2020 Photo Challenge: Shot From Above

Travel Words’ 2020 Photo Challenge theme for September is “point of view” and for this final week, the subject is shoot from above.

FOTD: Hotel Bouquet

Taken exactly one year ago today, this bouquet decorated the lobby of our hotel in Jerusalem, the Ambassador Hotel, greeting us as we returned from a long day of sightseeing! Cee’s FOTD 1/13/19

January Square Day 2: Overhead Lights

For Becky’s January Month of Squares with the theme __________light (words ending in “light”), here is a hanging overhead light at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo. It casts cool shadows on the ceiling too! This hotel used to be a palace, so it has lovely Arabic decor. Several months ago, I published a post with […]

Thursday Doors: Open House Chicago

Last Saturday, we participated in the annual Open House Chicago event, in which over 300 buildings are open to the public. People can tour these buildings and most have volunteers that can answer questions about the building or organization housed there. For Norm’s Thursday Doors this week, I feature some of the doors we saw […]

CFFC: Lines

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the topic Lines. Marriott Hotel, Cairo, Egypt Fine arts & gifts store in Jericho, West Bank, Palestine Countryside near Jericho, Palestine Chihuly glass art, outside Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Columned fountains, outside the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Pull Up a Seat in Paris

Xingfumama has a weekly challenge called Pull Up a Seat. This is Week #33 of 2019. These are some “seats” I photographed in Paris in June 2019.

Journey to Egypt, Part 11: Luxor – Lunch, a Ferry Ride, & Dinner with a Local Family

December 27, 2018 A Walk to Lunch Back in the city of Luxor (about 850,000 population), our bus driver dropped us off in the vicinity of the place where we would have lunch. The restaurant was a few blocks away down dusty streets, and we had to walk. I was glad for this because as […]

FOTD: Bougainvillea in Egypt

At the Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor, Egypt, there were beautiful flowers growing in the gardens in back of the hotel. This is, I believe, bougainvillea. For more flowers to brighten your day, head over to Cee’s FOTD 2/11/19.

Journey to Egypt, Part 3 – The Cairo Marriott Hotel: Thursday Doors

December 23, 2018 Located on an island in the Nile River in the middle of Cairo, The Cairo Marriott is huge and opulent. Its décor is beautiful with Arabic influences, including some awesome doors. This post combines a history of this magnificent hotel with Norm’s weekly feature, Thursday Doors. Originally a palace, it was built […]

Getting Our Kicks with Missouri Kitsch (Day 8-Part 1)

June 15, 2018 The previous night, before dinner and the big thunderstorm, we drove through Springfield to see the Gillioz Theatre at 325 Park Central East, which is also the historic Route 66, brand new in 1926 when the theater was built. It was one of the first theaters to introduce “talkies” to the Midwest […]