https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019 daily 0.75 2020-02-01 https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/12/14/visit-to-moyale monthly 0.5 2019-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316401992-3C97KU96SJ7GU9TSSCJ1/9.+Moyale+Women.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Typical women’s dress for the Muslim women. Much more colourful than we expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317722404-AYQO5II4EB39ULSTWOL9/Red-billed+hornbills+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE A pair of red-billed hornbills….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315060888-O5R52JXGV0FPFZECT0I5/1.+Moyale+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE The team having coffee The Red Cross driver, Bekele, on the left and Aschalew, programme coordinator on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316942363-1TRNKNB23MBI9A4XKK2U/Shakes.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Bird watching from the restaurant balcony with the layered shakes for refreshment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315881841-VJ81EODPOHCS2ODYSMIR/4.+Tukuls.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Fairly typical homstead of tukuls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317982592-GZKICRZ0QLOSAZ7H1O60/Donkeys+1.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Bringing home the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317547241-ASSKGBITKTHH0CJSQX92/11.+Red+X+Security.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Security guards in traditional sarongs - occupational therapy for the elderly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316595064-15ZA3G9O8NTGQUORXOTZ/7.+Moyale+town.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Fairly typical roadside trading. The young man is taking potatoes and tomatoes to sell at the roadside. Note the mattress shop at upper right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316189690-JUC8FM7DDP22EXN7NGS5/6.+Moyale+town.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Moyale main road, at a quiet time, running down to the border. The low hills are in Kenya, with an Orthodox church on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315374787-FU1536SPR6OYMARBFIAJ/2.+Camels+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Camels taking a break on a really good stretch of road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315542568-39I0TT9SPG5VXHYAS2L1/3.+Cattle+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE And donkeys, but I will deal with the donkeys later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576318105834-AAL81JFEALHPOFVS3D6H/Donkeys+2.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE The donkeys seem to be looked after and well treated. They are an important econominc resource. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317087506-LOOX0K1ZRWWGU4AU9JBP/11.+Cleaning+day.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE The volunteers begin work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317803487-PAKG2HJRW8FA0C36LABD/Superb+Starling+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE and the aptly named Superb Starling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316017964-V4CF56R6A2UTK1PX4SPY/5.+Housing.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE More modern house using same wattle and daub technique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576318261894-91V3C43A0QXRN639D6K8/Donkeys+3.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Each container has 25 litres water, so the total load is a bit more than 50 kg for each donkey. Probably easier work than pulling a heavily loaded cart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315739472-QL380FGUWNPUSZ0HEWDS/4.+Agriculture.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE The farmers are just starting to harvest when the unseasonal rains arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317212030-OITS50FFPK0836PYCN6I/12.+Cleaning+day.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576315238487-8B4DA7HCCPXMHM0V55KT/4.+small+towns.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Busy little towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576316799032-SQHJPSHQVQCRMA5QOAVL/8.+Moyale+town.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Eroded side streets and women with water containers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317271975-6R9DL6JY8LCY3E0TETSJ/13.+Cleaning+day.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE Air pollution or garbage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1576317443864-298ZL4A0ARCIA3ABZCQ6/10.+Workshop.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - VISIT TO MOYALE The workshop participants on the steps of the half-completed Red Cross building. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/11/20/vist-to-awash monthly 0.5 2019-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252191763-K7HY9MSQY2A9D3C4CGFF/11.+Mekonnen+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Ursula bird watching with Mekennon the driver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252504208-RNRPOFJDYIK9O19FDMX0/12.+with+scout+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Ursula bird watching with guard on a termite mound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574174552348-BFG4DCIP3V6TOR7LPFKP/1.+Ibis%2C+Glossy+8234.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Three of several hundred Glossy Ibis we saw on the Big Bird Count https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574353477679-J07KZ5Z4G2ME5N1T24YJ/DSC_8969.01.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251220446-XE6IV2YRK5R8H8YGRV1C/3.+Gelada+female+8262.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Gelada females leading their young up a cliff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251140375-4ALMMG2EOPQQJR5QH5GU/2.+Gelada+male+8253.