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Category Archives: doors
Exploring Dublin 2 : Travel Reminiscences
Travel reminiscences of our wonderful holiday in Ireland 2009 Our ‘Hop on-Hop off’ bus tour in Dublin continues …. across O’Connell Bridge over the River Liffey into Southeast Dublin Main entrance to Trinity College founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth … Continue reading
Posted in doors, Dublin, holiday, Ireland, memory lane, street, travel
Tagged Dublin, Ireland
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Exploring Dublin, Ireland : Travel Reminiscences
St Patrick’s day, a few days ago, jogged my memory of the incomplete ‘Travel Reminiscences’ series I started last year where I was posting all the bits in Ireland I had not done when we returned from that fabulous holiday in 2009. … Continue reading
Posted in bridges, church, doors, Dublin, holiday, Ireland, memory lane, sculpture, street, travel
Tagged Dublin, Ireland, Phoenix Park, River Liffey
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Overnight stop at Kuilfontein Stable Cottages
On our recent trip to the Cape .. Kuilfontein Stable Cottages , situated on the south side of Colesberg on the N1, is our favourite overnight stop en route back from the Cape to Johannesburg. I have written and posted many photos on Kuilfontein … Continue reading
Posted in animals, countryside, dogs, doors, food, holiday, Karoo, Landscape, rose, sky, travel, trees
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Walk-about in Siena, Tuscany
Here’s another place I would have loved to spent longer, much longer .. ambling through the narrow streets of Siena, the historic centre of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Siena is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscapes … Continue reading
Lunch at Blaauwklippen … and my 1000th post !!
One thousand posts !! Cannot believe it !! Anyway, there it is .. the stats don’t lie. I thought of doing something special like re- posting my first one, or the 100th, or the 500th, or my favourite post, or the best place … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Cape, doors, holiday, travel, wine estates
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Sunday Selections #14
Doors … again !! I’ve had fun looking for doors and gates (my self-proclaimed theme for Sunday Selections at the moment!) .. have even found I have a fetish for fences too .. so watch this space !! Luckily I’ve … Continue reading
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Sunday Selections #11
To continue with my ‘doors’ theme, as I featured a few weeks on Sunday Selections, here are some small/short doors from our trips to England, Wales and Ireland People from way back must have been very short !!!! I am 5’5″ … Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday :
Uva Mira Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape For more Wordless Wednesday contributions go here and here
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