All tagged Europe
“Tucked in the northeastern corner of Italy on terrain hotly contested in World War I and again in World War II, the Dolomite Mountains march gloriously southeast toward the Adriatic Sea. These mountains don’t jut so much as carve a serrated skyline with jagged knife-edged drama…”
“During two month-long visits to Prague, I always enjoyed encountering new and various designs in the ubiquitous cobblestone sidewalks of that beautiful city. I found myself enchanted by them on my first visit to the Czech Republic in 2008, and added to my photo collection on the second trip in 2010.”
“My first arrival in Prague in July 2008 was by train, a lucky happenstance. In that way, this exquisite bowl of a city was delivered to me from the rim of the flat plains surrounding it like Brigadoon appearing from the mists.” Thus began an essay written and posted in May 2011 at Design Destinations about a place which remains compelling to me still.
“We traversed the expansive Victoria Park and rounded a corner to see Bath’s famous Royal Crescent, foregrounded by one of the final way markers for the Cotswold Way.”
“Midway through our 70 miles on the Cotswold Way, our party took an entire day off… leaving us with an entire day in the delightful town of Wotton-Under-Edge!”
“Ah, to walk! And to have nothing to do but walk for the day’s agenda: what a slice of heaven.”
“Our journey was to the Elafitski Otici… a small archipelago of 13 islands in the Adriatic Sea that protects Croatia…”
“I’ve often seen people pack in too much when planning an overseas trip… Eventually, though, we realized our trip would be a lot more fun if we just slowed down.”