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Gelada alpha male observing the world in quiet contentment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252381816-WQ1AVKSSLEYB7N98U1HO/9.+Jackal%2C+Black-backed+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Black-backed Jackal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252641824-F228ZT1PMDCOR1AFFAXP/13.+Camels+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Camels and…….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252691371-5DWNMJXH6884YXR2AS5I/14.+Camels+everywhere.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash more camels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251813768-U5FFJH1VBZTVXDWGOUA5/6.+Awash+Falls+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash The Awash Falls viewed from the restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251943490-A5XUIR1MBXT29TZEJ7UT/7.+Roller%2C+Abyssinian+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Abyssinian Roller at the Lodge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251367555-0HLVIPFHRHLS2SFFFOBU/1c+Barbecue.+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Lucas (left) the braai master at work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251447567-473GV0PPXNI2MNF0S656/1b+Barbecue.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Our landlord, the owner of the B’more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252327722-6TR1MP8MUV36ZJF75MBI/10.+Oryx%2C+Beisa+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Besia Oryx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574251601646-KMTF7I5WZA2O8Q3GLA66/4.+Mountain+Thrush.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Mountain Thrush in our new garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1574252028424-8D1DDS8Q1AM6QIVN8LJR/8.+Eagle%2C+Fish+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Vist to Awash Fish Eagle eating a fish it is holding in its talons https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/10/2/south-african-visit monthly 0.5 2019-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569935488400-52J6JGITVQ6IFX25V6SE/5.+Orange+Farm+1.+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Beautiful “Cape Dutch” bungalow set in an orange orchard. Ursula and Leah relax on the steps in the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569934763706-HPXU4LJLACK4JROTLWIP/2.+Picnic+spot.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Dry and flat, the last stop before entering the karroo. Lunch at the roadside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569939426094-R5IF7WW5JHS0K7EJQNYY/Housefront.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. The front of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569938218623-QNFR1KOVJTLIY4AHZIY1/14.+Lunch.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Lunch at Oep ve Koep, the name means Open for Business in the local Afrikaans dialect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569934441394-6YB9T7PL1MB8T63MEGX9/1.+Leahs+flat.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Leah’s flat is onthe 10th floor on a ridge and has a magnificent view west across Jhb. Unfortunately it was quite misty while we were there, but it gives a good idea of how wooded Jhb is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569934971277-2O8SY1AHAMWXOHZVUWJN/3.+Melton+Wold.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569937515685-OFMG0T11XI5O5BCDFJ2S/12+Art.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. A Kentridge print, “Holding the Fugitive”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569936033159-72DLA2D1DV1KVITZI3CU/7.+Klipspringer+7542.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Male Klipspringer watching the passing traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569939244554-4KE5ONIVHVSH2Y4L66F5/18.+Wines.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Wine tasting with the Joubert’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569938641749-5CBFHBKNA30PRU1A8Z6D/16.+Boat+launch.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Launching a local fishing boat at Paternoster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569939516012-J3PM1YDZPW8SOZI5URFV/Garden.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. and small garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569936372298-AABASHPU0LVTFLKEOYK7/13.+Proteas.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Protea in the Cederberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569936542775-7HDTQ4Q9VH4CH5QWBNF0/9.+Table+Mountain.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Table Mountain as we come in through Milnerton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569935273797-6KDT0KQKT8WX82MHM4AY/4.+Daisy.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Roadside daisies, orange predominant at this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569938469783-UO4KT4BO0F2D3G8RZ9O5/15.+Paternoster+beach.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. On the beach at Paternoster, left to right, Elleck, Leah, Nicki and Chris, the wind behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569936794899-V4PHINXGTHN95JLUKAKH/10.+Nicki.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Relaxing after long drive down. The perfect relaxing couch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569936132138-Z7P869I8RA2QFJMBINZA/8.+Klipspringer+7538.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. The female a bit more nervous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569937223457-0O8GY5BU2CXMQ35OM3JY/11.+cooking.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Cooking with Mary (right) and Nicki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569937732249-U3AMBMOGSM29K3975OFL/13.+Kentridge+2+blog+%281%29.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. Kentridge sculptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1569935921608-8PTR5E60XU9ETNDTYI1W/6.+Puff+Adder+072.