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Monday, April 13, 2015
The best-laid plans
This is one of the few pictures I took from the boat. I had scheduled an afternoon tour of the Bosphorus from New York, and I thought I'd see everything again later.
But I did take a picture of this, a palazzo apparently flown in from Venice. And as you've probably already guessed, the Misadventures of Kathleen had a new chapter and I did not go on the scheduled tour, so I'm glad I took the picture when I had the chance.
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