Cannes – the Majestic […]
May 16th, 1984 by alephnaught
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Copenhagen, Denmark
I worked for three months in Saudi Arabia at the naval base in Jubail on the Arabian Gulf managing the software for a C3I system (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). This was my first job out of school. On the way out, I spent three days in Amsterdam and three days in Copenhagen; here’s a […]
May 13th, 1984 by alephnaught
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Jubail, Saudi Arabia
I worked for three months in Saudi Arabia at the naval base in Jubail on the Arabian Gulf managing the software for a C3I system (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). This was my first job out of school. Here is the only picture I kept from my stay – its the remains of a fort […]
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+Bob Hays
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March 30th, 2000 by alephnaught
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