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - South African visit. A handsome puffadder basking on the road https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/9/6/birding-from-the-balcony monthly 0.5 2019-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567684031409-25UJQKKW7QB15RUPA1W1/2.+Dove%2C+Dusky+Turtle+6780.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Dusky Turtle Dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567686569366-YJX07OO7OB7INC0OLWD5/8.+Swainson%27s+0045.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Swainson’s Sparrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567686821113-DQD6038QDOZEAFJADCOU/12.+Ibis%2C+Wattled+7312.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Wattled Ibis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567687230547-PZE8PB44E8XKXST0Z22V/13.+Goats.+0001.01.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Urban flock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567684710168-ZRDTCZXGIC14QI94S98C/5.+Bee-eater%2C+Blue-breasted+7167.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Blue-breasted Bee-eater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567683879516-AOQQL570VE4QUMB9CWY9/1.+Lovebird%2C+Black-winged+7110.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Black-winged Lovebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567685531596-TNGSOPQJPH4R5QRJP0IE/6.+Bee-eater%2C+Blue-breasted+7167.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Blue-breasted Bee-eater with bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567685809225-THU6VZVS4VM01ZPCIYSK/7.+Gymnogene+7088.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Gymnogene - Sorry for the quality but I didn’t have time to put up a tripod and was handholding a 500 mm lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567684405952-92YTKQ9864SSA61PBY1G/3.+Dove%2C+Red-eyed+7021.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Red-eyed Dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567686669660-GNCAVSRW65STWRGNIGNG/9.+Seedeater+0040.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Brown-rumped Seedeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1567684551446-MBIUWZNVQ5XDBNW4H7JJ/4.+Weaver%2C+Baglaflecht+6804.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Birding from the Balcony. Baglafecht Weaver https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/8/21/incidents-and-observations monthly 0.5 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1566379958845-3G39KB3EJRE0EABP8FER/Moyale+0004.02.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Incidents and Observations A fairly typical roadside coffee shop in Ethiopia selling the traditional coffee or bunna in small, espresso like coffee cups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1566380363671-X1ONVJCMI16YBYFTW0DP/VW+0135.01.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - Incidents and Observations VW Beetles are ubiquitos in Addis but this one, belonging to the owner of our hotel is the best we have seen. An early 50s model, or perhaps earlier, with a small, split screen, back window. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2019/2019/7/30/arrival monthly 0.5 2019-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1564478199927-CD2PGYHT1WU2PC175GJF/Addis+6.01.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - ARRIVAL Looking down on a wedding party from the terrace restaurant in Ghion Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1564478000970-TFUS3W6LGB3MAOLRRXIT/Hotel+3a.01.jpg Ethiopia 2019 - ARRIVAL The view to the west from our bedroom. Don’t be fooled by the greenery, it is waste ground waiting for development. https://www.ursulachris.com/nz-2020 daily 0.75 2020-08-22 https://www.ursulachris.com/nz-2020/2020/8/3/new-zealand-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596390041303-OLKOJQTEP4YATX69OB3C/3+braai.+1.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Breaking in the new braai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596391228496-4K6QDOP6XFCGS406M58Q/13.+Kiwi+release+0083.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Kiwi release day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596392194004-P5QH9MEVSW03MA34PN2R/21.+Peach+cove.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Annette on the way up the Peach Cove walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596389733842-EKJOOECV8JMLDZNDI1LH/1.+Franklin+0016.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 The view out toward the heads at sunset, a view we love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596391134835-ZSYKLYKBBODMR7XCDSSW/8a.+DSC_0080.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 On the way back to the mainland we passed this yacht having a great day’s sailing inthe stiffish wind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596391468265-G7TCZEFM1KRMBI6MK5YI/15.+Before.Blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Before (with what appears to be a salad in my hands) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596389939396-YT6LANBHMCSASYKF0SNO/2.+Flax+0081.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 The flax plants look like they might take over the garden, so Ursula was cutting them back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596391958399-VWLDPFH46J236J5V65SX/19.+Windows.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Making the most of lockdown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596390644680-APCZX5O5X1ZNO53VFG05/7.1.halfway.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 And Ursula resting halfway along the footbridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596392371960-CEK5KN2LONFH3CO1UWN7/23.+Ocean+beach.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Not a person as far as the eye can see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596390447066-FS75E3C2S3ZMRB25XVLY/6.