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We were only able to visit Mt. Cook (Aoraki) during mid-day, which meant that light wasn't too great--but I couldn't resist a quick shot of that gorgeous mountain rising above the Tasman Valley, with the Tasman River winding its way down. That cloud-covered cleft to the right of the peak is the Tasman Glacier.
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Weer een bucketlist dingetje kunnen afvinken vandaag. Een SGM-2 reed solo in de 5600 vanmorgen. Met zijn 52,20 meter is dit het kortst mogelijke reizigerstreintje in echte NS-kleuren. Deze treinstellen zullen binnen afzienbare tijd het veld moeten ruimen, en in de herfstperiode mogen ze niet solo rijden. Grote kans dus dat dit de laatste keer was dat er op de Veluwelijn een solo SGM-2 te zien was.
Excuus voor de ongebruikelijke bewerking. Door een defect aan mijn Mac moest ik de foto op een ongecalibreerd en slecht scherm omzetten naar JPG.
In de zomer van 2022 werd de vakantie samen met de vrouw en dochter doorgebracht in Tsjechië. Uiteraard vond ik het niet heel erg dat de dames wederom voor Tsjechië kozen, want mijn bucketlist qua treinen in dit fraaie land is nog best wel lang ;-). De eerste twee weken zaten we in de buurt van Nymburk en de derde week nabij Uherské Hradiště.
In de buurt van Uherské Hradiště is nog aardig wat inzet van Duikbrillen van de serie 754. Met een beetje geluk zitten er ook een aantal leuke kleurvarianten in de omloop. In de laatste week van onze vakantie kon ik vier fraaie kleurvarianten scoren en daarnaast nog een loc in de Najbrt2-kleurstelling. Daar was ik zeer tevreden mee. Qua zon was het die week ook lekker en kon er op verschillende stekken worden genoten van deze fraaie diesellocomotieven.
Verder zaten we niet al te ver van de Slowaakse grens. Dan is een bezoekje aan Slowakije toch ook wel aantrekkelijk. De laatste keer dat ik dit fraaie land bezocht voor een langere tijd was in 2005. We zaten een uurtje rijden vanaf de hoofdlijn Trenčín-Leopoldov. Daar werden ’s middags op donderdag 4 augustus 2022 twee stekken bezocht. De eerste stek lag ten noorden van het dorpje Považany waar al vrij snel de ŽSSK Cargo 383 210-2 met een gemengde goederentrein richting het zuiden werd vastgelegd. Al met al een leuk en kort bezoek aan dit mooie land dat hopelijk over niet al te lange tijd een vervolg krijgt.
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Het enorme Kasteel van Chambord is een schitterend bouwwerk en voor ons weer een puntje om van de bucketlist af te strepen. Het 16e-eeuwse jachtkasteel, het grootste en meest statige kasteel van de Loirestreek, telt 440 kamers en 365 torens. Om het domein van 5500 hectare groot staat een 32 kilometer lange muur.
Chambord, Frankrijk
The enormous Castle of Chambord is a wonderful building and another item to cross off our bucket list. The 16th-century castle, the largest and most stately castle in the Loire region, has 440 rooms and 365 towers. There is a 32 kilometer long wall surrounding the 5,500 hectare domain.
Chambord, France
This was a highlight of my trip home. It was on my bucketlist while there and we got so lucky !
One was in the window on the east side of the old farmhouse, we hadn't seen them yet and as we neared the house we heard a clatter. When we looked we could see one owl through the east window sitting in the west window (those shots did not turn out) .... so the course of action was to disturb them no further and rather than walk around the house and likely have them fly off, we went back to the road and walked up the road a ways. Thankfully I had my 500mm Sigma. These are the shots on a high sun, very hot afternoon on the prairie in Alberta.
I could have stayed there all day watching them.
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Eleven years ago today I completed a lifetime dream of owning a book from the seventeen hundreds. I have always been fascinated by history, and more so the idea and thought of people who lived their day to day lives just like we do- so many, many years ago.
When I look at this book I wonder at all the people who have handled or read this book in the last 225 years- who they were, what inspired them, what they were passionate about… I think that is really what drives my Lifetime Dreams these days –connections and experiences.
