THURSDAY’S SPECIAL-Windows

Windows of Europe feature this week.

Blue windows in York.

Tower of London windows.

More blue windows in

Germany’s Rhineland district.

Brown in Brugge.

Attractive Windows in Arras.

  A window in St Jean Baptiste Cathedral,

also in Arras.

 

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Thursday’s Special: Windows

Weekly Photo Challenge-Shiny

 

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Shiny

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Whether in…York…

at Harry Potter’s Platform…

Buckingham Palace…

or in Brugge…

 

we always found some gold handiwork

shining at us.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shiny

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Cee’s

Black and White Challenge:

Hands, Feet

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Hands and feet of… 

 Europe this week.

More feet…

and then some hands.

Some sun baking legs and feet.

 More sun baking feet.

These hands, belong…

to these feet.

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Hands-Feet

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Weekly Photo Challenge-Wanderlust

 

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My contribution for this week’s challenge…

Wanderlust

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Some previously unpublished photos

from some of the cities we visited

during our travels last September.
Brugges or is it Bruge?

I m never sure and would love to hear/see

how locals spell the name.

No visit to Amsterdam would be complete

without visiting a diamond cutting factory.

Rhineland-Black Forest region.

Vienna.

Florence

Lucerne

Salzburg

Finally, Venice.

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Weekly Photo Challenge:  Wanderlust

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A-Photo-a-Week-Edible

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Edible

 

When we arrived at La Place

(whether in Belgium or The Netherlands I don’t remember)

it felt like…

 

 we, no, I was still digesting a hearty breakfast.

 Sad to say that I did not sample any of these

for the above reason.

However, my mouth waters every

time I see the photos.

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Edible

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Brugge-4, Belgium

 

 Last week in Brugge.

One of the last photographs in Market Square were these horses,

carts and drivers catering for tourists wanting

a gentle ride around Brugge.

After we walked back to our hotel and freshened up

we returned for a Welcome Dinner which

provided opportunities for some twilight photography.

Belfort Tower in Brugge.

The Het Zand fountain was one of the most

memorable sights of our trip, in my opinion.

 

Maybe it was that I had not seen a fountain…

illuminated like this before.

Or maybe it was just the atmosphere and camaraderie

which was beginning to form between all travelers.

 

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Jo’s Monday Walk

 

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Brugge-3, Belgium

 

 Last week I showed this archway as seen from

the main Square in Brugge.

This view is from the canal side of the archway,

as we walked back into Market Square.

And if you happened to look up whilst in the arch

you will see this remarkable ceiling.

Through the arch and to the left is St Basil’s Basilica.

Upon entering St Basil’s I was immediately drawn 

to a life-like wooden statue of Jesus…

which depicts him bound prior to Crucifixion.

In a central nave a bronze statue of a pelican stands.  

The pelican was/is a symbol for

Christ and the Eucharist.

 My final photo is of Pietà.  

In many Cathedral there are wardens/security staff

ensuring that visitors remain quiet.  

No such staff were on duty during my visit

and there was no need to ask anyone to be quiet.  

It is/was a very sombre atmosphere in the

Holy Blood Chapel of St Basil’s.

My source of information about some of these images is:

http://www.jeffangiegoh.com/?p=2852

I cannot recall if flash photography was allowed

in the Holy Blood Chapel.  

My photos were taken using slow (1/30 sec) shutter speed,

I guess like many locals and tourists

I light a candle before leaving.

I know I said last week that this would be

my last post of Brugge walk.

I will try, again, to make next week’s my last Brugge post.

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Jo’s Monday Walk