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                                                           . . . still lots of explorations to go!

Since my last posting of pictures below in 2013, I have now traveled to Cuba a total of 15 times --- plus I've been this period to the UK six times, France four times, Italy three times, Denmark three times, Austria twice, plus Norway, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Czech Republic, Canada and Japan.  Eleven of these were running trips on behalf of Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation.  Busy times... thus the lack of extra hours for posting slide shows here!


Link to the SOANE TRAVELS special web site with photos from Soane trips.


Chas Miller with one of our travelers, Beyonce Knowles (Mrs. Carter)
Soane Travels
 
April 2013
 
HAVANA
 
 
 
Check out images of architecture and the arts
 
 
 
Here are people-to-people pictures
 

 
Link to PDF statement about the trip
 
 
 
PRESS:  Check out NewYorkSocialDiary.com on the trip
 
 
 
 

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Soane Travels
 
February 2013
 
HAVANA
 
Check out images of architecture and the arts
 
 
Here are people-to-people pictures
 

 
Link to PDF statement about the trip.
 
 
 
 

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Soane Travels
 
January 2012
 
CUBA
 
Click to see slide show
 
Havana
and the Northern Coast
towns of Matanzas,
Varadero and Cardenas

Mix'n Mojito's - Click on image to get the Hotel Nacional recipe
 
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SOANE TRAVELS
May 2011

ISTANBUL

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. . . and a couple of days post-Istanbul to return to Rome! 

(photos to come...)

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SOANE TRAVELS
October 2010
 
Great Houses
and Demesnes
of Ireland
– Belfast to Dublin

Click to see slide show

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CHINA


Shanghai
for the
World Exp0
2010

June 2010
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January 2010

Singapore
Thailand
Cambodia

A bit of culture, some history and lots
of relaxation seemed to be the the
order of the day for this 50th Birthday!
 

Click on an image to go to the photos
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Thanksgiving 2009

Charlottesville, Virginia
and homes of
Presidents


Click on the photos to go to photos
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October 2009

SOANE TRAVELS:
Argentina and the Estancias


Click to view photos on the Soane Travels web site

Saturday, 3 October to Monday 12 October 2010

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Summer 2009

Newport

Cape Code & Nantucket 

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October 2008


The Tidewater of Virginia

This trip marked over 40 years of traveling with my father.  This was his last trip, and fittingly enough to a spot he (and my mother) had enjoyed more than 30 times over the course of many years -  THE TIDES INN in Irvington, Virginia.  He turned 90 the day before we headed south from Baltimore...
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September 2008

Nova Scotia

Click on image to go to the photos
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June 2008

SOANE TRAVELS:  Russia

Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novgorod
to celebrate White Nights


click to see photos on the Soane Travels web site

Tuesday, 17 June to Saturday, 28

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May 2008

SOANE TRAVELS: Sicily
click to see images on the Soane Travels web site

Saturday, May 17 to Sunday May 25, 2008

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PARIS x5

Wow - 2007 I had the great fortune of travelling to Paris 5 times... for my work with Columbia University. 

On one of these journey's I even had the chance to visit many old spots from when I attended the American University in Paris!

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AUGUST 2007

Castles, Collections and Fabled Isles:
England, France & Iberia aboard

Sea Cloud II


Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation

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May 2007

SOANE TRAVELS: Derbyshire in England


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Marvelous Maine

AUGUST 2006

Down East in Steuben

East Boothbay

Portland


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SOANE TRAVELS: Sweden

With Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, we were among 28 travelers seeing castles and manor houses for eight glorious days...  starting in the south and heading north. 

To see photos > CLICK


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St. John's ANTIGUA - North Sound VIRGIN GORDA - White Bay JOST VAN DYKE - Road Bay ANGUILLA - Gustavia SAINT BARTHELEMY - Basseterre ST. KITTS - St. John’s ANTIGUA


 
Sea Cloud II and the original Sea Cloud docked in Antiqua awaiting passengers. < Click on image above to see more photos >
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The photographer being photographed while taking a spin on the London EYE


UK
USA

L O N D O N

With the start of my work here in the USA for the Sir John Soan'es Museum Foundation, I visited London in May 2005 to explore the Sir John Soane's Museum and related sites.