Theme: Dream A Little Dream
Year Eight Of My 365 Project
Live Today, Love Tomorrow, Unite Forever
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Tomorrowland Days <3
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One of the Vibrant Life Time Experience !!
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1. Last portion of the Promenade looking towards Chateau Frontenac. Hopefully this perspective shows how the wall and extreme, sheer drop of the cliff is why Quebec City was considered impenetrable… until the English discovered a weakness along the Plains of Abraham (Siege of Quebec) during the Seven Years’ War 1756-1763 (known as the French and Indian War in United States).
2. Quebec’s Winter Carnival ~ Bonhomme : the official representative of the Carnival aka Bonhomme Carnaval
- Stairs behind lead to Rue du Petit Champlain
3. View from the Promenade over the St. Lawrence River to Levis, Quebec with the ferry cutting through the ice.
4. Ice sculpture – bar table
5. View of Old Quebec skyline shot from the parking garage
6. L’Oncle Antoine Pub (Maison Marie Anne Barbel 1754)
7. Rue du Petit Champlain (oldest street in North America outside Mexico/originally the red light district of Quebec City)
8. Notre-Dame-Des-Victoires ~ one of the oldest churches in North America. Located in Place Royale, it resides on the spot where Champlain first built his original outpost (habitation). The original church was severely damaged during the Siege of Quebec. However, it was rebuilt in 1763.
9. Place Royale
My Bucket List, oh, about # 5: visit Old Quebec City, the oldest city in all of North America… well, outside Mexico! Lol
I have always dreamed of strolling through the rich history of those cobblestone streets and ancient buildings. Unfortunately, we arrived the day after a massive snowfall, so the cobblestones were all completely covered. We also found that many of the ‘spots’ were closed due to construction. Plus (long story very shortened), circumstances outside our control reduced our planned, (almost) full day of exploration down to (just) an abbreviated evening. However, we still made the best of the situation.
As it turned out, we visited Old Quebec City on the final Saturday of the Winter Carnival! Thus, hitting up Place Royale and Rue du Petit Champlain was pretty much a shoulder to shoulder experience despite the very cold and windy conditions. We then climbed to Upper Quebec City via Escalier Casse-Cou (Breakneck steps ~ for obvious reasons! Especially after a heavy snowfall! lol) and checked out Chateau Frontenac (supposedly the most photographed hotel in the world). A little past Chateau Frontenac was a really cute outdoor ice bar. So, we grabbed a brandied cider to warm up with beside the roaring fire pit.
It was there that we overheard a woman (who, let’s just say, wasn’t too impressed that her husband was hanging out at an outdoor bar, with a bunch of strangers, when she was trying to have a family holiday. lol). She was imploring with him that the kids wanted to go and see the parade.
Parade?! Ray and I looked at each other and said ‘ok!’. So we downed our drinks and joined the throngs of people milling their way towards, what we assumed was the highlighted event. We found a spot at what we correctly assumed was the end of the parade. Our perch was a snow mounded wall across from the Parliament building so we had a perfect view of the end crossroad. And it was there that we waited. And waited. And waited.
Don’t get me wrong. We had lots of fun. Everyone was in a lively, fun and dancing mood. It was just a very cold night and standing still didn’t help. I was cozy and warm in my Pajar but those around us were certainly shivering. Eventually the parade started to reach our end. What an amazing show!!! I’m not sure if Cirque du Soleil has an influence on it at all, but, Man, every single float involved a performance and a light show!
After about 2 hours we had still only seen about 5 floats (they were averaging about one every 20 minutes), and Ray announced that he could no longer feel his toes. So, we decided to duck out of the parade and continue to check out some more of the City’s attractions.
We ventured down past the beautiful Voltigeurs de Quebec Armory (again, cut off with construction vehicles) then cut through the Plains of Abraham and followed the walls of the Citadel to the Governor’s Promenade. And for me, that is where the magic of the night really began. You have to understand, we had just left hordes and hordes of people at the parade and when we stepped onto the Promenade there was not a single soul → for the whole stretch we were completely alone!!! To think of the irony that the original promenade was built for only a handful of the elite and privileged to enjoy… and here ‘lowly nothings’ (aka ourselves) were doing what was once totally forbidden! Well, it just seemed so rebellious! It was honestly so surreal and so romantic to have it all to ourselves! Even behind the Chateau Frontenac there were only a handful of people to be seen. I don’t know if everyone was at the parade, or thought that it would be too windy or cold along the Promenade but, actually, it was totally protected from the wind. With the views out over the St. Lawrence River... and the bright lights of Lower Quebec City below... and Levis across the way, ...with the ferry plowing through the ice floats as she made her way back and forth between… (sigh!) It was just so lovely!