+Britta+0042.blog.jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Lunch by a stream and Luke with his head in the water, it was very hot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1596392571116-TTJ4NSTQ2P22RBOBYA9S/25.+Bread+004..jpg NZ 2020 - New Zealand 2020 Home baking suddenly became very popular during lockdown and it became quite difficult to find flour at one time. 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Ursula in the Mini cabriolet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598177709296-VO2W8PFNZBYVX2BUYXOI/6.+Jura+2.+0029.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 6. French cows, with cowbells, and the farmhouse, where we stayed, in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178905656-TYO6MZ2P0MDHP1XUPKKQ/15.+Morton+0012.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 14. A view along the battlements of the old town wall of Murten. Lake Murten in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179004518-KT44IIYDUMSQKKTLNLQY/16.+Ingrid+0010.2.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 15. Ingrid and Susan at work on the allotment, Ingrid in red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179457693-NV0BO8E1741PK9HAV517/21.+RedX2.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 20. Hand washing station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598176511736-YXZG4Z5XQGM1X77XL0WK/1.+Jurg+0002.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 1. We are staying on the 8th floor of this block looking like a pile of pancakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598176998236-VLCJ05WRHSDF6QGDO65I/2.+City+view+1227.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 2. The city with the parliament building in the centre. The row of hill in the distant background are the Jura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179299215-EA0YSIMIVGPWK2DGC3WU/19.+RedX+visit.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 18. Home visit - 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598177425782-BLU0VLN2RBQNFW3NUU1W/4.+Cow+0018.blog.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 4. Cow with horn-shaping headpiece - sort of like tooth braces for horns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178140189-JK8X1AE7HG1S4DY3B61O/9.+Jura+0037.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 9. The Auberge de la Haute-Joux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178717843-Z88X6QU5PPXIKQYQQ9NX/13.+Ursula.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 13. Preparing dinner at the barbecue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179648503-TJELR2NOFKX2X6NCTPFT/23.+Family+2016.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 22. The family. L - R. Mike, Marg, Heather, Barbara, Martin, Ursula and Chris. Mom in the centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178426770-ILKYYJK5O5HPM27W5YDO/10.+Jura+0035.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 10. Carved wooden flower box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179141010-VWLJ8HQGY1W39RVDN209/17.+Aare+1096.blog.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 16. In summer the Aare is packed with swimmers and anthing that floats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178238731-5CFJXEJG7VNQ4U1ENN36/8.+Jura+3.+0027.JPG Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 8. Ursula at the top of the limestone cliff of the Doubs valley. Unusually a fence, as we find that often in Europe there are no barriers. It is expected that people are sensible and don’t take risks, I suppose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598177810761-YFCR9KOP95QTT5Y4KY6X/7.+Jura+wild+flowers%2C.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 7. A small patch of wildflowers in a hillside field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179372640-ZFTPCFUMSRP3R7NVKYIX/20.+RedX+visit.2.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 19. Home visit- 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178631599-T1H3WEI3S500GSLDAJ86/12.+Jura+0052.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 12. Suspension bridge, boating and swimming for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598178514320-30UXPV5XU3CVMQCPYHQ6/11.+Jura+0046.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 11. ursula standing on a mountain bike stile. Necessary because you ride through fields with cows in them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598177231706-MAZ21OF4VPJADG9OODHK/3.+Farm+DSC_0012.1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 3. The farm below us with the Gurten hill rising up behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179239819-QLUX4QO07M3B9C7LTSWB/18.+RedX+masks.+1.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 17. Red Cross masks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1598179531503-7LJ46V0ZPIP8PDP17XY2/22.+Dress.jpg Swiss 2020 - Return to Switzerland 21. Ursula in her traditional dress https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021 daily 0.75 2021-11-01 https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/11/1/durban-delights-1 monthly 0.5 2021-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764363012-41SEIWBEJTWMDFDZQEKE/11.+Market+0457.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 11. The herbal market. On the left are the white clay balls sold for traditional ceremonies, and on the right different herbs for herbal remedies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764608143-P7UIZL9FXRCQYYJSVY88/12.+Cows%27+heads+0450.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 12. The cowshead cooks at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763558797-TO3NB8I7468HIAAOREHM/4.+Waterbuck+5571.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 4. A waterbuck with a great set of horns. Waterbuck we probably the most common of the antelope we saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764014441-9YG4BCUF2GV0O5FWD9S1/8.