“Shall I have some coffee and buy the highway toll sticker now or shall I continue until the next time I have to pee?” Bestia is wondering in the photo above. Here are some memories from where I travelled before I arrived.
I certainly believed that movement was one of the meanings of life even before I had Moving in my blog name. I was never a major traveller but I had my moments.
From before 2007, when I got my first digital camera, photo evidence is scarce, or better has remained in Slovenia.
We travelled as a family at least twice a year since I remember: in the summer for three weeks to Duba by the Croatian sea, and in the winter often to Italy or Austria to ski for a week.
The four of us made three memorable trips three years in a row: to London – my first time on the plane, to Paris by train and to Prague by car.
Even before, in 1991, I started getting around by myself. I spent two weeks in France with two friends. One photo survives:
After that there was Romania, twice, Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2005, the Peloponnese for two weeks and Crete for a month with my Peugeot 504, and Greek islands Corfu, Karpathos and Samos before I was bored with bleached film photos I kept bringing from Greece and got myself a digital Canon. All the photos in the gallery below but the last two were taken with it.
And now have a look at what had to pass so that I arrived, came from that to this, to life outside my country, to constant travel there and back. Luckily bestia knows his left turns from right and is only slightly upset that he is too short to step all the way down on the gas.
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Amy at THE WORLD IS A BOOK…: My Travels
You’ve been lucky to travel so much. Thanks for sharing your photos.
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Thank you, Dan. I took soooo many on film but left them all in Slovenia on purpose. I must have known I’d take so many new ones.
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Lovely shots of lovely travels – and I do love Bestia thoughts and adore the Michael Pallin story 😀 We had a gorgeous guide there who really made the best of the Globe!
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Thank you, Leya! 🙂 I didn’t have any guide at all! I looked down and there it was! I learned of the story years later.
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Haha, yes, it is a great story whenever you find out about it!
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Fabulous travels! You’ve been so many wonderful places. Thank you for sharing sweet memories and beautiful photos, MM! 🙂
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Thank you, Amy. I’m glad you spurred me into action with your challenge. 🙂
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Awesome!!
Love the photos of Levkas. recognised that beach and Nidri immediately! Long may you take photos.
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Ahh, Nidri! It’s been a while since I heard this name. Thank you, Gavin. That’s a lovely cheer.
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I went to Nidri quite a few times over the years. It was there we found work for my Brother on the Next Island down, Ithaca, and on the way to Ithaca I found work on Cephalonia. Good days!!
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🤣 Bestia’s hooked on coffee like me, poor thing! This was an interesting peek (settette!!) into your life!
And that wasn’t very nice of John Cleese! 😁
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Hehe, thanks, SMSW. This word I misspelled terribly the first time I attempted it. I couldn’t believe so many t’s so close together could fit in a word.
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Yes I had to double check how you spelled it too!
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Some amazing memories from some amazing travels. No we just have to get you two to Canada one of these days 😉
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Prague. *sigh* A girl can dream. A girl DOES dream 🙂
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Go on, Joey, that’s the first step. 🙂 Thanks!
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