Afterwards we headed back down the Escalier Frontenac to the lower section and decided to warm up at L’Oncle Antoine’s. What a fun and great ‘Old Man’ bar!! The bar is actually the old, brick storage vaults of the Barbel House. It was just SO cool! Everyone was playing board games and having so much fun. We were fortunate to get a table right by the fire. We thoroughly enjoyed an excellent bowl of French Onion Soup and sampled a couple of L’oncle Antoine’s own micro brews. Ray had the Red Ale and I tried their Dark Lager. Both were good but the dark lager was SO tasty!
When we finally emerged from the bar, we were delighted to see that the streets were next to empty! We returned to Place Royale (the site of the original/first settlement and trading post plus the Oldest Church in Canada) and Rue du Petit Champlain (the oldest street in Canada although, it supposedly was also the red light district) to suck in all of that old world charm. There were only a few lovers left strolling the streets so it was again just so surreal and so romantic. How I wished I had actually brought my camera instead of just my phone. I never expected to witness Old Quebec City, on a Saturday night, especially during Winter Carnival, without hordes of people. Who knew?!
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Hij stond al een tijd op mijn bucketlist, dus moest het er nu maar eens van komen: de 's avonds buiten kantooruren onwezelijke sfeer bij het eindpunt aan de Zuidas van lijn 25. Een zee van licht in totaal verlaten kantoorgebouwen- geen mens op straat en een lege dubbellange tram die naadloos in het SF-achtige decor past...
Met dank aan Tim Boric voor de inspiratie.
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The in the evening, outside office hours almost surreal atmosphere at the Terminus of Amsterdam tramline 25.
A sea of light in deserted buildings, not a living soul in sight - a totally empty double set CAF Urbos fits seamless in a SF- like decor...
I have taken a bit a break from Flickr for the past two months but I am back.
CN Tower Edge Walk. 356 meters up (1168 ft), got to walk the 150 meters around the edge of the observation tower with frequent stops and drills for thrills. The ledge is only 3.5 ft which adds to the lovely fright. I have to say this one was the most exhilarating / scary things I've done in a while and loved every second of it. Gives you perspective.
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“Another sunrise, another new beginning.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
November 16, 2017 • Sandy Beach • Honolulu, Hawaii
Milford Sound Cruise
Fiordland National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
South Island, New Zealand
A relaxing morning cruise down the breathtaking Milford sound on a catamaran. As the convoy of tour buses has yet to arrive, the cruise was fairly vacant. It was great as we didn't have to jostle for prime viewing spots and were free to wander about the top deck. The best time to visit Milford is after a good period of rain, which is very common being the wettest place in New Zealand. Small waterfalls and streams can be observed meandering from the top of the peaks down into the sound below.
Milford Sound (technically a fjord) was carved by huge glaciers that stretched into the Tasman Sea. Hence the cliffs on both sides of the sound were steep and stretches far underwater. In fact, the passage is so deep and wide in places that a large cruise liner is able to travel halfway up the fjord and make 180 degrees turn back out to sea. Just look at the boat for some scale, that boat was at least 30 m in length.
Amazingly, these sheer cliffs are home to a large variety of vegetation, even tall trees! Firstly lichen and moss forms the 'soil' layer where all the roots of the larger trees can get a foothold. This process is encouraged by the large amount of precipitation the fjord region receives. Over the millennium of growth, the once barren and rocky cliffs are now covered in green. Every now and then, a large tree would loose its grip and slide down the cliff face, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. The beauty of the fjord landscape plus the unique ecosystem it hosts really makes it one of a kind and a must do for anyone who visits New Zealand!
1 exp shot, editted in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Comments and constructive criticisms are always appreciated!
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