Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Favorites: the Wanderlust Edition

In honor of the conclusion of my time in Africa,
I've compiled a collection of my favorite photographs I've taken while wandering around this earth the past four years--
those wanderings that took me out of Africa (with the exception of the first photo...).

For my favorite photographs from my years in Zimbabwe: go here!

For my favorite photographs from my years in Senegal: go here!

For my favorite photographs of animals: go here!

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The Harbor at Sunset - Alexandria, Egypt - Egypt: Selected Photos

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The cloisters at Toledo, Spain's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes -- Toldeo's Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

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The Cherry Blossom in harbor in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, United States - Sapphire sea the sun sails like a golden galleon

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The sun through a storm of hail, thunder, lightning, and rain in Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming, United States

Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania - Peleș Castle...what a palace should look like!

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Thomas Jefferson's Serpentine Walls near the Gardens, the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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The beyond breathtaking dome of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain

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The Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and the Tidal Basin with the Washington, D.C., skyline.

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Hot air ballooning in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains!

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Thermal area near West Thumb on Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, United States

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A covered bridge in Woodstock, Vermont, United States

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Sunrise over the Blue Ridge Mountains in Blowing Rock, North Carolina - Blowing Rock


The majestic snow-capped Rila Mountain, Rila Monastery - Bulgaria

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The Potomac River in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia - The Old Town Alexandria Waterfront

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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S., Washington, D.C. - the Lincoln Memorial

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Traveling along the stunning Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina - The Blue Ridge Parkway






Monday, May 30, 2011

Because one post wasn't enough...

  Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania
Too beautiful to resist a second post!



Friday, May 27, 2011

Peleș Castle...what a palace should look like!

 Peleș Castle - Transylvania, Romania

 The castle was inaugurated in 1883

 and built for King Carol I of Romania (1839 - 1914)

 the Saxon influence is strong and leaves a breathtaking impression,
particularly in the palace's courtyard



Some more information Peleș Castle

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Sinaia Monastery

 The Sinaia Monastery's Great Church in Sinaia, Transylvania, Romania

 inside the Old Church

 the Monastery was founded in 1695 
and named after the Sinai Monastery (Saint Catherine's Monastery) on Mount Sinai

inside the Old Church

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Count Dracula, I am glad we did not meet

 Bran Castle - Transylvania, Romania; Forever associated with the Dracula legend
(Because one post just wasn't enough)

the entrance to the castle

outside the highest room
 out into the courtyard


 the well in the courtyard

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the main character observes Count Dracula scaling down the side of his castle
My bets is this would be the creepiest one to have seen him crawling down

The Dracula Legend and is he really the nasty Vlad Tepes?

Friday, May 20, 2011

Entering the Land of Dracula: Bran Castle

 Bran Castle of the Dracula legend-- Romania

 the courtyard at Bran Castle


 
 the castle

 Transylvania, Romania

 the fort

the castle

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Brasov: Entering Transylvania

 The Black Church - Brasov, Romania
the church got its name from a 1689 fire that raged killing 3,000

 Brasov in glorious Transylvania

 City Center - Brasov


The Rasnov, Romania, citadel -- built around 1215 by the Teutonic Knights.  
It was only conquered once in 1600
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