I’m continuing my run up to the Olympic games by revisiting some of my British photos. The theme for this week is castles. Let’s get started… This is Arundel Castle, the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk, in West Sussex. Some of the scenes in The Young Victoria, starring...
With the approach of the Olympic games I thought I’d post a few photos from Britain. This week I’m all about villages. England has some gorgeous villages with pretty cottages and thatched roofs. This is the seaside village of Mousehole in Cornwall. (pronounced Mowzel)...
For some people shopping is a sport. Others, like me, don’t find the past time as much fun. Battling with crowds—forget about it! There’s a few exceptions to my dislike of shopping. I can shop for books for hours, and I enjoy exploring markets, especially when they’re...
One of the things that sticks in my mind about India and Pakistan is the large number of trucks, all highly decorated, honking their horns nonstop. At times the horns are deafening. No one seems to pay attention to them, but I remember the racket with fondness. All...
Shelley is a little busy and I have offered to blog today. Be patient, I’m a virgin blogger. Recently I’ve been scanning our old print travel photos to digital. Trying to condense them as well, since there are thousands. A very time consuming but rewarding exercise....
Mr Munro has been scanning more of our print photos into digital format. Today I’m going to share some photos from our trip to Kenya. It’s quite strange finding a mountain in the tropics, but Mt Kenya is definitely a mountain and a challenge to climb. We almost made...
The Pushkar camel fair takes place once a year in November. We visited Pushkar just as the people were starting to arrive with their camels. They say around 200,000 people view the 50,000 camels and cattle on sale, and most of the buying and selling takes place before...
Today I’m playing hooky and going on a wine tasting tour on Waiheke Island. The island is a short ferry ride from Auckland city. Here are a few photos from a day trip my husband and I did around this time last year. Waiheke has a slightly warmer climate than Auckland...
The Statue of Liberty, New York, USA plus me!
