| World traveler, Vicki Landes, portrays Europe | | | | ponder Pisa's only claim to fame is an |
| in the most delightful way one can imagine. | | | | engineering failure; imagine the perplexing |
| She captures, through her precise eye, sights | | | | mixture of pride and embarrassment for its |
| of delight, wonderment, and beauty in her | | | | creator, knowing the world remembers you for |
| enchanting coffee table book. | | | | this crooked tower too unstable to ring its |
| | | | own bells." |
| Enchanting it is as Landes takes the reader | | | | |
| through various areas of Europe, evoking not | | | | Landes adds a wonderful section on Austria. |
| only sight through pictures, but through the | | | | To me, Austria is one of the most beautiful |
| other senses. Although one would think that | | | | countries I've ever been to. The photos of |
| her photos would only induce appreciation | | | | garden urns and fountains are magical. I love |
| through site, Landes' photos are so defined | | | | the statues in the gardens and have tried to |
| that they look real. I found myself touching | | | | recreate the same atmosphere in our own |
| the pictures, expecting to feel the bright | | | | courtyard. She also adds photos of the |
| green ferns. I imagined the smell of the | | | | various frescoes in the St. Charles |
| water blooms, and almost heard the pipe organ | | | | Cathedral. |
| in the Fraumunster Church. | | | | |
| | | | Secondly, I love the Netherlands, and of |
| The other thing I found delightful was to see | | | | course Landes added a wonderful section. She |
| photographs of places I've been to: Linderhof | | | | explains "Rows of colorful tulips as far as |
| Fountain, Temple of Venus, city view from a | | | | the eye can see...it's tulip time in the |
| castle in Heidelberg, Cologne Cathedral, and | | | | Netherlands. As each flower greedily reaches |
| of course the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Going | | | | for the sun, countless visitors at the |
| through Landes book was like revisiting | | | | Keukenhof Gardens snap pictures and purchase |
| Europe. | | | | bulbs and seedlings." It is obvious that |
| | | | Landes was one of those snapping pictures. |
| "Europe for the Senses" is more than a | | | | The rainbow of colors that are portrayed in |
| picture book. Landes also explains some of | | | | the photos of "Europe for the Senses" is |
| the architecture as well. An example is, | | | | spectacular and the hyacinths are so true to |
| "Pisa a collection of clay-colored roofs | | | | form that I feel like putting my nose into |
| being interrupted by a pallid square of | | | | the picture. In fact, I'm sure I can even |
| marble structures. Contain a smirk when you | | | | smell the flowers! |