{"id":7738,"date":"2013-05-12T00:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T07:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2015-05-01T14:39:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T21:39:52","slug":"view-from-the-sky-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/12\/view-from-the-sky-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Views from the Sky Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7295\/8731212134_0380130f88_b.jpg\" alt=\"Rhine View\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cruising down the Rhine had not been on my list of Things I Wanted to Do. While certainly you can take me on a road trip anywhere and I will be giddy with joy, I&#8217;m squirrelly about boats and I&#8217;m not crazy about organized tours.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I have to totally shut up about that now because truly, gliding across the surface of the Rhine surrounded by vineyards and castles while a waiter with a charming accent appears every 20 minutes or so to make sure you have enough champagne is, well&#8230; and if you should be lucky enough to have a breeze that just takes the edge out of the approximately 75 degree day and a chair with a sunshade that you can adjust just so to keep the bright light on out of your eyes&#8230; As the ship sailed past, I could see slices of the sky framed by the Gothic arches of the skeletal cathedral just left of the church spire in the top photo.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably just as well that I&#8217;m not used to this kind of fabulous because were\u00a0 to become all worldy and fatigued by it I would be one sorry individual indeed.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Rhine View by Nerd's Eye View, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nerdseyeview\/8730139265\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7334\/8730139265_0cf6fc8a32_z.jpg\" alt=\"Rhine View\" width=\"510\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Rhine View by Nerd's Eye View, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nerdseyeview\/8731322926\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7450\/8731322926_c5ca009649_z.jpg\" alt=\"Rhine View\" width=\"510\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">My <a title=\"Avalon Waterways\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avalonwaterways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">river cruise<\/a> was sponsored by Avalon Waterways. It was remarkable. And if you&#8217;re curious, I&#8217;m shooting a Nikon D200 with a 28-300, that&#8217;s the lens I carry for traveling.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruising down the Rhine had not been on my list of Things I Wanted to Do. While certainly you can take me on a road trip anywhere and I will be giddy with joy, I&#8217;m squirrelly about boats and I&#8217;m not crazy about organized tours. Also, I have to totally shut up about that now &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Views from the Sky Deck\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/12\/view-from-the-sky-deck\/#more-7738\" aria-label=\"Read more about Views from the Sky Deck\"><br \/>&#8230;read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elsewhere","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7738"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10273,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions\/10273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}