Nice sites in France

by Melanie Viaduc de Millau, France Le pont routier le plus haut du monde avec l’ensemble pile-pylône le plus haut au monde (P2 : 343 m) et les deux piles les plus hautes au monde (P2=245 m et P3=221 m).   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct Chateau cathare de Peyrepertuse, Aude, France http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Peyrepertuse

Paris-CdG, 16/7/2011…

 by Melanie  Înca doua ore înaintea zborului SAS: Paris-Oslo. Ma plimb prin terminal, amuzându-ma sa privesc avioanele ce stau la coada ca sa decoleze, practic din minunt în minut, ca niste gratioase balerine-lebede… Ma îndrept spre “Starbucks”, unde-mi comand o cafea neagra:“un Nespresso, what else?!” Revin la poarta pentru Oslo, ma asez lânga o doamna, […]

Las Fallas de Valencia

by Melanie Dintre toate orasele spaniole vizitate, pastrez o admiratie si-o afectiune deosebita pentru Valencia, muy bonita y preciosa por mi corazon…   Am avut sansa de-a urmari la fatza locului cea mai mare sarbatoare populara spaniola:”Las Fallas de Valencia” sau zilele artei efemere, un must-see pentru orice turist interesat de cultura si civilizatia spaniola… […]

Ten Things I Learned On Summer Vacation (via momfog)

Summer vacation is always so exciting, whether it's spent at the beach, the pool, or in the backyard.  My summer certainly started off with a bang, though not the kind I would hope for.  The fire threw a wrench in many of our summer plans.  I swore we'd go to the beach at least 3 times, […]

Zaragoza grafica (via sakurasnow)

I'm unable to credit the makers of much of the graffiti above, apart from the creator of the black & white creatures (the fish [tail only shown here], squirrel, hare & two birds suspended) – they're made by Belgian artist ROA, who has been covering the world with his darkly poignant menagerie, all beautifully rendered […]

The International Language of Gardening (via Vieques Dream House Diary)

In hindsight, we probably should have known better than to take gardening advice from our alcoholic neighbor. As you may recall, his English left a great deal to be desired, and our Spanish didn’t exactly qualify us for translating positions at the U.N. So what were we thinking? Not much, apparently. It happened like this.  […]

Yehliu GeoPark and Other Coastal Geology (via Neil Wade’s Photography Blog)

Yehliu GeoPark (野柳地質公園) is a popular stop on the Taiwan tourist circuit.  It's an interesting set of geological formations found in a small park about 20 minutes north of Keelung, Taiwan.  Truth be told, the entire length of eastern Taiwan is an interesting set of geological formations, but here you can find them all in […]