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An Interview with Carlos Fuente Jr.
A decade after introducing the Fuente Fuente OpusX, Carlos Fuente Jr. discusses its significance and what is to come.
David Savona
From the Print Edition:
Michael Jordan, July/August 2005
Carlos Fuente Jr. is one of the most recognized faces in the world of cigars. The 51-year-old president of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. is a passionate cigarmaker who finds inspiration in breaking new ground in the cigar business. He and his father, Carlos Sr., revived the perfecto shape with their immensely popular Hemingway series of cigars and drove the demand for full-flavored smokes with their creation of the Fuente Fuente OpusX, the first successful cigar to be made with a Cuban-seed wrapper grown under shade in the Dominican Republic. n As the 10th anniversary of the Fuente Fuente OpusX launch loomed, Fuente Jr. sat down with senior editor David Savona for a wide-ranging discussion on his past, present and future in the cigar business.
Savona: When did you smoke your first cigar?
Fuente: I was between the age of six and seven years old. I went to my dad's dresser, and he had a couple of Arturo Fuente Brevas. I remember sneaking them outside. It was daytime. I opened up the matches and took a couple of puffs.
Q: And taking this wasn't something you had permission to do, right?
A: No, no. When my father got home, he started asking, Where's the cigars? And I was very quiet. I never told him, but he knew. As soon as he got home, I put my head down, and had a big smirk on my face.
Q: Where was this?
A: It was on Dewey Street, in West Tampa. My family moved from Ybor City to West Tampa when I was three years old. I was born in a hospital, and the next day I went to my grandfather's [Arturo Fuente's] home. My mom was 18 and my father was 19, so my parents lived with my grandfather, and the cigar factory was part of the house. The doctor who delivered me was a good friend, and he was paid with a box of cigars. Everybody seemed to be involved somehow directly or indirectly with cigars. It was a different world, but it was a beautiful world. I remember the afternoons and the early evenings, being on the porch with my grandparents. My father, my mother, my uncles, my aunts. Godparents. Neighbors would be walking up and down the street and stop, and smoke a cigar with my grandfather. It was a wonderful community.
Q: Was the company called Tabacalera A. Fuente at that time?
A: The original company was A. Fuente & Co. It was started in 1912 by my grandfather. He was a very young man at the time. He migrated to the United States from Cuba in search of the American dream. [The factory] was known as A. Fuente & Co. till 1924, when it burned down [during] one of his visits to Cuba, where he would spend months and months during the tobacco season. He reopened again in the 1940s as the Arturo Fuente Cigar factory. It became Tabacalera A. Fuente in 1980, when we moved to the Dominican Republic.
Q: Your company has changed dramatically over the years, and this is a big one: 2005 is the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Fuente Fuente OpusX. Tell me a little about how that brand has changed your company over the last 10 years.
A: People didn't really know about the Dominican Republic at that time, especially in Florida. But we had a group of visitors, and one gentleman in particular, from Paris. He saw our factories and he said, "Carlito, you don't produce cigars, you assemble cigars. Just like the clothing companies around here: they bring in clothing, they assemble it and they export it. It's not really a Dominican product. You bring in tobaccos from all over, but you're not really producing a Dominican cigar, because the most important part is the wrapper." And that statement literally broke my heart. I was so grateful to the Dominican Republic, and I believed so much in the Dominican Republic, there was no logical reason in the world why you couldn't grow great wrappers in the Dominican Republic.
Q: It insulted you?
A: I believe God speaks to you in many ways, and I believe in destiny. I think it was a message, and this really opened my mind, to ask myself, Why not? And I started speaking to my dad about the importance of growing wrappers. And the person who is my mentor, the person who guided us in the '70s and someone who I think of every day was Angel Oliva. And I asked Angel, and the Oliva family, if they would grow tobacco for us in the Dominican Republic the way it was grown in Nicaragua.
Q: Did they grow tobacco when you were in Nicaragua?
A: Yes, along with Juan Francisco Bermejo, who was my father's partner at the time. At that time, most of the cigars made in the Dominican Republic were very mild. Most of the larger companies used marketing people, and the information they got was that the market wanted cigars that had a light aroma, very mild. At that time, it was the era of Miller Lite, Marlboro Light, everything light. That was totally against what I believe in, what I love, and what my father had taught me. I wanted something that was rich and bold, and the only way to achieve that was through the real Cuban-seed tobacco. And we approached the Oliva family, who was and still is very close to us. In the beginning, they were a little hesitant, but then my father convinced them to grow in Caribe, which is now Chateau de la Fuente [the farm where Tabacalera A. Fuente grows tobacco for OpusX and other cigars]. The first year—it was 1990-'91—they grew a whole crop of Cuban-seed tobacco. My father had made a commitment to take the whole crop.
Q: Was it shade?
A: It was sun-grown, and it was piloto Cubano, Cuban-seed from the Dominican Republic. And we didn't use any wrappers that year, but it was very promising. So we asked the Oliva family if they would grow shade-grown and use wrapper seed, and really grow wrappers, and that's when the Oliva family, especially Angel, he told me that the farm was too small to achieve what we were looking for. And he encouraged me. He said, "If you really believe in this, the best thing to do is for you to take over the operation." I was very hesitant. And I said, "Angel, can we really grow wrappers here?" He said, "Carlito, the reason we went to that farm is the soil is the closest thing I have ever seen to San Luis [Cuba.]" He said these soils were meant for Cuban-seed tobacco, not Connecticut-seed.
Q: Tell me about getting the cigars to market.
A: There was a lot of controversy about wrappers in the Dominican Republic, that this product would never reach the market, that it didn't exist. In 1993, a gentleman came to visit us from Cigar Aficionado magazine. I knew it was premature. And I was very concerned, because our colleagues in the industry were saying that this project will never be successful, that we were going to fail.
Q: People knew about it?
A: There's no hiding. At the time, we were already making more cigars than anyone else here by hand, and our brands were oversold. They said, "Your son is taking a big risk. You have no need for this." My father, the more people told him no, the more he said we have to do it. My father is a person who the word "impossible" doesn't exist for. He's the person I love most in life, and my dream is to follow in his footsteps, but it's impossible to fill his shoes.
Q: When you say negativity, where was that coming from?
A: It was the other manufacturers. For some reason, they felt that great wrappers cannot be grown [in the Dominican Republic]. The article came out, "Seeds of Hope," and it was positive, although there was still a lot of doubt. Our colleagues were also interviewed. No one, no one at all, said that they were hoping it was successful. I was heartbroken by that. That's where the idea came [for our ad] Chateau de la Fuente, Birthplace of a Dream. We didn't have a product yet, but we showed my father and myself in a tobacco field. That was not [directed] to the consumer. It was not to promote. That was a response to my colleagues.
