Monthly Archives: October 2014
Tuk Tuk’ing in Lisbon
After wandering past the Santa Justa Lift, I continued down the street I was on, turned onto the next, strolled down the next… Eventually I found myself on the square, Praça da Figueira (Square of the Fig Tree). It is a large square with a bronze statue of D. João I de Portugal. The highlight for […]
Lisboa – My Kind of Paradise!
For those of you who have been following me for a while, you might remember me mentioning traveling through southern Europe back in the summer for two weeks… Well, here I go on catching you guys up on that adventure! Which it was, without a doubt, an amazing adventure! I spent 15 days on the […]
The Ruins of Llanthony Priory
Day 2 saw us on the road early, heading to see Llanthony Priory before starting the long drive back home. These days, Llanthony Priory is just some ruins within a beautiful green valley, north of the city of Abergavenny. Built in the early 1100’s, its seen a lot of use as an Augustinian priory before […]
Exploring the Brecon Beacons
Do you guys ever just not feel like writing? Sometimes I just hit a period of time where I just don’t want to. Maybe this is the blogger’s form of writer’s block. It is not that I don’t have anything to write about, I have plenty to share with you all, but I just can’t […]
Climbing Pen y Fan
In the beginning of June, a friend told me he was heading to Wales for a weekend, primarily to hike the tallest mountain in Southern Wales, Pen y Fan. When he asked if I was interested in coming along, of course I said yes! I had yet to see Wales, which I really wanted to […]
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris
My last morning in Paris I woke up early to do the climb up to the towers of the Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris. I desperately wanted to see the gargoyles, and I figured this would be as good a place as any other for the skyline view of Paris, right? So, there I was, about […]
Some More of Paris…
A lot of people say that Paris is dirty, grungy, crowded, overrated, not worth the time… As a result, my expectations were not high for the city. I knew it would be crowded for sure, busy, full of tourists. It is Paris after all! So, before I went, I decided to only try to see […]
Among the Parisian Dead
Day 2 found me up a little earlier, and moving promptly and directly, with purpose. This was my day to get it right, to be able to see the catacombs of Paris without waiting in line for four hours… I made my way much faster and smoother than I had the prior day, and this […]
Midnight Angel Photo 