+Vervet+5613.2b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 8. A vervet monkey making off with an orange stolen from the house next door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764253087-BWAKML29WBLCQGV7FBXK/10.+Market+0447.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 10. Murals onthe flyover over the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763911780-F2G282T76WUFF794TH01/7.+Ursula+5605.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 7. Bridie demonstrating her undying affection to Ursula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763402867-93W2H4XQEE7SFX3SSW9S/3.+Lucia+5564.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 3. Behind the coastal dunes lies the plain, dotted with many pools and small lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764719511-5FVXJ35EHKVBAER7BLG3/13.+Market+0448.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 13. The covered morning vegetable market where the street traders buy the produce they sell from their stalls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635765092098-Z9QU13Q8IR8VO3XA4LNJ/DSC00465.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 15. A future Lunch-in-waiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763687903-YH23GE9MOJUWBAE1BNER/5.+Zebra+5560.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 5. Zebra enjoying the fresh grass regenerating after a controlled burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763197109-CMKX9HJJHXUX97X7FS76/1.+campsite+0441.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 1. A bushbuck family quite unperturbed by our prescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763306757-K9851W0U7NTD51Y4Y8WC/2.+Beach+0438.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 2. Francie and Ursula on the beach, deciding whether to swim or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635763785402-B136WR5CTC3OP7UTNKSJ/6.+Mongoose+5584.3b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 6. Two of the striped mongoose family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764997848-G9Q0TPWEQYP92JETNL3J/14.+Menu+3.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 14. The menu, eat your jealous heart out. You get the lot, no need for decision making! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1635764155927-UZG1461VOG8IPRE7AU0T/9.+Market+2.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - DURBAN DELIGHTS - Make it stand out 9. A 2 metre high mosaic mural near the Isiye office. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/10/24/visit-to-macgregor monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/df015561-7283-4e03-9e5b-9d1fad749d61/16.+Ursula+427.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 17. Ursula and the pink gin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b1f5e443-b544-4d55-9c1f-98dfa05d19c4/11.+Lords+5527.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 12. Wine tasting at Lord’s with our very helpful and knowledgable assistant. As you can see from the glasses, it took a extensive tasting before we coud make up our minds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fdabe02d-591e-4cf6-a97f-5113af19dd7e/6.+Market+398.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 6. The market and a few of the stalls. The white building behind is the church hall where the dance concert took place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d5891130-cf0e-4032-90a9-667e56f8b30b/9.+Garden+414.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 10. And another https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1190295c-ae2c-429d-9133-9cdee884089c/15.+Koffie+5533.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 16. Barbara leading us homeward. The view over MacGregor from Koffiekop, with the dam on the left of the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dd137809-ef98-431e-ae8d-efe379f91c9a/17.+Koffie+5535.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 18. Looking to the future from Koffiekop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/12939f59-7878-4242-bc31-569b2a8fc1ef/1.+Addis+391+%281%29.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 1. Meskal girls. Note the basket in the hands of the girl in front. It is packed to overflowing with bank notes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e47d2645-9d93-4edc-b33f-da10062fcf0d/5.+Barbara+1.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 5. The garden from the deck, the white Granny flat on the left. The wooden shed at the back on the left is the ideal place for chickens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5995fe9b-3948-44c2-b84a-54b8e1fe0141/14.+Barbara7.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 15. In the mountains on a cold day. It was still late winter and could still be quite cold out of the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c5b559d1-a2e7-47ff-86fb-f74000d6653e/4.+Barbara+3.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 4. Happy sundowners, and breakfasts and lunches, and any other excuse for being outside, were spent on the deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fe4b951c-6493-41c7-acb6-5375bae1a815/9.+Garden+407.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 9. One of the White City gardens in the competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bdfa7631-1910-4f7d-9d78-ab86c4590037/12.+Crane%2C+Blue+5493.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 13. Later in the day the ccranes flew across and landedon the lawns in front of where we were wine tasting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5f9dddd3-874e-46e4-97b7-26788f55c7be/3.+Barbara+2.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 3. Barbara and Martin inspecting their front gate for any defects. They have already extended the garage, the grey cement on the left, soon to be painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b014e2d8-3719-4fa1-979c-78a499082730/10.+Dam+0426.