It wasn't until 1995, when we had the bands, that my father said, "We're going to wait until November the 18th [to ship]. That's your grandfather's birthday, and we'll need his help." On November 18th, I was here in New York City for the Big Smoke. I started getting calls from the finest retailers in New York City saying there were people in line around the block. It was amazing, the demand for this product.
Q: I was going to ask you when you knew the cigar was a hit. I guess you knew the first day.
A: I knew I loved it. This was my baby. But I didn't know who else was going to like it. At that time, cigars were basically very mild, and all of a sudden, after the Fuente Fuente OpusX had this tremendous success, it started a whole new trend in the cigar industry, a whole new trend for rich, flavorful cigars. I feel blessed.
Q: What did it do for your core brand, Arturo Fuente?
A: I believe it enhanced our family of cigars. I believe, and most people believe, our greatest cigars are the Reserva Don Carlos, the Arturo Fuente Hemingway series, Chateau Fuente series and, of course, our bread and butter, the Arturo Fuente 8-5-8.
Q: Is the 8-5-8 your best seller?
A: I don't really know what's our best seller.
Q: You don't know which of your cigars you sell the most?
A: I really don't know. I consider myself a chef, my father a chef. We blend leaves. It's very much like cooking, to get the complexity, the dimension, the personality, the signature of our family name inside every puff. We're chefs, and we have to offer different tastes for different people.
Q: Have you always liked strong and flavorful cigars?
A: Absolutely. When I was 18, 19 years old, I used to visit the Dominican Republic. My father wanted me to learn tobacco from the ground up. I was not able to go to Cuba because of the economic embargo, so my father sent me to the Dominican Republic to work with José Mendez & Co., one of the great Cuban families and one of the pioneers in the Dominican Republic with Cuban-seed tobacco. Everybody was shocked, because I would get the [powerful leaves called] coronas and the medio tiempos and make cigars out of that.
Q: Those are the highest leaves?
A: Yes, the highest, thickest leaves, and everyone was amazed. At that time, everyone wanted mild, but I wanted more intense. Maybe it's part of my heritage, but it's just what I love. Like the coffee we drink, like the food we eat.
Q: Do you like food with lots of flavor and spice?
A: Absolutely. At my age I can't eat the spices like I used to, but I was known for just chewing away at jalapeño peppers.
Q: Did your grandfather like strong cigars, too?
A: Of course. I'm not saying strong. I don't believe in strong cigars. I really believe in flavor, balance, richness. I think the Fuente Fuente OpusX is very powerful, but it's like a silent power. I believe it's very complex, very rich, but sometimes you don't realize it until you stand up.
Q: You mentioned blending. Can you talk about how different sizes in a brand have different flavors?
A: I don't blend a gran panetela the same way I would blend a double corona. They would be the same tobaccos but in different proportions. With different dimensions and different lengths, you get different cigars. Cigar making is probably the most difficult craft in the world. In the wine industry, you have a crop of grapes, you ferment them, and you mix liquids together and it becomes uniform. With cigars, you're blending solids. That's where it takes not only know-how, but also art. You're blending sometimes as many as five, six, seven different flavors together. I like to refer to them as herbs and spices. The Fuente line is extensive, and that's because it evolved. In Nicaragua, we made a certain type of cigar. Before the Cuban embargo, we made a certain type of cigar. When we moved to the Dominican Republic, a lot of the people wanted them milder. And little by little we toned them down. Around 1982, we started adjusting it back up, and we introduced the Chateau Fuente line.
Q: That's with Connecticut wrapper?
A: Yes, but it was a blend that was very rich and more full-flavored. We kept on bringing more things with more taste, and different shapes. For example, in 1983 we introduced Arturo Fuente Hemingway. It was a shape [perfecto] that was lost on the market. It was really a lost art. But I really have a passion, and my heart is in the past. I wanted to recapture that lost art. My father went back to our warehouse in Ybor City and gathered as many molds as he could find of the perfecto shape, which my grandfather called Arturo Fuente Fancy Tales, and I believe it wasn't made since the '60s. No one knew how to make those shaped cigars. I asked my father, and he said when he was young, he used to make them. My grandfather had taught him. And my father practiced and worked on it, and taught our master roller to make it. It wasn't until about a year later that the cigar was introduced, and it became an instant success. It was the only perfecto shape on the market that I was aware of.
Q: When did you come out with the Hemingway Short Story?
A: It was becoming difficult to smoke in certain areas. We were talking about making a shape that was small but very flavorful. There was only one or two cigarmakers making each of these cigar sizes at that time. It was an instant success. For many years there wasn't a shape like that on the market. The Short Story became perhaps the most imitated shape. My father always taught me you either lead or follow.
Q: What about Don Carlos?
A: The Don Carlos series was launched in 1986. It's an honor and tribute to my father, but I also think of someone very dear to me, a brother, Richard Meerapfel [the recently deceased grower of Cameroon leaf]. We developed Don Carlos for the European market. Today, it's a classic. It's what many people believe is our finest cigar.
I just can't create something new because someone asked me to. A lot of times when we develop new sizes and new blends, most of the times it's during my most difficult moments. Sometimes it happens in the middle of the night. I can't turn it on, I can't turn it off. Don Carlos was developed this way. My father was involved, I was involved, and also Richard Meerapfel with his wrappers. It pays tribute to someone who's probably the most humble man you could meet.
Q: Can you tell me about your grandfather Arturo?
A: At a very young age, I used to sit on my grandfather's lap, in this old wooden house in Ybor City. Every evening, my grandfather would take me to his room with a cigar in his mouth, and put it on a little night table right by his bed. And he would tell me stories about Cuba, about the folklore, about El Indio, the goddess that protects the tobacco fields. How there was so much pride when he was a young man in Cuba. The tobacco farmers lived a life to make tobacco taste better. It was in their culture, in their veins. My grandfather told me all these stories, and I was like a computer without information, a blank slate. And all these stories are my inspiration.
Q: What kind of man was he?
A: I never saw my grandfather without a cigar. My grandfather, and I say this in a very affectionate way, was a guajido. A guajido is a Cubano from the land, who is affectionate, respects life, and is also very proud. A man with honor. A man above all whose word is his bond. My grandfather was probably the most tender human being I ever met. He was a simple man, but a man everybody loved. Right now, I smell his Old Spice aftershave. I see my grandfather sitting in a wooden chair, caressing tobacco. At a very young age he told me tobacco is like the most beautiful woman. As you caress the tobacco, it becomes more beautiful. It speaks to you. He was a simple, humble man, but a man who left such a deep impact on my life. When it comes to tobacco and cigars, everything I do, I do it with my grandfather in mind, and hope that he is proud.
Q: Let's talk about your tobacco farm, which has grown so much over the years. How many acres are you growing now?
