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Dinner in Vienna saw us, if necessary…

…spending a penny in style…

…with raunchy retro themed décor

to  keep us company.

 

Décor and images strictly from…

…the sixties, fifties…

…and maybe even earlier.

 

For equal opportunity I believe ladies

was decorated in similar fashion. :-0

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Cee-BW-Challenge-Steps

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The Grand Staircase at Paronella Park

in Far North Queensland.

The steps with plaques

mark flood levels.

 

Steps at St. Paul de Vence

in France.

 

 

 

Melbourne steps are closer to home.

 

 

Southern Cross Station Steps

in Melbourne.

Same steps, different view.

I usually take the escalators either side

of these steps.

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge:...Steps-Ladders

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feeling

an emotional state or reaction.

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Feeling happy…

Feeling cooler……………………and worried

Under cover and still feeling wet…

 

…at Pompeii,

Italy.

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One Word Sunday Challenge:...Feeling

 

 

 

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column

an upright pillar, typically cylindrical,
supporting an arch, entablature,
or other structure or standing alone
as a monument

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The Vatican City’s (step-less) Spiral Staircase

supported by…

…row upon row of columns.

Columns around

St. Peter’s Square,

Vatican City.

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:…Column

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Numbers everywhere

These numbers tells us the memorial

was dedicated to L’ABBE Halluin and

that the monument was erection was funded

by public donations and probably

unveiled on July 19, 1896.

Arras, France

 

One of Geelong’s inner streets.

A European bus line which is allowed to travel

at 100 kmh, the company telephone number

and the bus’ registration number..

 

A teenager’s birthday.

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge:...Numbers

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Knight to King three

Melbourne Zoo

Tower of London.

 

A Roman eagle.

Aardvark,

Botswana.

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From Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain  …

…owls, and…

…and an eagle.

 

A Geelong floor covering shop window

during football finals.

Kwa Nokeng Lodge,

Botswana

This image has been tagged as a

Moorabool Valley (Geelong) tags.

Personally I think it belongs with

New Zealand images

Statue of a Tusker at

Letaba Rest Camp,

home to the

Elephant Museum,

in Kruger National Park.

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Visual treats

Visiting Notre de Dame de Paris was a real treat…

…made all the more special after the Cathedral…

…was ravaged by fire with 12 months.

I guess I have seen the Eiffel Tower…

…lit up in movies, however seeing it

in person was fantastic.

The Moulin Rouge was also a

must see in Paris.

I doubt that even in my younger days

would I have gone fishing

in the vicinity of white water…

 

…let alone the white water of Victoria Falls.

An optional helicopter flight over Victoria Falls…

 …to view the effect the rushing waters of

the Zambezi River has had on the landscape

leaving previous falls sites high and dry.

A goodbye London special treat was

a ride on the London Eye.

 

Well worth the time for some nice views of London…

…after dark.

Finally…

…after hearing my Father speak of Menin Gate

from time to time, I was pleased to find

a tour group that included a visit

to Menin Gate in its

Western Front itinerary.

 

So it was that in early June of 2017,

before a relatively small crowd, I was

part of the ceremony that commemorates

the Great War each and every night.

Three local buglers performed the last post

in a simple but moving ceremony at Ypres’

Menin Gate, in Belgium

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FriendlyFriday:...Special-Treats

Amanda                       Sandi

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Stone stacks, made by tourists,

along the Great Ocean Road.

 

Mugs stacked in rows at

The Green Dragon Inn,

Hobbit Movie Set

New Zealand.

The Watchman

by Alexandre Sosnowsky aka Sacha Sosno

Ever since I photographed this art

I have called it

Blockhead,

Street Art at St Paul de Vence,

in France.

Research today tells me otherwise.

So no blocks this week.   🙂

Similar to haystacks which for many decades

I carefully built each year only to commence

pulling them down within a few weeks.

These bales do resemble building blocks, don’t they?

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One-Word-Sunday-Body

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At Manly Beach…

…these girls were applying suntan oil

to exposed parts of their body.

Sun lovers on the French Riviera did not seem

to worry about protecting themselves.

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One Word Sunday Challenge:...Body