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This bench defines the undulating edge of the public park in the residential district designed by Gaudi. The backdrop is Barcelona. The serpintine back of the bench was designed around the curve of a workman's spine. It looks uncomfortable but is surprisingly well fitted to the human body. The park is an open space, similar to a "public green". It isn't green but covered in pebbles that act as a filter for water draining off the hillside as it travels through the floor of the "green" to columns underneath. The water flows to a cistern to be used later for watering the gardens. A beautiful, ...

Many people visit this Northern Italy region named Emilia-Romagna for many world-famed attractions. The genius of man and the mystery of nature gave birth to the Renaissance movement here. Legends such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giovanni Da Verrazzano, Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Antonio Meucci, and Amerigo Vespucci shaped our sciences, peotries, arts, politics, and exploring spirits. For car enthusiasts, this region has another importance. Some say that the babies born here are very special. They are born with the need for speed. It is hard ...

I started thinking about this trip over five years ago and invited my wife to go to Paris for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. She said 'No', believe it or not, becasue she was afraid to fly after the events of 9-11 and the aftermath in air travel. I asked her again and again each year after, but she kept saying 'no' so I figured if I was ever going to get her to see Paris I was going to have to act. I made the decision to get the tickets to Paris and just let it be a 'surprise'. How could she say 'no' now? Well, it worked and we're finally getting our anniversary trip for our 30th!! I got the ...