
Wordless Wednesday, Vlad and Button.
20 Jan 2021 11 Comments
in humour, inspiration, photo prompt, photos, Wordless Wednesday Tags: friends, photos

Travel Challenge Day 10. Reveal.
16 Jan 2021 9 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Collescium, Reveal, Rome, Travel Challenge

© willowdot21.
This photo is the Collescium in Rome. We visited in May 2015.
We walked miles and saw so much! The weather was brilliant and we had also had some wonderful food and wine!
We stayed at an hotel that was in the grounds of a monastery it was set in beautiful gardens and there was a seminary and a church. There were lots of Nuns and Priests there on business and holiday, there were two groups of young people on Lecture Tours one group from the US, there were families and couples and of course us! It was quite a mix. It was a lovely hotel and the staff were excellent , polite cheerful and happy to help.
We had not picked the hotel because it was Catholic, we picked it for it’s location , a two minute walk from the Metro and really good restaurants. We visited The Pantheon, The Colosseum, The Forum, The Spanish Steps, The Borgesie Park,The Vatican, Sistine Chapel, The Vatican Museum and the Trevi Fountain . St Paul’s Basilica and St Paul’s Square, Argentina Square, Circus Maximus and Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II ( which the locals call either the Typewriter or The Wedding cake) and more!! PHEW!!
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Travel Challenge Day 9. Reveal.
15 Jan 2021 4 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Day9, Mexico, Reveal, Travel Challenge

This beautiful view is Mexico, Riviera Maya. We have been there twice it is a beautiful place. The Riviera Maya is a stretch of Caribbean coastline on Mexico’s northeastern Yucatán Peninsula. It’s known for its numerous all-inclusive resorts, such as those in the town of Playa del Carmen, and its long beaches. To the south, Tulum is home to yoga retreats and the preserved ruins of an ancient Mayan port city.
Reveal Travel Challenge: Day 7
13 Jan 2021 23 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Antigua, Caribbean, Day7, Travel Challenge

We visited Antigua in 2017, here is a Nonet I wrote about it at the time I hope it gives you the feel for we while there.
ANTIGUA
Hot sun, hot sand and warm azure sea
Friendly smiles, hosts kind as can be .
So relax and have some fun
Calm, quiet no need to run
At night count the stars
Reggae music Bars
Memories
Antigua
Joy

Reveal Travel Challenge: Day 6
12 Jan 2021 13 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: day6, France, Mende, Travel Challenge

Mende a beautiful town in Lozere France. There is so much to see. We got a circular, information leaflet that took us on an historic tour of the old town! Boy it was old! There is evidence that there have been people living in the town since 200BC. Read about it here it is very interesting.

This is the narrowest street the ancient town of Mende.
We followed the map and found it very interesting. We visited the Cathedral , It was Pope Urban V who started work on the cathedral (1368), for a completion in 1467.

As you can see the two towers are completely different, one was destroyed during the religious wars. I am totally miffed as to why they did not replicate the old one?

Here they are restoring part of the old ramparts of the town. This time unlike their predecessors they are honouring what was there before.

This is the the oldest water pump in town apparently it is the best water in the Town!!

This spectacular moment in time is painted on the side of a house in the old town it looks as if the guy with the flag is about to step on to the street! The scene in the painting actually depicts a scene from Voltarra an Italian town that Mende is twinned with . We have visited Voltarra too.
Well that is all the photos the internet here will allow me to upload right now .
Reveal Travel Challenge: Day 5
11 Jan 2021 5 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: day5, Fort Lauderdale, Reveal, Travel Challenge

Day five’s photo comes from our Florida Holiday some years back. We flew into Miami stayed the night at an airport hotel and then picked up our car and set off . Our first couple of days stop was at Fort Lauderdale. While we were there we took a paddle steamer trip around the local section of the intercastal waterway.
Long disparaged as Miami’s lesser northern neighbour, Fort Lauderdale has recently come into its own with a renovated waterfront, a burgeoning culinary scene, and beaches worthy of palm-swept daydreams bringing rightful attention to the Venice of America. Stretching 3,000 miles (4,800 km) between the United States’ Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the city’s Intracoastal Waterway provides easy access to maritime activities and on-shore attractions along the 300 miles of inland canals that wind through south Florida’s unmistakable sky-high resorts and Everglades ecosystem. The Basics Aside from serving as a means of transportation, the Intracoastal Waterway offers countless opportunities for recreation, especially in Fort Lauderdale’s year-round sunshine. From classy dinner and sightseeing cruises to riverfront gondola tours, visitors can enjoy the water in whatever fashion floats their boat as they travel past forested coasts at Port Everglades.
May I say that was just the start of a wonderful holiday. With visits to Cocoa beach, Kennedy Space Center, St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Miami .
Reveal , Travel Challenge: Day 4
10 Jan 2021 14 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Naval Docks, Portsmouth, Reveal, Travel Challenge

The above is Lord Nelson’s Ship the Victory at Portsmouth Naval Docks, We have visited there many times and there is so much to see. This particular time we visited there we had glorious weather. Sadly closed at the moment due to covid.
Travel Challenge Reveal Day 3
09 Jan 2021 14 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Canada, Day3, Reveal, Travel Challenge, Whistler

We visited Canada September 2019. We started off in Chalgary and traveled by coach and the Rocky Mountaineer train up to Vancouver, we visited many places, not least, Banff, Lake Louise,and many other places, we had three days in Vancouver including a day trip to Vancouver Island. Then we hired a car and drove up to Whistler. We had three days there and found some fantastic walks, this shot was taken on one such walk.
Travel Challenge Reveal: Day 2.
08 Jan 2021 11 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: day 2, Reveal, Travel Challenge

Another holiday that I have not blogged about. A beautiful day in France, a quiet village, between rain storms. We stopped for a picnic and fell in love with this house or its reflection.
Reveal for Travel Challenge Day 1.
07 Jan 2021 14 Comments
in photo prompt, photos Tags: Portugal, Reveal, Travel Challenge

It’s is a long way down.
This photo was taken over 15years ago. We visited Portugal, it was a lovely and quiet. It was before my blogging days so sadly I have no written memories of it.