A: The total property is approximately 300 acres. The most we grow in one year is 190 acres. The farm when we started was around 38 acres. We're in negotiations now to buy another property to develop a filler farm at Chateau de la Fuente.
Q: And will that go into your other cigars, besides Fuente Fuente OpusX?
A: Of course. Most of the tobacco that we grow on Chateau de la Fuente does not go on Fuente Fuente OpusX. On Fuente Fuente OpusX we use tobacco from the farm and tobacco from around Santiago.
Q: Which of your other cigars uses the Chateau de la Fuente tobacco?
A: A lot of different cigars, David. Cigars in the Fuente brand, and, of course, we own other brands, and also cigars with the Newman family. It could be half a leaf. How can you not use it, when the taste is so unique? In Connecticut, or other great growing regions in the world, if there's a bad crop, you always have something else to fall back on. If Chateau de la Fuente fails, there's nothing else to fall on. I'm not saying it's better, but it's different.
Q: Is that why you're careful with your inventories?
A: One thing I learned from my father: you run the cigar business with your heart, not with pencil and paper. And our greatest passion is tobacco. We have inventory that's scary. We've had business tragedies. We had a fire in 1995 where we lost about 1,800 bales of old, aged tobacco. And that same morning, when the buildings were ablaze, a lot of people in the industry were there watching the fire. That next day, one of my friends and colleagues was approaching the Newman family offering to make their cigars, because the industry thought we were out of business. But no one in the industry knew the dozens of warehouses we had just like that full of tobacco. We're a family business, and we're very private. And people didn't know how much tobacco we had.
Q: Just to give perspective, how many cigars can you make with 1,800 bales?
A: I have no idea.
Q: A lot?
A: A shitload. (Laughs) But my family is not about numbers, it's not about being big. We're not really businesspeople. We do things from the heart. When it's great tobacco, it only gets better with time. We have enough tobacco to supply quite a few companies in the cigar industry. We do it because we have a love for it. You never see my father with a tie. You'll never see a memo. Nothing is written down. Not even our blends are written down.
Q: They're not written down?
A: They're not written down.
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1 pound
ground pork sausage
eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons
vegetable oil
1/2 head
cabbage, cored and shredded
carrots, chopped
6 cups
cooked white rice, cold
1/4 cup
soy sauce, or to taste
1 (14.5 ounce) can
bean sprouts, drained
1 (6 ounce) package
frozen green peas, thawed
ground black pepper to taste
green onions, chopped
I have been using this recipe site for a couple of years now, but this is the first time I have ever submitted a review. I read the other reviews and decided to give this recipe a try since my family loves fried rice. After making this dish, I must say, it is AWESOME!!! I have no idea why some of the reviews said it was bland. All I can figure out was that they did not make it correctly. Everyone in my family thought this was a very tasty dish. I'm glad I read the reviews and remembered to use COLD rice that had been in the refridgerator over night. I can't wait to try this recipe again with chicken....hmmmmm, or maybe even mini shrimp.....yummy!!!! Thank you so much for this recipe Glo! I will be making this on a regular basis.
I made this with chicken and it was awful! Completely bland. It made a huge mess and it was way too much food.
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Unless your feeding a group of training sumo wrestlers, I'd cut this recipe in half. I had four hungry mouths to feed and there are still plenty of leftovers (which is ok to me!). I made 3 changes: First, I scrambled the eggs in a seperate dish rather than do it in the leftover sausage grease. Second, I added just a splash of oil to the grease (to make sure there was enough) and when heated, I added the cabbage & then the cold rice (why must it be cold? I don't know). Finally, when the rice was slightly browned, I added a pkg of frozen (thawed) broccoli stir fry veggies instead of chopping my own, which has brocoli, onions, mushrooms, red peppers and water chesnuts. Once adding the eggs/soy sauce, this is a pretty dish and VERY filling. Would repeat this recipe again! Thanks Gloria!
I never thought I would be making my own fried rice. This recipe caused quite a problem for me. My family loves fried rice and I used to order it at least twice a month from a local restaurant. Since I have started making this recipe my family no longer wants me to order it from the restaurant. This is the BEST fried rice we have ever eaten hands down. It has such a great blend of flavors and is also fun to experiement with by adding or substituting ingredients. Thank you so much for this recipe Gloria.
My Kids really liked this. I used boil in a bag rice so that I could rinse it in cold water to make the rice cold quicker. I also left out the sprouts(Kids don't like)I did use other suggestion and added broccoli florets(thawed)I used a big wok and put the cabbage in the sausage grease and added some oil. at the end I made a well in the wok and put in 4 beaten eggs and let it cook for a minute and then mixed the egg in. My kids liked it and they won't usually eat cabbage.
This recipe makes SO much rice! I ate it for days and it just got better. Maybe I will half the recipe next time since it's only me and my boyfriend, but I will make this again. I did add some cilantro to the eggs, and some oyster sauce, it added an excellent flavor!
I like this fried rice a lot and it is super easy to make if you buy coleslaw mix and shredded carrots. It is one of my go-to meals for an easy dinner.
This fried rice dish was wonderful. Easy to prepare and delicious. My whole family just loved it. It did make a lot but the leftovers were just as good as the first day. We all really liked the sausage added to it. Very good - would definitely make again!
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Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 540
Calories from Fat: 285
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How is your experiences with Amara for TED Translations
As translation platform is moving from dotsub to Amara.
Lets share our experience and improvements which you will like to see in Amara
May 5 2012: As for now, not good enough. I have found until now some features lacking or insufficient on Amara.
1. It does not save automatically the lines when you go down to the next line, like it was at dotSub.
2. It does not allow you just to save without exiting. There needs to be a special saving button or alike, like in Windows.
3. One can see only 3 lines of translation while translating. If you want to read few lines before or after your current line of translation in order to recheck yourself from time to time, you need all the time to use the mouse, which is exhausting. On dotSub one could see at least 7-9 lines simultaneously.
4. For languages typing from the right side, like Hebrew, the lines of translation are not aligned from right. Each new line there's a need to press CTRL+SHIFT on right side of the keyboard. On dotSub, all the translation lines were aligned in advance to the right side for the right aligned languages.
5. The summary and title are on separate page than the translation. Why not putting them on the same page of the translation itself, like on dotSub ?? Translators sometimes need to correct the summary or the title according to the running translation.
6. The timing of each line gives you only the beginning time of that line. It does not give the ending time of that line, like it was on dotSub. The translators like to know in one glance the length of time for each line so that they can adjust as possible the length of that line's translation. On Amara, one has all the time to look on the timing of the next line to know that, and doing so hundreds of times is again exhausting.
To summarize: I thought that the transition to a new platform is supposed to make it better for the translators -- perhaps it does so in some advanced features. But the basic features in this new platform seem to go backward relative to the older platform of dotSub.