. . .and a stay at the famed Travellers Club.

 


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ICEBERGS...

While GREENLAND was only one stop on a North Atlantic adventure sailing from NYC to Iceland, it is probably one of the most exciting places in the world to see!

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While this looks like something created by Disney, it is a iceberg shining in the sun.



Cruising northwards from NYC to Iceland with lots of  fascintating ports and places, including GREENLAND.

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Captain Fausto Cheiga on the bridge of the Radisson Seven Seas Navigator
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Scotland

in the Summer

Starting in Edinburgh for a couple of days, we then set off northwards to Perthshire and the 9,000 acre Kinnaird Estate where we'd rented a house for a week . . . Finishing up at the end of the trip with a great day in Stirling!

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Scotland

in the Winter

With the celebration of Hogmanay . . . ringing out 2003 and welcoming 2004 . . . we spent time exploring Glasgow, up through the Highlands to The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle, then down through Perthshire and finishing up in the beautiful city of Edinburgh.

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Maldives

In the midst of the Indian Ocean, off the southwestern coast of India, is an independent country comprise of an atoll chain of 1,200+ islands and land spits.  The highest point of land in all of the islands is just 5 feet above sea level -- this country will be the first to disappear with global warming and the rising of the sea!  We spent eight fabulous days in October/November 2003 exploring this remote part of our globe.

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The challenge . . . getting to the Maldives via the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Malaysia!

While there are more direct routes, this proved a great chance to explore other spots . . . leaving Newark on a non-stop 13.5 hour flight to Dubai, then I opted for a layover of 8-daylight hours to re-explore Dubai (I'd originally ventured there in 1986).  Then that evening, the flight was 8 hours to Kuala Lumpur arriving early morning.  Spent 2 days and 1 night in a hotel before the final 5 hour flight to the Maldives . . . The homebound journey included briefer visits to both KL and Dubai, plus stopovers in Colombo, Sir Lanka and Karachi, Pakistan.       >>Jump direct to these photos>>


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Into Iceland

A spectacular cruise on SilverSeas M.V. Silver Whisper sailing in August 2003 from London-Tilbury to the Isle of Wight, Penzance in Cornwall, Dublin Ireland, north to Portree on the Isle of Skye in Scotland . . . then out into the North Atlantic to Denmark's Faeroe Islands and finally around Iceland.

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Chas on a lava field walkway going to the Blue Lagoon Spa, located in the outskirts of Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Ireland

Traveling to the Northwestern Counties

Exploration in June 2003 was to parts of the country that typically close down to tourists outside of the summer season . . . Co. Sligo, Donegal, Mayo, and a return again to Co. Clare.  Plus a short drive into Northern Ireland for the first time to visit Co. Fermanagh and the incomparable Florence Court, now part of the National Trust.

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Ireland

Exploring the East, South and West

Thanksgiving 2002 started in Dublin adn then headed south through Counties Wicklow, Wexford, and across Tipperary, Galway finally ending in Co. Clare.

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An 18th Century folly found on the outskirts of Dublin.
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Ireland

The Southwestern Counties

Thanksgiving 2001 took us exploring the Southwest with Counties Cork, Kerry and Clare.

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A double rainbow appears.
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Sea Cloud II docked in Helsinki


Sailing the Baltic

Sailing in August 2001 aboard the Sea Cloud II from Copenhagen Denmark to Visby Gotland Sweden, Stockholm Sweden, Turku Finland, Tallinn Estonia, Helsinki Finland and finishing in St. Petersburg Russia.

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Cuba

Havana - A post card of the Bacardi building (right).  February 2001 offered the amazing opportunity to join with 18 other members of the Apollo Circle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a journey to this forbidden island.

