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Weekly Photo Challenge – Evanescent

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The cherry blossoms are perhaps the most anticipated event in Washington D.C. It’s hard to know with precision when they’ll bloom and how long they’ll last. Strong winds, rain, and other weather conditions can make them disappear very quickly. The entire blooming period can last up to 14 days, including the days leading up to peak bloom, but it can also come and go very quickly, that’s why I call it Evanescent.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Danger!

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The word Danger usually  gets my attention. While walking around Barcelona recently, I saw a sign, written in Catalan, that actually amused me because I couldn’t figure out its exact meaning. “Perill Indefinit.” Hmmm… Indefinite Danger? Does it mean there’s no way of knowing what terrible things might happen? Or does it just mean great danger? I never found the answer, but I figured I shouldn’t go in there because I didn’t have a “casc” and, most importantly, because I was not involved in the construction work. The second sign helped a little… 🙂

WPC: Wanderlust

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Wanderlust: a strong desire to travel. I’ve always liked traveling and discovering new places and people. Then, I married a man who likes to travel so much that as soon as we get back from a trip, he starts talking about and planning the next one! Our most recent trip included four cities in three countries: Italy, Spain and France. I’m still sorting the 2000+ photos I took during the three-week trip and in ten days we’ll be off again, but I won’t go into that now. Here are highlights of our recent trip.

Piazza del Duome, Milan
Cenacolo Vinciano,where Da Vinci’s mural The Last Supper is in Milan
Da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
Plaza de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona.
La Boqueria food market, Barcelona.
Barcelona Cathedral.
Gaudi’s Casa Milá (La Pedrera), Barcelona.
Gaudí’s Casa Batlló, Barcelona.
Aix-en-Provence, France.
Aix-en-Provence.
Old town, Aix-en-Provence.
Weekly Market, Aix-en-Provence.
Market, Aix-en-Provence
Les Baux de Provence.
Les Baux de Provence.
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct that crosses the Gardon River near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France.
Two-thousand-year-old Pont du Gard.
Palais des Papes, Avignon, France.
Inside Palais de Papes, Avignon
Palais des Papes, Avignon.
Old Center, Avignon.
Old Center Avignon
Chateauneuf-du-Pape Wine Museum
Chateauneuf-du-Pape museum
Mount Sainte-Victoire is a mountain in southern France, overlooking Aix-en-Provence. It became the subject of a number of paintings by Paul Cézanne.
Nice, Cote D’azur.
Nice, Cote D’Azur.
Nice.
Nice Center.
Antique Market, Nice.
Nice.

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match

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I tried very hard to come up with a Good Match that didn’t involve food, but I failed miserably…

Wine and all sorts of cheeses at home on New Year’s Eve.
Cappuccino and Sacher Torte in Vienna, Austria.
A great breakfast and a room with a view in Salzburg, Austria.
Special mini burger and beer in Munich, Germany.
Coconut water and an empty beach in Brazil.