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May 7 2012: I agree with all these points, what I would add - which is kind of a variation on #3 - is that the translation field is way too small.
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May 7 2012: Agree with your 'Field' remark.
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May 5 2012: Thanks to the TED translators for their efforts towards accurate results and excellence! You provide an extremely valuable contribution towards international exchange and relationship - a feature I value greatly in TED. Thanks again to all those contributing to this effort.May 5 2012: I know Amara is 'young', but I find it too messy at this point. I really miss some of the features in dotsub, and the connected result on the TED page looks dangerously dodgy. Especially, the yellow highlighting of the reviews, clear signaling of WHO translated, WHO reviewed and WHO did whatever, that allowed constructive discussion : it seems sterile to have all the translators in all the languages exchanging around a same talk when the language processes are different, that's really too close to a public political meeting ; we were doing great discussing on the OTP wiki and I'm afraid messy crowdsourcing may endup in dumbing down or poorer results which would be counter productive. I hope it improves quickly, I would hate the world getting loads of mistranslations, and therefore misconceptions and misunderstandings around TEDtalks, especially those tricky to translate.
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May 7 2012: I have just started using Amara today and find it a bit 'scary'. Why? I thought Amara would start from what DotSub offered. But, not yet: I can't press enter to go to the next entry. Cannot watch the video with the subtitles and edit and see the results immediately. To go to 'my tasks' is a long 'navigation' as I'm not able to bookmark the page with the task in my language. I have to go back to the email from Amara and start from there. And it still wants to confirm my languages!!! If I stop translating for what appears to be one or two minutes I get a window asking if I'm gonna stop or continue. Feels somehow more contrived. Somehow it's taking away some of the engagement that translating requires. I do lots of research on the subject and spend more than a few minutes away from the translation. …Sorry about talking like this. But with DotSub was extremely simple. It feels as if it's colliding with the TED talks that I so much cherish. What happened?
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May 7 2012: No need to feel sorry. All what you say above is very true. A new platform is supposed to give a better access & possibilities to its users, relative to an older platform. It's absurd that it does not and even makes it worse by lacking or being insufficient with very simple attributes. What's the use in taking all the troubles and harassment in doing the transition to an another platform if the results for the users are worse than before ?? I hope TED & Amara will take all these and other comments on this issue to their attention.
May 7 2012: Dear colleagues,
The Amara team is working hard on the issues reported. Please send your issues to them at email@example.com. You are kindly invited to join the vivid conversation on the Translator Facebook groups. We are closing this one prematurely, in order not to scatter the scares resources.
For an overview of issues already reported and answers already given, you can check http://translations.ted.org/wiki/Main_Page.May 7 2012: I think a process of translation is faster and more comfortable. In addition, we can finally translate TEDxTalks.May 5 2012: Thank you, RH! I will post your reaction on the Facebook group of the TED Translators. Much appreciated.
May 6 2012: Believe me, it is I who am appreciative. But thanks anyway.May 6 2012: Closing this conversation as same things are being discussed in Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/43410681471/
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Kunya-Urgench est située dans le nord-ouest du Turkménistan, sur la rive gauche de l'Amou Daria. Urgench était la capitale de la région du Khorezm, qui appartenait à l'empire achéménide. La vieille ville inclut une série de monuments datant essentiellement du XIe au XVIe siècle. Ces constructions, qui comprennent une mosquée, les portes d'un caravansérail, des forteresses, des mausolées et un minaret haut de 60 m, témoignent des fabuleuses réalisations architecturales et artistiques dont le rayonnement est parvenu jusqu'en Iran et en Afghanistan, et qui plus tard ont influencé l'architecture de l'empire moghol dans l'Inde du XVIe siècle.
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تقع قونيا اورغنش شمال غرب تركمانستان على الضفة اليسرى لنهر أمو داريا. وقد شكلت اورغنش عاصمة منطقة خوارزم التي كانت جزءاً من الامبراطورية الأخمينية وتتضمن مدينتها القديمة مجموعة من النصب العائدة بشكل خاص الى الفترة الممتدة بين القرن الحادي عشر والقرن السادس عشر. وتشهد هذه الأبنية التي تتضمن مسجداً وأبواب خان للقوافل وحصوناً وأضرحة ومئذنة بارتفاع 60 متراً على الانجازات المعمارية والفنية المذهلة التي بلغ إشعاعها إيران وافغانستان والتي أثرت في ما بعد على هندسة امبراطورية المغول في الهند في القرن السادس عشر.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Древний город Куня-Ургенч
Куня-Ургенч (Старый Ургенч) расположен на севере Туркменистана, южнее реки Аму-Дарья. Он являлся столицей Хорезма – области, входившей в империю Ахеменидов. В древнем городе находится ряд памятников, относящихся в основном к периоду ХI-ХVI вв., включая мечеть, ворота караван-сарая, крепости, мавзолеи и минарет. Они свидетельствуют о выдающихся достижениях в архитектуре и ремеслах, влияние которых проявилось в Иране и Афганистане, а позднее, в ХVI в. – и в архитектуре империи Великих Моголов в Индии.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Situada al noroeste del Turkmenistán, en la orilla izquierda del río Amu Daria, Kunya-Urgench fue la antigua capital de la región de Khorezm en tiempos del Imperio Aqueménida. Su centro histórico abarca un conjunto de monumentos construidos principalmente entre los siglos XI y XVI: una mezquita, las puertas de un caravasar, fortalezas, mausoleos y un minarete de 60 metros de altura. Todos esos edificios atestiguan los notables logros alcanzados por la arquitectura y la artesanía de la región, que se extendieron primero hasta el Irán y el Afganistán e influyeron luego en las realizaciones arquitectónicas del Imperio Mogol, establecido en la India en el siglo XVI.
source: UNESCO/ERI
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Kunya-Urgench ligt in het noordwesten van Turkmenistan, op de linkeroever van de Amu Daria-rivier. Urgench was de hoofdstad van de regio Khorezm, onderdeel van het Achaemenidische Rijk. De oude stad bevat een reeks monumenten, voornamelijk uit de 11e tot de 16e eeuw, waaronder een moskee, de poorten van een karavanserai, forten, mausolea en een 60 meter hoge minaret. Ze getuigen van een voortreffelijke architectuur en vakmanschap. De invloed hiervan bereikte Iran en Afghanistan, en later de architectuur van het Mogul-rijk van 16e-eeuws India. De concentratie heilige islamitische objecten in Kunya-Urgench maken de stad tot een populaire plaats voor pelgrims.
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Brief synthesis
Kunya-Urgench is located in the territory of Dashoguz velayat of Turkmenistan. It is situated in the north-western Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu-Daria River. Urgench was the capital of the Khorezm region, which was part of the Achaemenid Empire.
