Last views from Paris’s (I’m pronouncing Paris as the French do, Maria – with a silent s) lovely Domaine Nationale du Palais Royale…til my next visit, at least :-). It feels odd that most of my royalty photos are coming still from France, whose last period of being formally constituted as an empire / kingdom ended in 1870. Particularly when you consider I spent nearly a full week in the formally-constituted Kingdom of Norway more recently than my last visit to France during this, its Fifth Republic…and that I spend most of my days and nights here in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. But somehow royalty is much less visible, more discrete, here – unless one goes looking for it. Which I must remember to do!
I was in Locarno, on the shores of Lago Maggiore, nearly five months ago already. These are all from a lovely walk around the city on my first morning there. Below you’ll see some of the old “Castello Visconteo,” or viscount’s castle I guess, which is one of the older buildings in this city which dates to the 12th century but does have some Roman history as well, I believe. I mostly just walked around and enjoyed the views – didn’t go into the museum housed in the Castello, sorry…
So I think I’m entering new territory today, having yesterday hit 365 days in a row of daily (at least) posts again. I’m fairly sure I’ve never managed to go more than 365 days in a row, so welcome to a new chapter. Since spring has very much sprung here in Amsterdam, I find myself taking more and more images of all the lovely spring blossoms that grace the city at this time of year – examples above and below from various recent walks and rides. Sharing these photos with you is such a good excuse, reason and motivator for me to get out and enjoy the various bits of beauty and joy I inevitably find when I’m paying the right kind of attention to the world around me. Enjoy :-).
This river’s walking areas have seen a lovely upgrade since last I lived in Beijing – used to run and walk along this river but it was on the roadway, not these nice riverside paths :-).
(so much world, so little time....) 