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In Case Autumn Passed You By - Autumn in Europe
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

This fall in the Northeast of the US, the leaf-peeping has been less than spectacular. Blame Hurrican Irene, a massive dumping of snow in early November and above-average rainfall. In Europe though, despite all its worries, autumn has been a stunning success.

So let's take a trip across the ocean for our autumnal fix.       

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Two Red Deer stags 'rut' in the early morning mist in Richmond Park in London, England. Oct. 15, 2011. Autumn sees the start of the 'Rutting' season where the large Red Deer stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females known as bucks.

(Dan Kitwood - AFP/Getty Images)
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Vineyards of Chianti Classico are pictured in the autumn colors in Passignano, Tuscany. Nov. 2, 2011.

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A young woman jumps over autumn leaves on a sunny day, at Bratislava's Kamzik hill. Nov. 5, 2011.

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A Red Deer stags stands in the early morning mist in Richmond Park in London, England. Oct. 15, 2011.

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The last of the summer roses are dusted with a coating of frost as the first freezing temperatures descend on Britain in Knutsford, England. Nov. 7, 2011.

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A man takes a photograph of trees in Batsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds near Moreton-In-Marsh, England. Oct. 28, 2011.

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Stella (L), 10, and her sister Maike, 8, choose from Festival pumpkins at the Buschmann and Winkelmann pumpkin farm in Beelitz, Germany. Oct. 9, 2011.

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A 'Staghorn Sumac' shurb displaying its autumn colours at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley in Wisley, England. Oct. 26, 2011.

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Fly fisherman Edward Crownshaw holds his catch as he fishes on the River Colne in the Cotswolds near Faitrford, England. Oct. 23, 2011.

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Vineyards of Chianti Classico are pictured in the autumn colors in Passignano, Tuscany. Nov. 2, 2011.

(Fabio Muzzi - AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman stands in a sunny spot as she takes a picture in the park of Schoenhausen Castle on a sunny autumn day in Berlin. Nov. 4, 2011.

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Horses walk together across a field between sheep as the sun sets behind them in the Cotswolds in Whittington, England. Oct. 28, 2011.

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The Djurgaarden park in Stockholm during the Autumn season. Nov. 1, 2011.

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Two swans search for food in the river Spree in Berlin. Oct. 31, 2011.

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Frozen autumn leaves lies on the ground in Leipzig, eastern Germany. Nov. 14, 2011.

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Cows graze in the early morning sunlight on the upper slopes of Leckhampton Hill in the Cotswolds in Cheltenham, England. Oct. 25, 2011.

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A farmer in his tractor makes his way past a field which is covered in fog near the small Bavarian village Germering, southern Germany, during a foggy morning. Oct. 21, 2011

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CANNOCK, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Autumn leaves carpet the ground around graves of soldiers at The German War Cemetery at Cannock Chase. The site is the only German war cemetery in Britain and has 4,855 graves and is maintained by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission on November 11, 2011 in Cannock, England. Across the world Armistice Day has been commemorated and traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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A leaf is covered in frost on November 13, 2011 at the "Planten un Blomen" park in Hamburg, northern Germany. Autumn brings sunny but cold weather to wide parts of the coutry. AFP PHOTO CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/AFP/Getty Images)

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A gaggle of geese graze in a field at Holly Tree Farm in the Cheshire countryside as they are fattened up for Christmas in Knutsford, England. Nov. 10, 2011.

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People walk through a forest during sunny autumn day on Mount Uetliberg in Zurich. Oct. 2, 2011.

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