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Italy

Sailing the Po River in June 2001 aboard the River Cloud II, we started in Cremona and went downstream to the Adriatic and then up the coast to Venice.

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The golden mosaics of the domes in San Marco, Venice
 
 
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The following are countries visited, cruises taken, and airlines flown . . .

 * denotes photos found on this web site                                + denotes countries that were just flight stopovers


As of January 2010 - a total of 62 countries have been visited.

Argentina *

Austria

Bahrain +

Belgium

Bermuda

Brazil
Cambodia *

Canada

Chile

China

Cuba *

Czech Republic

Denmark *

Egypt

England, United Kingdom *

Estonia *

Faroe Islands, Denmark *

Finland *

France *

Germany

Gibraltar, United Kingdom

Gotland Island, Sweden *

Greece

Greenland *

Guatemala

Hong Kong, United Kingdom (pre China)

Hungary

Iceland *

India

Ireland *

Italy *

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macau

Malaysia *

Maldives *

Malta

Martinique

Mexico

Morocco

Netherlands

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Oman

Pakistan +

Paraguay

Portugal

Russia *

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, France (their only remaining territory in North America)*

Scotland, United Kingdom *

Singapore *

Spain

Sri Lanka +

Sweden *

Switzerland

Thailand *

Turkey

United Arab Emirates *

USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Wales, United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

+

 

United States of America including Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut , Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Island’s of St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas

 

Voyages and cruises . . .

Actief - Abercombie & Kent

C. Columbus - Hapag-Lloyd

Four Seasons Explorer - Four Seasons Hotels *

GTS Millennium - Celebrity Cruises

Nordic Prince - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Illiria - Travel Dynamics

Cunard Crown Jewel - Cunard Crown Line

Atlantic - Home Lines

Century - Celebrity Cruises

Seven Seas Navigator - Radisson Seven Seas Cruises *

Silver Whispher - Silver Seas Cruises *

Safari Quest - American Safari Cruises

River Cloud II - Sea Cloud Cruises *

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 - Cunard Line

Queen Mary 2 - Cunard Line

Sea Explorer (private charter by Arrangements Abroad)

Sea Cloud II - Sea Cloud Cruises *

Veendam (x Argentina) - Holland America Line

Argentina - Moore-McCormack Lines

Star Clipper - Clipper Cruise Line *
Star Flyer - Clipper Cruise Line

Edinburgh Castle - Manhattan Cruises

Variety Voyager   (private charter by Arrangements Abroad)

 

And have flown . . .

Round the World 2010 (Singapore Airlines)

.Round the World 2006 (United Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Gulf Air, MaxJet)

Round the World 2000 (Delta Air Lines, Singapore Airlines, Swissair, Iberia, Delta)

Aer Lingus

Aeroflot

AeroMexico

Air Inter / Air France

Air Canada

Air China

Air France

Air Greenland

Air India

Air Malta

Alaska Airlines

Alitalia

Allegheny Airlines

American Airlines

Balair

Bangkok Airways
British Airway

British Airways - Concorde

Capital Airlines

Continental

Delta Air Lines

Delta Shuttle

Eastern

Eastern Shuttle

Egypt Air

Finnair

Gulf Air

Iberia

Icelandair

KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines

Lufthansa

Malaysia Airlines

MaxJet

Mexicana

New York Air

NWA - Northwest Airlines

Pam Am - Pan American World Airways

Pan Am Shuttle

PBA - Provincetown Boston Air

People Express

Piedmont Airlines

Presidential Airways

Republic Airlines

Royal Air Maroc

SAS - Scandianian Air System

SilkAir

Singapore Airlines

Swissair

Texas Air

Trump Shuttle

TWA - Trans World Airlines

United Airlines

USAirways (previously USAir)

USAirways Shuttle

Virgin Atlantic Airways




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. . . and prior to the advent of the digital camera,
thousands of images have been taken around the globe.
These, like most people's, are in boxes where
one rarely gets to explore them . . . 



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