Rio de Janeiro’s botanic gardens are lush and tropical with one whole area dedicated to Orchids. I loved the Victoria Leaf water lily and if you look closely one of them has a small tortoise living on the leaf. The gardens are alive with life and I saw squirrels, monkeys, toucans and many other birds […]
Read MoreEl Basilica church a grey stone church with wonderful stained glass ,stone birds and fabulous tower with great city view. Huge circular stained glass up very steep streets to Basilica and then up a ladder to the twin towers. Museo de San Fransisco & Plaza. The museo was an old monastery lovely gardens with […]
Read MoreI love this city and its beautiful mix of Eastern and Western cultures. Smart business people brush past in their business suits marching alongside the gentlemen in their flowing robes and headdresses. Topkapi museum, the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya minaretes and domes jut out as you cruise along the Bosphorus at sunset. The grand […]
Read MoreSuperb, beautiful, stunning! there are not enough superlatives to describe the Rila monastery. The paintings of this ancient monastery It was founded nearly 13 centuries ago by Ivan of Rila. During this long period of time,the monastery was burned down and rebuild several times. The arches and the colonnades, the covered wooden stairs, the mural […]
Read MoreIt is not every day that you get to meet a real Fred Flinstone. Fred runs a restaurant in a cave in the Rose Valley in Cappadocia. We were wandering through the Rose and Red Valley admiring the homes built into the Fairy Chimneys when we happened upon the rock cafe in the strangest of […]
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