The old town area contains series of monuments mainly from the 11th to 16th centuries. This area has remained a vast deserted land with some remains of ancient fortified settlements, including a mosque, the gates of a caravanserai, fortresses, mausoleums and a 60-m high minaret.
On the sample of Kunya-Urgench monuments one can see all variety of methods and décor of Islamic architecture of Central Asia. There are constructions from adobe and burned bricks, plain unicameral dome constructions up-going to ancient chartak and buildings with complicated compositions, sometimes with а long history of development, repair and reconstruction. These monuments also demonstrate the evolution of methods of treatment of inner surface of domes from cellular sails to stalactite those times called "muqarnas" and brought to the highest perfection by local masters. The best monuments of this city are distinguished by high degree of decorativeness. They provide prominent examples of classical arabesques in monochrome terra-cotta and bright colorfulness of enamel.
The monuments testify to outstanding achievements in architecture and craftsmanship whose influence reached Iran and Afghanistan, and later the architecture of the Mogul Empire of 16th-century India. The Islamic sacred objects concentrated in this city are exceptionally popular places for pilgrims and serve attractive objects for the international tourism.
Criterion (ii): The tradition of architecture expressed in the design and craftsmanship of Kunya-Urgench has been influential in the wider region to the south and southwest i.e. in Iran and Afghanistan, and later in the architecture of the Mogul Empire (India, 16th century).
Criterion (iii): Kunya-Urgench provides an exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition (the Islamic culture of the Khorezm) and is unique in its state of preservation. The society that created this centre has disappeared; however we note that most of visitors are in fact pilgrims from the region.
The overall integrity of Kunya-Urgench as an archaeological site results from its historical condition. Having been abandoned for more than three centuries, and then used as a graveyard, the area has remained relatively intact. Accordingly, Kunya-Urgench is considered to have retained its integrity better than most other sites in Central Asia as the attributes of the property are still present.
The authenticity of the property has been preserved in the site layout and the use and the function of the site as a religious centre which is still continuing. It is also preserved as a prominent pilgrimage centre of Islam.
Although the individual monuments are in variable conditions, the principal monuments have retained a substantial amount of original material, representing a reasonable level of authenticity. Other buildings have remained untouched or been more or less substantially reconstructed. The individual monuments have been subject to various degrees of repair, restoration and reconstruction. Seeing the condition before repair, it can be appreciated that in some cases the choice was a complete collapse or partial reconstruction. While taking note of the several reconstructions of individual buildings, the principal monuments are still considered to have retained a reasonable level of authenticity.
Protection and management requirements
The property is protected by national legislation and also has local protection by the local municipality. The State Historical and Cultural Park "Kunya-Urgench", which contains the inscribed property within its limits, was created in 1985 (decree n° 10085). It is registered at the Vilayet (provincial) level (decree 440/16), approved by the State Cabinet of Ministers in 1992. In addition, there are special bylaws, for example, for the protection of the area identified as the buffer zone. The legal protection of the property and its buffer zone is adequate.
All elements of the property are included in the National Heritage List. Listing in the National Heritage List implies that any proposed action to be taken inside or outside of boundaries of a National Heritage place or a World Heritage property that may have a significant impact on the heritage values is prohibited without the approval of the authorized government body. A protection agreement which secures an inviolability of monuments and maintenance of conditions of economic activities and new constructions within boundaries of the buffer zone has been concluded between administration of the State Historical and Cultural Park "Kunya-Urgench" and local municipal authorities.
The property is currently in a good state of conservation with regular maintenance undertaken according to a maintenance schedule.
There are two agencies with management authority: at the local level the administration of the State Historical and Cultural Park "Kunya-Urgench", and at the central level the National Department for the Protection, Study and Restoration of the Historical and Cultural Monuments in Turkmenistan (DPM) in Ashgabat. There is a general management system for the general policies of management and conservation of heritage sites. The system also provides general guidelines. More detailed plans are developed on the basis of these guidelines. Such is the case also with the Kunya-Urgench, which includes a set of guidelines and annual work plans, controlling protection, research and monitoring.
A management plan is currently in place for the property which takes into account a wide range of measures for planning and heritage legislation and policies of the Turkmenistan Government providing the policy framework for the conservation and management of the property which is scheduled to be updated every six years.
In regard to long term management issues, the property requires balanced management of conservation activities and passing both traditional and modern conservation techniques from one generation to the next. Management of high pressure from tourism and urban growth also will be a long-term concern.
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Kunya-Urgench provides exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition (the Islamic culture of the Khorezm) and is unique in its state of preservation. The tradition of architecture expressed in the design and craftsmanship of Kunya-Urgench has been influential in the wider region to the south and south-west (Iran and Afghanistan) and later in the architecture of the Mughal Empire (16th-century India).
The origins of Kunya-Urgench go back to the 6th or 5th centuries, the early Achaemenid period. In 712, Kunya-Urgench was invaded by Arabs and named Gurgandj. Being at the crossing of trade routes, the town prospered, becoming a major centre from the 10th-14th centuries. It was the capital of Khorezm from the 12th century and the second city after Bukhara in Central Asia. The city, destroyed by Genghis Khan in 1221 but rebuilt, was described as the finest city of the Turks with fine bazaars and impressive buildings. It was ravaged by Timurid troops between 1372 and 1388 and never regained its position. In the 16th century, the capital was transferred to Khiva, and the city was finally abandoned (the Amu Darya River changed its course at the same time). The city was newly colonized by Turkmen from 1831: however, the new development took place outside the old town, which later served as a graveyard.
The World Heritage site has three distinct sections:
The southern section is limited on its east, south, and west sides by the remains of the 14th-century fortification walls. In the south-east corner there are the remains of the fortress of Ak-Kala. The centre of the section is partly occupied by the fortress of Tash-Kala, with the gate of a ruined caravanserai and the remaining base of the Mamunminaret. In the south-eastern corner there is the ruined fortress of Khorezm-bag, built as a residence for Khan Muhammed Emin in the mid-19th century.
From Tash-Kala, a road leads to the northwest, passing by most other monuments in this section, all built from brick. These include the remains of the Kyrkmolla Fortress, dated to the 5th century BC, the period of the city's foundation. Kutlug-Timur Minaret is the most visible landmark of the site with its 60 m height and its brick surface has fine geometric patterns.
Il-Arslan Mausoleum is relatively small with a square plan and conical roof. The roof has geometric patterns in brick, and the front gate is surrounded by terracotta inscriptions. Tekesh Mausoleum has a similar form, but is bigger. Also here, the roof is decorated in brick patterns with some turquoise tiles still in position. Seyet Akhmet Mausoleum is simpler in its architecture. The present structure has been rebuilt after the original collapsed in 1993. Turabek-Khanum Mausoleum has an octagonal floor plan, with tall niches opening outward. The entrance is a tall gated structure. The original conical outer roof shell has collapsed. The interior has an exceptional spatial composition crowned with a dome of extremely refined blue and white decoration in a delicate geometric pattern.
