Weekend Reflections

Ponte Garibaldi, Rome,
at "rush hour"—but traffic in
this city can be pretty
insane at almost any hour.

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ABC Wednesday—B is for "bridges"

Why I choose my seat carefully when booking 
a flight back home from Virginia: the hope 
of getting this view.  That's the Brooklyn Bridge 
(my daily commute) on the left, the
Manhattan Bridge on the right.

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les ponts de Paris

Well, three of them anyway (in all, there
are 37, including 3 for pedestrians and 2 for trains).
Visible through the ornate railing of the Pont
Notre Dame (1853) is the Pont au Change (1860), 
and behind that is Paris's oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf,
which dates all the way back to 1606.

[Linking back to Mandarin Orange Monday
and to Travel Photo Mondays.]

Skywatch Friday

This is the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, which
connects the Bronx (duh) and Queens. The
two towers were built in a mere 18 days.
When the bridge opened 70 years ago, the
toll was 25 cents. It's now $5.50. And so
it goes . . .
[See more Skywatch here.]