Snazzy Snaps

It has been a few days since I was last here.  Ordinary, back home life, combined with Jet Lag has got in the way.

Here are SOME of my favourite photos from our holiday. Here is My Woodsie, almost a smile on his face.  For someone who works long hours, relaxing into HOLIDAY MODE came surprisingly easy.

I was amazed in Edinburgh during their Fringe Festival he was game to ask this young performer to have his photo taken with her. 

This was taken in the Lake District, where we saw some of the most lovely towns and villages.

I love the colours in this one: the blue of Rob's top against the blue wall in the Louvre.  He sits alone in a vast space, emphasizing how enormous this Museum is and how, unless you have days and days, only a fraction can be viewed.

In Amsterdam, where this bring pink on the wall of the house is such a lively, joyous colour.  We loved how householders would have pots of flowers on the street, right outside their front doors.  

This one is of our room in the Castle we stayed at near Donegal, Ireland.  We were just blown away that Little Ol' Mazz and Woodsie could find themselves living like Royalty!!!

Not taken by me of course, but an English tourist took this for us on a canal in Bruges, Belguim.  Over the years, we have not taken many of ourselves together, but I really like this one.

This is the domed ceiling in Napoleon's tomb, just one of many magnificent buildings we have seen.  But the sheer magnificence, the soaring height, the ornate decoration, the symmetry, the size of all these just leave me overwhelmed.

Okay.  So we are definitely not Brad and Angelina. But just look at us!  Those smiles of delight as we set off on another adventure.  Our bus trips were limited to day tours.  In Europe we moved between cities by train; whilst in Ireland and the U.K. we hired cars.

Yes, it is TOILET PAPER.  But the display looks so eye catching.  Such vibrant colours, arranged in an interesting way.  Even mundane, everyday items can take on the form of an artwork!!

I stood with my camera zoomed in and aimed at this Guard at the Tower of London  for a long time as he stood motionless, his eyes flicking from one side to the other, until he finally looked in my direction and I could "click".

We didn't have many fancy meals, which made those we did so much more special.  This is part of my meal on the seventh floor of our Edinburgh hotel, looking out across Grass Market, to the soaring Castle which dominated the skyline.

We saw many galleries, museums, famous buildings and artworks, but this photo represents a really personal part of the trip.  In the village of Charlton, just near Malmesbury where we stayed, behind the village hall, stands this stone bench.  It is dedicated to the memory of the parents of friends of ours.  We had a specific request to have our photo taken on the bench (and we did!)