The northern section consists of a large Muslim graveyard in the middle of modern urban development. In the centre of the graveyard there is a group of three buildings. Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra Mausoleum was built in the first half of the 14th century. It was named after Ahmed Ibn Omar Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra al-Khorezmi (born in 1145), the founder of the Kubravid School of Sufism, as well as being a painter, physician and chess master. The Sultan Ali Mausoleum is located opposite to the previous, and is linked with the name of Sultan Ali, who ruled in the 16th century. The Piryar Vali Mausoleum is a small complex built in the 13th-14th centuries. It contains the burial places of several distinguished persons. At the entrance in the east, the Dash Mosque, built in the early 20th century, has been converted into a site museum.
The western section is a small area in the western part of the old town. The monument of Ibn Khajib was built in honour of Ibn Khajib, a talented disciple of Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra. The ensemble was built in several phases from the 14th to 19th centuries.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
The origins of Kunya-Urgench are believed to go back to the 6th or 5th centuries, the early Achaemenid period. Evidence of this is provided by the Kyrkmolla Fortress. In 712, Kunya-Urgench was invaded by Arabs and was named Gurgandj. Being at the crossing of trade routes, the town prospered, becoming a major centre from the 10th to 14th centuries. It was the capital of Khorezm from the 12th century and the second city after Bukhara in Central Asia.
The city was destroyed by Genghis Khan in 1221, but it was rebuilt and described as the finest city of the Turks with fine bazaars and impressive buildings. It suffered heavily from destruction by the Timurid troops between 1372 and 1388, and never gained its previous position again. In the 16th century, the capital function was transferred to Khiva, and the city was finally abandoned. The Amu Darya River changed its course at the same time.
The city experienced modern development when it was newly colonized by Turkmen from 1831. The new development however took place outside the old town, which was later utilized as a graveyard.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation


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"The Insurgents" uses the events of 9/11 as a springboard to talk about politics and society, security and freedom, patriotism and dissent. Led by a disillusioned former government operative turned radical left-wing academic, a group plans to detonate a bomb in the United States as an act of protest against what they feel are imperialistic actions. A fractured narrative structure adds to the suspense as complications such as love triangles and double crosses are gradually revealed. It is an unflinching self-examination of what it means to be American, the state in which we find ourselves, the implications for the future.
Cast: Henry Simmons, Michael Mosley, Mary Stuart Masterson, Juliette Marquis, John Shea
Produced by: Stan Erdreich
Directed by: Scott Dacko
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Running time: 1hr 24min
Opens: Nov 09, 2007 NY
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28 Oct 2010
|Post Peak Beauty in Vermont
Photo taken in Waterbury VT, October 27, 2010
One of the great things about Vermont is its natural beauty even in seasons when you would least expect it. Right now is a good example. Most of the colorful leaves are not only past peak, they're lying on the ground. We're transitioning into Vermont's "stick season" where all the trees look like sticks. While it does not have the gaudy color of two weeks ago, the hillsides are still eye catching. At the lower elevations there are splashes of bright yellow and larger patches of rusty reds. It can be quite striking.
Yesterday was a good example. I enjoy this time of year when the sun is low on the horizon in the morning and late afternoon. It makes for dramatic natural lighting and it's especially fun to observe when the sky is a cobalt blue or swirling gray with sunlit highlights.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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|posted by grunhaus at 20:25 | permalink
17 Oct 2010
|Stowe's First Snow Report of the Season!
I got a chuckle today when Stowe's first Snow Report of the season arrived in my email inbox. But they had a good reason for sending it: over two feet of snow there yesterday. Of course, that's at the top but you can see in the report that they averaged a couple of inches elsewhere on the trails.
Most of the ski areas in the northern half of Vermont will get their snow making operations started in a couple of weeks and they will try to open a few trails by Thanksgiving.
Also, if you are considering a season pass, now is the time to get one. The sale prices will go up substantially November 1.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
|General , Nature
|posted by grunhaus at 13:38 | permalink
15 Oct 2010
|Where to Find VT Foliage
Our weather today was not conducive to foliage viewing but it's predicted to be better tomorrow and fairly good on Sunday. Many areas are past peak now plus the wind and rain has knocked off many of the leaves that changed colors. However, there are still some areas coming into good color.
As I've mentioned previously, the Vermont foliage report I think does the best job is on vermontvacation.com where you can find observations by VT forest rangers who know what they're talking about and are not hyping travel to Vermont. Here is a link to the October 14 Foliage Report.
If you plan to tour VT in the next few days, I recommend that you line up lodging reservations in advance. We are nearly full tonight and full Saturday night for example. However, we have many rooms available Sunday night. That is likely the same situation for most Vermont lodging properties but not all. Click this VT Lodging Forecaster link for a useful guide to how busy inns and motels around the state are. It varies by location.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
|Advice , Nature
|posted by grunhaus at 15:09 | permalink
10 Oct 2010
|Vermont Marshmallow Farm
While organizing this year's photos, I came across this summer photograph of plastic wrapped, round hay bales on a Route 100 farm a little north of Waitsfield.
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|posted by grunhaus at 20:06 | permalink
9 Oct 2010
|Update on Quilt Auction
The quilt auction website mentioned below says more than 75 quilts will be auctioned tomorrow (probably written months ago) but the word "more" understates it by a wide margin.
According to their Facebook page they now have 180 donated quilts for auction. Considering the amount of work that goes into making a quilt, that is an staggering number. It shows the great generosity you find around here.
I didn't see any information about payment methods but I imagine you can polish up the credit card and bring along the check book for back up.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
|posted by grunhaus at 20:42 | permalink
9 Oct 2010
|Vermont Quilt Auction and Tractor Parade Oct 10
Quilt Auction Saturday October 10
Vermont is a rural state and I suppose nothing says rural like quilts and tractors. If you would like to see to some of the local rural flavor, here are two good Vermont events you can attend, one featuring quilts and the other parading tractors.
Cabin Fever Quilts in Waitsfield Vt is sponsoring a benefit auction of 75 hand made quilts to raise funds for the local Food Bank, Humane Society, Battered Women's Shelter, and Seedbank for Haiti.
The auction will be held at the Waitsfield Elementary School with a preview 9:00 am and the auction at 11:00 am. The quilts are craft made in the local area.
You can see a slide show of some of the quilts to be auctioned here. But be warned, once you see them, you are going to want them!
Charlotte Tractor Parade October 10
Don't worry about the line through the date on the Charlotte Tractor Parade home page. It's just some html that's gone wacky. The event is still this Sunday, October 10.
