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Hut-to-hut hikes in Northeast U.S. range from the spartan to handsome lodgings
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MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H.
THE CONE-SHAPED rockpile atop the tallest mountain in the
Northeast loomed clear and bright a mile in the distance as we
approached Lakes of the Clouds Hut around midday. But within
minutes, a cold wind ushered in a mass of clouds that completely
obscured the view.
With Mount Washington notorious for fast-changing and unforgiving
weather, the 92-year-old hut along the edge of the Amoonoosic Ravine
is a welcome stopping point for cold, hungry day hikers craving a
hot bowl of soup or a cup of tea or coffee.
For those planning to spend the night, Lakes of the Clouds ...
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Rediscovering Paestum
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; Rediscovering Paestum Russell Chamberlin on how the city was left to brigands and buffaloes Paestum, 40km south of Salerno in southern Italy...and built a new town, Capaccio, leaving Paestum to brigands, buffaloes and mosquitoes. The...
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Parole del tuffatore di Paestum.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica
; Parole del tuffatore di Paestum Io sono l'anima di tuo padre, il tuffatore: ti ho seguito ogni...ispirata al celebre affresco tombale detto La tomba del tuffatore, a Paestum, l'opera piu famosa che rappresenta un tema diffuso e rappresentato...
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At Paestum.
Magazine article from: Poetry
; AT PAESTUM Our bus maintains a distance-runner's pace. Lurching on tires scraped bare as marrowbones, It whisks us past a teeming marketplace...
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At Paestum
Magazine article from: Poetry
; Our bus maintains a distance-runner's pace. Lurching on tires scraped bare as marrowbones, It whisks us past a teeming marketplace. We shun life. What we're after is old stones. Pillars the Greeks erected with a crane Went up in sections as canned fruit is stacked. An accurate spear could pierce a
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Cheese goes well with Greek ruins in southern Italy.(NWTraveler)
Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
; ...Italy's Campania region, the Greek ruins of Paestum would be reason enough for coming here. Paestum was settled around 600 B.C. as part of...modern-day visitors feel like discoverers. Paestum's three huge, elegant, breathtaking Doric...
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A FIELD TRIP FOR LATIN LOVERS Some school subjects can seem so dry. But take your kids to Italy's Roman ruins and you'l soon inspire them, says Simon O'Hagan
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...wandering awestruck among the ruins of Paestum. The relative proximity of the much more...Pompeii and Her- culaneum means that Paestum - built on the coastal plain some 50 miles...But if it's temples you are after then Paestum is unbeatable. It has two absolute beauties...
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An Italian maestro
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday
; ...character. WHITE 2 2005 Fiano Donnaluna, IGT Paestum, GBP 9.99 Bursting with heavily perfumed...the palate. 3 2003 Fiano Antece, IGT Paestum, GBP 15.99 A subtle, feminine wine...RED 4 2004 Aglianico, Donnaluna, IGT Paestum, GBP 9.99 Dark red in the glass, this...
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"Toms Laocoon": a newly discovered poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Victorian Poetry
; ...subject proposed instead of the ruins of Paestum, and here he has shewn much greater talent...chosen for the 1821 Prize was the ruins of Paestum, in Southern Italy, and the winner was...entry for the prize, on the ruins of Paestum, must be presumed lost. Nevertheless...
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ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY TAKES VINCENTIAN SPIRIT INTERNATIONAL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Stones complex, the Greek Temples of Paestum, Pompeii, Naples, and the breathless...to community service. In the town of Paestum, students focused on painting and renovating...participants and I painted a local church in Paestum, Italy," senior Monica C. Moran said...
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Louis Kahn, Builder of Dreams; Lessons From the Master: A Philosophy Made From Art and Light
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...archaic first. The archaic begins like Paestum {the ancient columned temple near the shores of southern Italy}. Paestum is beautiful to me because it is less...because from it the Parthenon came. "Paestum is dumpy; it has unsure, sacred proportions...
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