Seeing Porto, Portugal through Porto - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Porto in Portugal is a port that exports, among other things, its world famous wine named after the city, i.e., Porto. 

Ha, you know I don't usually talk this way.  But I did it. :-)  
 

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This one afternoon when we got onto Ponte de Dom Luis I, it's as if everything has gotten a tint of Porto, the wine, with a taint of its dreamy sweetness to it.

Oh, by the way, this just reminds me that one friend once said my other image makes her feel as if she's seeing through the bottom of a wine bottle.

Bottle or wine, it's the magic of the wine countries.       

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I had a Dream in Swan Land - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I had a dream, in which birds tipped around as if they were in Swan Lake, only with no tutus.  

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I then woke up, to a fairy-like land where birds float mid-air, with the snow flakes.  Those birds, they call them red crowned cranes.  

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It was Hot in Rio Tinto - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

The day that we visited Rio Tinto, it was hot, red hot.  We saw a lady sitting under the shade of her RV by the river bank.

Rio Tinto is a river in Southwestern Spain.  It is rich in various minerals (such as copper, silver, gold, iron, etc.) and has been mined since approximately 3,000 BC.  The iron which dissolved in water gives the river its deep reddish hue. And the subsurface rocks on the river bed contain iron and sulfide minerals, which becomes obvious when parts are being exposed above water.

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When we made our rounds, it was still hot, red hot.  We asked if she could spare some icy cold water (yeah, you can tell we are from the US).  Her answer began with a disappointing no.  She then said "I have icy cold beers if you want."  She's from Germany. :-) 

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