esterday was my birthday, which explains the NaNo-fail this weekend.Way back when, Michael at In Time hosted a What I Did On My Summer Vacation blogfest. I didn't get a chance to play then, but since it's finally starting to snow around here, I'm thinking back to heat and sunshine.
There were a couple of weddings, the Bleu Lavande lavender fields, a concert or two and the Cirque du Soleil... Then came the trip to England and Turkey:
England from the sky
Dorothy Sayers' house in Witham, Essex
Windsor Castle, looking across from Datchet village
Kadınlar Denizi Beach
Kuşadası Marina
The water. Ah, the water
Sunset
Olive trees
A kervansaray, or Ottoman inn
A 14th Century mosque
Kystros, a river god
A road in the ancient town of Ephesus
A statue of Artemis
Istanbul, looking across the Golden Horn toward Topkapı Palace
The Maiden's Tower (or Leander's Tower) in the distance.
What do you remember from your summer vacation?
18 comments:
Oh, those are gorgeous photos of Turkey. <3 Funnily enough one of my tourmates from Egypt just finally uploaded some pictures, and she got some great shots of us as an entire group. Brought those memories right back! And Your pictures of Ephesus brought back Turkey, too...I can't remember if we were tormenting our poor hungover tour guide there too, but we did have some good times in Ephesus. I got stalked by cats, for starters...
Whoops, wish I had such lovely memories, all I remember is trying to see Ireland through a sheet of rain and not succeeding...
How many more months to summer next year?!?! LOL!! Oh wow! You went to Witham in Essex!! Yay!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
And thank you for sharing these beautiful pics of your summer - sounds and looks amazing - yes even Witham!
Take care
x
Thank you for sharing such lovely photos.
Happy Belated Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Turkey looks so beautiful, thanks for sharing!
Happy Birthday!
Turkey looks so beautiful, thanks for sharing!
I loved Turkey when I visited. But I didn't get to explore the "other side" (which I believe was the side you took that pic of the palace from).
I don't want to remember my summer vacation. I want your summer vacation!
I am jealous of every one of those pictures. Wow! Happy Birthday!!
happy birthday - I liked your UK pics:) of course but also memories flooding back from the Turkish pics - happy days - hope you feel good and ready to go
all the best
happy belated birthday!!!!
Those photos are gorgeous. You are making me want to travel again!!
Belated happy Birthday, Deniz! So nice to see photos above! Next time you are in England, please give me a shout on FB or email...I would love to meet a blogger-friend like you! :)
Oh wow Deniz, Fabulous! I'm so jealous! :O)
Ooh, Claire, I'd forgotten about the cats in Ephesus! I made friends with a German couple who were sharing water from their bottle with a few cats. But my camera was out of batteries by then...
That sounds like my last trip to Wales, Carole Anne...
Thanks Kitty!! I wish it was summer again, too.
Thank you Romance Reader and Nas!
I was trying hard to make the photo look older, Trisha - zooming in as much as possible on the palace, so I could pretend I was looking at it through my character's eyes...
Aww shucks, Missed. We should hold a writers' retreat there someday!
Thanks Joshua, alberta, Lynda and Madeleine!
Will do, Len! I can't wait to go back to London.
Happy belated birthday! I hope you did something awesome.
Thanks for finally posting this... It was SO worth waiting for!
The pics are gorgesimous!
What I remember? Visiting my future home.... I fell in love with Montreal and would love to move there. Yes, I am serious.
If all goes well maybe in 2013.... I will see you next summer just to make sure I still feel the magic...
Happy belated birthday! I am so glad you finally posted. This was SO worth waiting for!
The pics are Gorgesimous!
What I remember from last summer? The thrill I g
Had when I visited my future home... I fell in love with Montreal! I hope to move there soon... Yes I am serious. By 2013 if all goes well. I will return this summer to meet you and make sure the magic is still there... I know it will be.
Yay, so glad you saw this post Michael. Maybe I'll have a chance to visit Chicago before 2013??
Yes, beautiful Kuşadası sunset photo too! =)
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