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[TheRealTMA]

Brescia Museo di Santo Giulia

Castello della Manta
Fountain of Youth

CASTELLO DELLA MANTA | Bene FAI

Entra nel mondo dei Beni del FAI e scopri CASTELLO DELLA MANTA a MANTA, CUNEO

www.fondoambiente.it

Sacre di San Michele - monastery that inspired Umberto Ecco’s The Name of the Rose.

Sacra di San Michele – Un cammino nella storia, tra fede, arte e natura

www.sacradisanmichele.com

 

[kermatu]

Grand Canyon 2011.

 

[leadman]

Just love your photos leadman

Thanks bpeteb. I find my work trips far more rewarding now and seeing a lot more "areas" i would never dream of. It also opens you up to see the world in a different light, from the negative of taking photos of birds and animals living and feeding around the rubbish we make, to the positive of seeing birds that are common in our country and we take for granted in a totally different view. So for my Australian trips here are three common ones we all know, but when you see them in portrait or close up, i think they are incredible.

 

[RB]

2009 New Zealand South Island


Near Blenheim


Hokitika

 

[offshore171]

Lapland in Autumn 2007

Left turn for soviet nuclear submarine base.


Glass igloo for aurora viewing


The woods.

 

[codash1099]

Old Jewish cemetery Prague


The famous lecture theatre at the Royal Institute, London


"American Gothic" at the Art Institute of Chicago

 

[TheRealTMA]

Elements of Scotland.

Kelvingrove museum Glasgow.


Edradour distillery Pitlochry.

Edradour Distillery

edradour.com

North East Coast

 

[love_the_life]

Ubiquitous Nara deer.

 

[love_the_life]

Visiting The Shire


The Green Dragon Inn

 

[kermatu]

Trollveggen and Trollstigen Pass area, Norway, '08.

 

[VPS]

Oh I loved Kelvingrove and enjoyed Glasgow a lot more than I did the first time when I stayed in a grubby youth hostel in 1982

 

[TheRealTMA]

Oh I loved Kelvingrove and enjoyed Glasgow a lot more than I did the first time when I stayed in a grubby youth hostel in 1982

Not to forget the extraordinary works by Margaret MacDonald and Rennie Macintosh!

And the wonderful Hill House at Helensburgh. (The Hill House is off the A818, 23 miles north-west of Glasgow.)

Mackintosh and the Hill House

Castles and battlefields, gardens and glens, islands and wildlife … enjoyed and protected.

www.nts.org.uk

 

[Pushka]

Travelled to Cairo with my younger brother as seeing the pyramids was something I wanted to tick off the bucket list. Walking around the streets of Cairo and Giza was definitely an experience and we really enjoyed the Egyptian museum as we got to see first hand the things we had studied in school. Apparently there is a newer museum now but it must not have been opened when we travelled at the end of 2018. I should have done more research but as it turns out bringing drones into the country and flying them is against the law. We went through multiple scanners at the airport, museum, ritz Carlton and the pyramids and it was never detected. Its not as though it was concealed either and was loosely carried in a school backpack. Either they didn't care or their scanners aren't so effective..

A few plucked from my instagram.

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Fabulous well composed pictures.

 

[Pushka]

Old Jewish cemetery Prague
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The famous lecture theatre at the Royal Institute, London
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"American Gothic" at the Art Institute of Chicago
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That last portrait. When I was studying art in Year 11 we had to recreate an artwork and this was the one I chose. I don't know why.

 

[bPeteb]

Not to forget the extraordinary works by Margaret MacDonald and Rennie Macintosh!

And the wonderful Hill House at Helensburgh. (The Hill House is off the A818, 23 miles north-west of Glasgow.)

http://[URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house/mackintosh-and-the-hill-house

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I remember our trip out to Hill House well. The weather was atrocious. No way we could walk up to the house so got a cab from the station and arrived with not a huge amount of time left before closing. The ladies who looked after the house were lovely and let us stay a wee while after closing then one of them drove us back to the station as the rain had set in.

Not a single photo taken, just this one of a model of the house taken back in the city



Still makes me sad to think about the fire at the library at the School of Arts

 

[bPeteb]

2009 saw us visit for the first time the Cook Islands. We nearly didn't make it. We walked into the terminal at Brisbane and the Air NZ counters were in chaos. Their computers were completely offline, worldwide. It took 2.5 hours to check in. We arrived into AKL well after our flight to RAR was due to depart but it had been caught in the same meltdown. We arrived into Raro after midnight where our driver was waiting. He let us into our little waterfront accom. It was completely black outside.

We woke up to this view from bed - Muri Lagoon was literally below us.



This little place had a bed up on a platform that you climbed up a ladder. I wasn't keen so we moved into the cottage next to it. MURI BEACH COTTAGES: 2020 Reviews (Cook Islands) - Photos of Inn - Tripadvisor

Raro was beautiful. We visited again on our cruise on The World where we circumnavigated the island on bikes. A walk across the island with Pa was definitely one of the highlights



Raro is somewhere I could happily live, Aitutaki is somewhere I could spend my last day. The blues were like something we've not ever seen anywhere else. Mmm... just one picture left to stick to the three

 

[RB]

2010 Nthn North Island New Zealand in motorhome

View from Flagstaff Hill Russell


Views around Mangawhai

 

[TheRealTMA]

Santo Stefano di Sessanio in Abruzzo few km outside L'Aquilla in mountains. Albergo Diffuso. Fascinating hotel in restored houses of the medieval town.

"Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a fortified medieval village, in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Located in the mountains of Abruzzo at 1250 meters above sea level, inside the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga national park, this medieval hill town sits adjacent to the high plain of Campo Imperatore. The tiny medieval village of Santo Stefano has been abandoned with many of its ancient buildings in ruins and only 70 inhabitants until recent years. Now, many of the village's buildings have been restored. Some comprise the Sextantio Albergo Diffuso, or extended hotel."

Albergo Diffuso Sextantio | Abruzzo - S. Stefano di Sessanio - Official website

Sextantio is an Albergo Diffuso in Abruzzo (Italy). The hotel is surrounded by the Apennines and by wonderful landscapes, for an unforgettable experience.

www.sextantio.it

Stepping back in time: Sextantio Santo Stefano di Sessanio - Gourmet Roaming

Santo Stefano di Sessanio, in Northern Abruzzo, Italy was a booming town during the reign of the Medici family in the 16th century. But in the 19th century, the town fell into poverty and most of its inhabitants decamped to find work and prosperity elsewhere.…

www.gourmetroaming.com

 

[Cossie]

I had been told of a car bone yard in Sweden near the Norwegian border, so with a rough idea of where it was I went exploring.

Owners won't sell anything, they don't mind people taking photos, but want nothing else to do with anyone.

 

[VPS]

On the Glasgow theme @bpeteb I was also so sad about the school of art.

I also visited the Burrell Collection by catching the train to Crossmyloof

Burrell Collection - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

French Toast at the Willow Tea Rooms - very ordinary


But the Willow Tea Rooms were lovely


And the Burrell collection was excellent