Event time 11:00 am until 5:00 pm with the parade of well over 100 antique and modern tractors starting at at 1:00 pm. There will be a farmers' market, free children's games,
hayride, music, food, toy tractor display, and more. Specific information and directions are here.
By the way, if you stop and ask for directions to CHARlotte, you will get directions to North Carolina. If you ask for directions to CharLOTTE you will be directed to the village in Vermont. That's just how we roll here - French Canadian influence you know.
The weather forecast is sunny tomorrow but cool - bring a jacket and a camera for the fall foliage too.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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By Mark Fattore
British hotshot Mark Dwyer has crushed his opposition for the second time in as many days to clean sweep the F5000 Tasman Cup Revival support class series at the 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix.
Today's imperious performance saw him claim the honours by 6.23 seconds over Andrew Robson, with James Davison making it three Lola T332s on the podium.
"To come away from Albert Park with pole position and two wins is just brilliant – these types of outings are rare for car drivers," said Dwyer. "And to win in front of such a huge crowd today is a great feeling, so I have plenty to celebrate."
With Dywer utterly dominant, the main interest in race two was how far Davison and fellow Australian Greg Thornton -- who were second and third fastest in qualifying -- could slice through the pack after race one DNFs.
And their impact was immediate, with Davison clawing back six spots on lap two – with Thornton also rattling cages in his Surtees TS11.
Davison didn't let up, and his final act of heroism was jumping two spots on the final lap to seize the last spot on the podium, ahead of Thornton, Aaron Lewis (Matich A50) and David Abbott (Lola T430).
Thornton again set the fastest lap of the race with his 1:56.2654.
Dwyer completed the weekend with a maximum 30pts, ahead of Lewis (18), Abbott (15), Robson (12) and Davison (10).
The 2010/2011 F5000 championship had already been wrapped up prior to the Albert Park finale by New Zealand stalwart Ken Smith.


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17 Jul 2006
|Best Vermont Websites
There are thousands of Vermont websites but I have selected my personal list of the best ones where you can do some research if you plan to travel Vermont either in person or just from your desk at home.
The top two are vermont.com and vtliving.com . Those two should keep you busy for quite a long time if you wish.
For touring Vermont, the top two are vermontvacation.com , the state Dept of Tourism official site, and Vermont Attractions Association which lists about 70 attractions that you can search by type or location or just select the All category for the full list.
I was going to choose the five top VT websites but decided later to round it up to six with two more favorites I think you will find interesting:
Vermont Folk Life Center - one of my personal favorites and a great state resource. Their facility is located in the attractive college town of Middlebury, about a 45 min drive south of our inn.
VT Only and especially their Links page. A few of the links are outdated and no longer work but, in whole, this is a comprehensive list and well worth bookmarking. There are many other good pages on the site and their online store has a lot of VT made products for sale.
As mentioned, this list is just the beginning of all the web sites about Vermont but you could also go to my Grunberg Haus Links page and Events page to see many more. Virtually all lodging facilities in the state (about 2000 B&B's and inns plus many motels and hotels) have a web site, some of them outstanding, along with most every business, even one person operations such as craft studios. I probably should also mention the Vermont Ski Areas Association because the site has links to all the ski areas and they all have summer operations.
So, now my list of five has expanded to seven and I better stop writing before this completely gets away from me. Have fun surfing the Green Mountains.
(c) 2006 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus LLC
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9 Jul 2006
|Vermont Moose
We have had several moose sightings recently on Route 100 less than a few hundred yards from our inn so I thought that this would be a good time to discuss tips about where to find them, along with some safety advice.
Vermont is a rural state. It is about 80% forest and another 10% farm land. It's fun to drive around an area where you can observe so much wildlife. Finding a moose is the utmost in wildlife viewing in this part of the world.
Like a lot of things in life that are fun, there are some cautions too. Most of them are common sense.
Keeping your eyes on the road is one of them of course. And it's not just wild animals that you should be watching - there are a large number of dairy cows. If you have ever been up close to a cow, you know they are huge animals too and definitely not something you want to hit while driving. Sometimes, cows get loose and will cross a road. Other times, they are being led by a farmer who is moving his herd across the road to another pasture.
There are many miles of winding roads in Vermont. Going around a blind corner means that there could be a surprise on the other side. Perhaps it will be an animal, but it could also be a slowed or stopped car looking at an animal.
There may be as many moose traffic caution signs as there are moose in Vermont, and that's estimated to be several thousand. We joke that department of tourism puts up the moose signs rather than the department of transportation but moose near a road is no joking matter. If you see these signs, take them seriously. And, of course, moose don't read well so they will cross a road wherever they darn well please. The signs are put up where there are the most sightings or accidents. You need to pay attention when driving the country roads and all the highways, especially at night.
Moose are most abundant in Maine and parts of Canada but there are large herds in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as small herds in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and upstate New York (Adirondacks mostly).
The moose herd in Vermont and northern New England is growing. Both sightings and accidents are on the rise. The Vermont deer herd is down in numbers but there are still plenty of them around too. Deer are easier to see at night because they are light colored and have reflective eyes. Moose are nearly black and do not have reflective eyes. Moose are very difficult to see at night until you are close. And moose are more likely to walk onto a road without fear. They have no natural enemies here and they are used to going anywhere they want. They are not afraid of you or your car.
Moose are generally quite docile and eat only plants. However, a moose cow will charge anything it thinks might threaten its calf. Bulls can be very aggressive during the "rut" or mating season in fall. The three things on their mind are breeding, fighting, and eating. If you get too close, it may decide to do one of those three with you.
Moose like to hang out in bogs and mud holes you will see near the road. In the spring, moose are sometimes attracted to salt on the road. Moose are crepuscular, meaning they are most active at dawn and dusk. They often go to the same feeding sites early in the morning and then return late in the afternoon.
It's a thrilling sight to see a wild animal larger than a horse. The best area to view moose in Vermont is the "Northeast Kingdom" section of the state, especially the area around the towns of Island Pond, Averill, and Ferdinand. Driving Route 2 between St. Johnsbury and Lunenburg, VT is sometimes productive. Another good area in central Vermont is Route 100 between Warren and Granville (a few miles south of our inn where the moose photo above was taken by one of our guests in November).
Moose are huge. A cow will stand about six to seven feet high and weigh 600 to 800 pounds. A bull will stand about seven or eight feet tall and weigh 1000 pounds, often more. They can run up to 30 miles per hour. They are so tall that when hit by a car, they usually crash through the windshield.
There is an old saying that does something like "If you have a choice between hitting a deer or swerving and hitting a hundred year old oak tree, hit the deer. If you have a choice between hitting a moose and a hundred year old oak tree, hit the tree." Some people say if you have a chance to swerve that it is best to swerve toward the back side of the moose. This is not expert advice - if you get into this situation, you are on your own.
