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The Travel Years

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I began Meg Travels in August and this month is my fourth anniversary!  It has been so much fun sharing travel adventures from near and far.  When I look for themes over the years I can see that flowers and gardens are some of my favorites, along with doors, sunsets and signs.  I tend to travel in the spring and that is an ideal time to see fresh and colorful flowers.  Autumn is another beautiful season for watching the leaves change color, and it is still warm and sunny.

I will continue to travel so there will be plenty more adventures (with pictures) to share over the next year.  Here are some of the flowers, doorways and other souvenir pictures that I’ve taken over the past four years.

Monet’s Garden
Try new flavors
Portofino
Autumn in Williamsburg
Doorway in Avignon
fruit display
an important sign!
St Ives
Barcelona
Avignon
Lugano, Switzerland
St. Petersburg, Florida
Door to Monet’s house
Prince Edward Island

 

Here and There

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It was three years ago this month that I started Meg Travels.  My very first post was about Venice, which has been one of the places I’ve written a lot about ever since!  As I look back I think that there are so many aspects of travel that are part of the overall experience, such as planning, getting lost, finding souvenirs, wondering what to do with the souvenirs when you get home, shopping, and many other details.  I still wonder if it will rain, but I’ve found that a place can be just as beautiful under cloudy or rainy skies.  I just try to keep an umbrella handy – or a poncho.  Either one works fine.

I think that walking is an excellent way to see a place too.  And when possible, stop at a gelato shop for a delicious treat as you walk.  Here are pictures from some of my rainy, sunny, chilly, warm and mostly wonderful travel adventures from over the past three years.  There’s more to come too.

 

Shopping in Florence
Shopping in Avignon
In case it rains…
A souvenir…
St Ives after the rain
Lighthouse in Maine
Stop here in Barcelona
Lugano, Switzerland
Prince Edward Island
Giverny

After all, travel is both inspiring and fun!

 

A Green Theme

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I’m looking forward to spring this year!  It seems to be taking a long time though.  For a reminder of what’s coming soon, I have these pictures from Monet’s garden in Giverny, France.  There was a lot of green there, not only from the garden but from the farmhouse and the bridge.  Have a look.

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CBBH Photo Challenge: WINDOWS

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The last time I was in France I went to Giverny to see Claude Monet’s exquisite gardens.  The house where Monet lived has lots of windows that overlook the gardens.  I thought these windows would fit this month’s challenge.   To learn more about the photo challenge visit East of Málaga.

The windows:

The view from the windows:

The two blogs I’d like to recommend are:

Canadiantravelbugs’s Blog

Lorna’s Tearoom Delights

Capture the Colour

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I want to say “Thank you” to Kathryn from  Travel with Kat for this nomination.  I’m happy to have the opportunity to show photos I’ve taken that correspond to the following colors: blue, green, yellow, white, and red.  If you go to TravelSupermarket.com you’ll find out more about “Capture the Colour.”  It explains all the steps needed to participate, and there are prizes, too.   And now here are my photos.

Capri

Blue:

I was in Capri, Italy and used a chairlift to get to the top of the island.  While there I enjoyed watching the progress of the boats in the water.  I recall the experience in Capri from a Chair Lift.

Green:

These are some water lilies from Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France.  I was there in the spring and I thought there wouldn’t be much in bloom.  As it turned out, there was no need for concern.  I wrote about what I saw that day in The Beautiful Flowers of Giverny…

Yellow:

When I’m in Venice, my goal (once I’ve stood in Saint Mark’s Square) is to wander and get away from the crowds.  I’ve always found that once I’m off the main road there are more everyday – and less touristy – sights.   I really like seeing laundry hanging from the windows too.

White:

I was in Zermatt, Switzerland on a warm spring day with a clear blue sky.  But the whole time there was a little cloud around the Matterhorn.  I finally realized it wasn’t going away and it made the scene a little more dramatic.

Red:

I took this picture while I was walking around downtown Dallas, Texas in January.  I was looking for the flagship Neiman Marcus building when I saw this oversized Christmas ornament.  I describe my visit in Greetings from Dallas.

 

 

The Beautiful Flowers of Giverny

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While I was in France in May, I visited Monet’s gardens in Giverny.  Before I went I was hoping to see some early spring flowers and then use my imagination as to what the gardens might look like in full bloom.  To my surprise and delight, there were flowers in bloom everywhere!  I literally felt like a fashion photographer, one that continuously snaps photos in pursuit of the perfect shot.  But in my case, I have to say it would have been difficult to take a bad picture of such a beautiful scene.

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