Tag: travel

Paris and Rome

Kathy and I went to Paris and Rome in 2002.  What a wonderful adventure we had!!

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Gargoyle atop Notre Dame

Sculpted Gardens in the Loire  Valley

Sculpted Gardens in the Loire Valley

Rodin's Gates of Hell

The Gates of Hell

This is one of my favorite Rodin works, along with the Burghers of Calais.

Castle Door

Castle Door

We took a tour of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley. It was glorious!

The sense of antiquity in Italy is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

The Colosseum

The Colosseum

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Somewhere in Rome

 

La Sagrada Familia

I am a lover of the Alan Parsons Project, circa 1980s, and ever since the Gaudi album, have been intrigued by the works of Antonio Gaudi, most specifically La Sagrada Familia Basilica.  La Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, has been called, “The most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages.”

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….and now for a musical memory…

La Sagrada Familia, the wind has changed the storm is over
La Sagrada Familia, for the lion and the lamb
La Sagrada Familia, we thank the lord the danger’s over
La Sagrada Familia, there’s peace throughout the land

Under clear blue skies our voices rise in songs of glory
And for all those years our eyes and ears were filled with tears

Who knows where the world may turn us, only a fool would say
Who knows what the fates may have in store
Follow the light of truth as far as our eyes can see
How should we know where that may be? How should we know?

(photos from wikipedia)

Menorca, Spain

flying boats

flying boats

I’ve seen this photo floating around FaceBook and the internet, and am intrigued by the crystal clear waters.  Even though I stumbled across a forum in which the disclosure was made that such images are produced via a circular polarizing lens, and that the naked human eye won’t see as depicted in the photo, I still think that this would be a lovely place to experience in real life.  Some day!

(photo credit: unknown)

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