Archive for May, 2006
Palazzo del Capitano & al Vecchio Forno
If anyone is researching places to stay/dine in central Italy, I would highly recommend you take a look at the Palazzo del Capitano & al Vecchio Forno.
The edifice which dates back to 1400 is one of the oldest in the historic center of San Quirico d’Orcia, a small medieval village in the heart [...]
May 26th, 2006 by jkarnell
Pienza, Italy 2006 Photo Set
I have uploaded my first set of photos that I took while attending a National Geographic Photography Workshop in Tuscany, Italy. The following set of 55 photos were taken on May 7th & 8th 2006 around the medieval village of San Quirico and Pienza. For those of you who were following my blog during [...]
May 25th, 2006 by jkarnell
Tomasz Tomaszewski
Tomasz Tomaszewski is the National Geographic Expert that led the photography workshop that I took part in a couple of weeks ago in Italy. In a word, he was GREAT! If anyone comes across this post researching future expeditions that he is involved with, I would urge you to take my advice and [...]
May 22nd, 2006 by jkarnell
The Alex Hustle
Now this is cute! Today my brother e-mailed me a video of my Nephew Alex getting his groove on at Chuck Cheese over the weekend. Forgive the quality as it was shot via his Treo 650 phone. Enjoy!
May 22nd, 2006 by jkarnell
In the Realm of Jet Lag
So–its 4:45am on Monday and I am up blogging! LOL. I arrived home from my 17 day holiday in Italy yesterday afternoon. Outside of falling asleep for about an hour on my couch while watching a movie with some friends who came over, I was able to stay up until 11pm. Since I woke [...]
May 12th, 2006 by jkarnell
Last Daily Photo Post from Italy
Below represent the last set of four photos that I plan to upload this week from the National Geographic Expedition I am attending in Tuscany, Italy (the workshop ends tomorrow and I plan to take a break from both blogging and photography for a couple of days). These shots were taken yesterday in Montepuiciano. As [...]




















May 31st, 2006 by jkarnell