If you pull your vehicle over to observe moose, park safely off the road and well away from the animal. Respect the animal by not getting close to it and chasing it away from its food. Stay in your car and keep the engine running. If you see the moose drop its ears or bristle its neck hair, leave immediately. If you are not sure about the situation, leave immediately. Try to stay as far from the animal as you can. Remember that it may look calm but it is a wild animal and you cannot be sure what it will do next.
If you are on a highway, don't stop at all. Only emergency stopping is permitted on highways. Seeing a moose is not an emergency. If a highway patrol officer finds you just watching a moose from the highway, you will likely receive a citation.
Enjoy these giants of the forest but don't forget that you are in the presence of enormous power.
The first paragraph in a good essay about Moose on Wikipedia :
"Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the palmate antlers of its males. The word "moose" is from mus or mooz in several of the Algonquian languages, spoken by certain indigenous peoples of the Americas. The name means "twig eater."
An intersting article on moose in Vermont: VT Living website http://www.vtliving.com/moose/
(c) 2006 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus LLC
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18 Jun 2006
|You don't need to move every night.
When traveling to a different place every night, it often creates work you don't need. All that packing and unpacking every day , locating the new lodging facility, changing activities to meet a schedule - it's like being on a business trip, not a vacation.
Now, I understand some people like to keep up a strong pace and they enjoy a different place each night. But please don't feel it is necessary to do that in order to see New England.
New England is tiny. We have many first-time visitors to our inn, notably from Texas and California, who are surprised at how small this area of the country is. I think one contributing factor is that VT takes up a page in the Atlas just like Iowa does. You could easily fit five Vermonts into Iowa. All of New England is much smaller than Nevada. It's possible to drive from Rhode Island, through Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in a few hours.
We had several people say they wish they had fully understood this before making reservations. So when people called here to inquire or make a reservation for one night, I started suggesting that they did not need to move around every night. Some were grateful for the advice but others were suspicious that I was just trying to sell them on spending more money here.
I suggest that if you are visiting VT for the first time or two, stay in the southern part of the state a couple of nights and then north a couple of nights.
From where I am in north central Vermont, the beautiful Adirondacks of upstate NY area little over an hour's drive. The White Mountains of NH are about the same distance in the other direction.
From here in Waterbury, Burlington and Lake Champlain are about 25 to 30 miles. Within a radius of roughly 12 to 14 miles are the state capital of Montpelier, Stowe, and the Mad River Valley where Sugarbush and Mad River Glen are located. The Canadian border is a 1.5 hour drive, Montreal is less than 2.5 hours, Boston is 3.5 hours, Albany is a little less than that. Day trips are very easy and more relaxing when you are not on the task of getting to the next lodging facility.
Basically the same is true if you are visiting New England. Pick two to three places to stay over the course of a week and make easy day trips.
Ask the innkeeper when you call or write. Virtually all are honest and will give you good information. They have made day trips themselves, as have their guests. If you talk to someone who doesn't seem to know the area, just call the next place. Yes, everyone likes to brag on their hometown a bit but they won't exaggerate the situation because they know you won't be happy when you get there and they certainly don't want that.
A major part of the reason for staying at a bed and breakfast is personalized attention . . . if you want it. Innkeepers are very happy to share their favorite scenic roads to drive, towns to visit, streams to swim or fish, restaurants to eat, stores to shop, etc. And the advice is free!
(c) 2006 Jeff Connor, Grunberg Haus LLC
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4 Jun 2006
|Book Fall Foliage Lodging Soon
Believe it or not, now is a good time to book lodging for Vermont's fall foliage season. It usually gets started the last few days of September and peaks the first two weeks of October. If you have never seen this, you won't believe the colors.
What makes Vermont special is that the state is 80% forest and much of it is on very large expanses of mountainsides. It's very easy to find views where you can see hundreds and even thousands of acres of trees in color. Further, what you see here that you don't see much of elsewhere are maples that turn bright red. I have seen trees of such bright day-glo orange and candy red they look fake.
There are still plenty of rooms available now but, for example, our B&B has several bookings already and we're getting a call or two every week. The sooner you make a reservation, the more choice you will have. You can take a look at an online availability calendar to see how the bookings are going either at our web site or the ones on many other B&B websites. Over the next 90 days, most Vermont lodging facilities will get booked up or nearly all booked.
(c) 2006 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus LLC
|posted by grunhaus at 17:47 | permalink
2 Jun 2006
|Vermont in Wikipedia
If you are not familiar with Wikipedia , you really should take a look at it. There you will find an amazing compendium of information about people, places, and things. Very few times have I searched for something and not found a good, to-the-point essay on the topic.
Like every state, Vermont has a section. If you are traveling to Vermont and want to know some history and current information, this is the best place to get it quickly.
|posted by grunhaus at 12:11 | permalink
31 May 2006
I received an email from the Mileybymile.com folks a week or two ago letting me know that nearly all links on the site had been taken down. They explained that this was due to some abuses that had taken place but they did not elaborate.
It's too bad because I had spent many hours adding links to my Road Map Guide about Vermonts great Route 100. This road runs a couple hundred miles the length of the state. Consensus among locals is that Route 100 is the most scenic Vermont road. This is probably because it is the longest, is therefore nearest the greatest number of residents, and also therefore has the greatest number of scenic views.
However, the Vermonters you meet may also have another favorite they think is even better. If they do have one or two, they will likely be willing to share that information so dont hesitate to ask. Also dont hesitate to purchase one of those expensive state Road Atlas (get the Vermont version) because there is better-than-even chance you will get lost if you take the advice of some locals about some back roads. This is especially true if dark is approaching. Were not real big on signs around here for two main reasons: they block the view . . . and were cheap.
The only remaining links are for milebymile.com and my inn, Grunberg Haus , which seems self-serving! Not that it wasnt a bit self-promotional previously but at least my web site was merely included with many others. The Route 100 article had dozens of links for lodging, restaurants, attractions, and more. In addition to many hours of link work in the first iteration, I went to the website a couple of times a year to check the links and spent a bit of time keeping them updated.
So if you see something in the article that interests you, enter the name in your favorite search engine. Chances are good the place will have a web site although I do remember most of the campsites I mentioned did not have them.
The Route 100 article is a few years old but I have updated it from time to time. However, its been a while since I drove the whole route so maybe its time to recheck the landmarks. Id like to add more photos especially since the links are gone which made it easy for readers to click and see photos at the businesses web sites.
Perhaps you have some people in your life who are as big a pain in the neck as the ones who were abusing the milebymile website links. If so, heres a solution: take a trip to Vermont. Get away from them for a while. Print the Route 100 guide and treat yourself to a great drive in some of the most beautiful countryside in the world. Its easy to do and I can tell you from personal experience, you deserve the break.
(c) 2006 Jeff Connor, Grunberg Haus LLC
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