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