Holiday

 

Things are really hopping on the lake behind the dike near our house.

Holiday in Ireland

 It's clear what kind of livestock is mainly kept. One for Signs2 here.

Sailing ships

  I came across these two on holiday in Norway in front of the Oslo Opera House about 12 years ago.

A long time ago

 A Kindergarten in Weimar Germany. One for Sami's Colorful World here.

Remembering

 Today 20 years ago we stood for this museum in Bilbao from Frank Gehry. Quite an experience. (Header the market square in Almere town and  because we get a week with temperatures above 30° C I am trying to keep a cool head by looking at this photo.)

Londonderry

 Yes there is still a weapon to go with it though it is broken in half, looks like the troubles are still not completely over in spite of the butterfly. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

If only that goes well

 With all those candles burning today.

20 Years ago

we were on vacation in Australia and saw this signpost in Sidney. Well that's quite a long trek home.

Ready to start occupying the garden.

 On our way to Prague, we passed an outlet of garden gnomes lined up in rows waiting for us tourists. This was in 2001 and only recently did this reappear on my screen. It seems that the Czech Republic is the country that is the court supplier for these gnomes in the world. 

From the Archives

 Today 13 years ago we stood in the market square in Bergen Norway. Beautiful vacation it was.

Featured Signs

 

If it must be then preferably of this kind.

Once upon a time

 you could still see them just sitting in the trees. That has now become a lot more difficult I understand. One for Saturday Critters here.

You have to see it, the thorny devil lizard.

In the middle of the outback.

Another specimen of Australia's wondrous critter world. One for Saturday's Critters here.

Surprise from Lyon

 

Our daughter returned from a trip to Madrid with her husband on Friday and they decided to have lunch at the Bocuse halls in Lyon on the way back (by train). There, among other things, they saw this brioche filled with delicious sausage and came to bring it over on Sunday. Yes France is No. 1 when it comes to good food.

From the archive

 Photo taken on July 11, 2011 11:57 PM at the North Cape Norway. One for Skywatch Friday here.

From the archive again

 Because beauty gives comfort after all, here is the facade of the Bauhaus student housing in Dessau from the same trip as yesterday's posting.

Archive find

 

Still from a vacation to Berlin. Assembled a mural of glazed brick. You have to start the new year nice. 

What does it mean.

 Seen a long time ago on holiday in Malmö. One for Sign2 here.

The joys of vacation

 

From the bus window in Londonderry

 Northern Ireland is really littered with murals that actually all convey some sort of political message about the contrasts between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Seen on vacation in 2014. One for Sami's Colourful World here.