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 11. Looking toward MacGregor, but which is out of site below the dam wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e0b711bb-b0e7-4ee2-9a56-34d00ebd4b23/13.+Sugarbird%2C+Cape+5476.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 14. The Cape Sugarbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9391a2bb-ad76-409d-a442-b558623b1de2/2.+Air+1.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 2. Saying goodbye, temporarily, to Addis, we flew to Johannesburg, and on to Cape Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3ba45d28-d2c4-4fb7-9847-e9c624987221/8.+White+City+423.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 8. A typical street in White City. All houses in MacGregor, not only in White City, have to be painted white, part of the building regulations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ec92758d-a5ac-47a2-b93d-f8859dadc1e1/7.+Art+405.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A Visit to MacGregor - Make it stand out 7. The art garden, a lovely cool and green garden in the heat of the day. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/7/16/a-european-summer-1 monthly 0.5 2021-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626359344034-LJYPHO7BP4R7UO8BBI77/1.Swiss+4894.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Ursula on a covered bridge over the river Aare in Bern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626414734718-V9SKKTK6O8P05V7IDQXY/5.+Berlin+0325.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Solo in the Schlachtensee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626417650430-J9R1EPLUFGMIIE2QCE0R/17.+Grefen+4942.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Almost all that remains of the second castle, with the third in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626415503758-W9CST6P71CRKSE4K2Z30/7.+Berlin+0331.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Rummelsburger See. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626416033610-BCXUYOBWBO1B1K3S63GX/9.+Grave.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626611301001-IPJ531B9R5E4JDM86STE/Chris+%26+Chris+blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Chris and Chris watching Germany on a computer, not a beer in sight. I don’t know how that happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626417097188-496CMKH0YFVHWN0OEX6H/14.+Chris+0357.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out A little church built of the red sandstone. It used to be part of a complex of an abbey and other buildings. Most of these were destroyed in religious wars, and many of the monks killed or starved to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626420443502-D1FZNOUY8YA6Y4S8MJGA/23.+Addis.+0011.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Season of mists and woollen blankets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626415182012-557VL9OXDJZIRPC23T5A/6.+Berlin+4904.+Blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out A glorious summer day on the Wannsee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626418359327-0JGTD1K0YY0WQLO5SP10/21.+Wood+0367.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Technically a Fire Salamander, found in deciduous forests and on mossy tree trunks. Poisonous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626417856018-7BRB14VNATKHLAT8VDCT/18.+Chris+0365.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out The old town in Annweiler, with ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626417541056-IEMN63F48ZBL15LLLD4U/16.+Grefen+4940.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out The one standing tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626359470077-CFIZV5SS8XK90CLZ64JT/2.+Swiss+141101.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Rest stop at the Berg Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626416423542-0EYZYAD7R2B3H2OTXJDQ/10.+Chris+0348.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out A rest stop in the vineyards of Grünstadt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626609211722-6784KZ4OUYJ80O96TQ47/Grefen+4952.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out The tiny winery just round the corner from where we were staying. Smaller than most people’s bedrooms, but the outlet for the farmer who lived above and from whom we bought both wine and schnaps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626418194245-FV8L6GUY6AYGTIBO96NJ/20.+Wood+0370.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Rather twee, but perhaps it could inspire something for the children to emulate around 33 Bell Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626414547530-FB488HTFMPF04EJM536Y/3.+Boating+0319.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Ursula being instructed on the finer points of paddle boarding by Barbara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626414912857-2V9F8OFSYJVY7WUAW7UG/4.+Berlin+0328.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Barbara taking Ursula on a tour of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626416550988-9MCTS4X4JBOQNX7IMSCS/11.+Chris+0350.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Not sure what these ‘pill boxes’ were for, defensively, to keep the French out of Germany or the Germans out of France? There were several in the vineyards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626415865779-LHJIKY9ZP9INRJN5XER8/8.+Martin.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Martin’s Westphalian chicken with her two white chicks foraging in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626418577059-2S0YN1OKDZCEFECLT6NH/22.+Swiss+20210619.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626418094551-12ROIKMVYNK0SQS1ANTW/19.+Wood+0369.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626416938290-I1K0PQ5NMXC023RL7I7K/13.+Chris+0375.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out And off we go through the glorious early summer green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626417274543-KRQM5ONF8PFMZQH58C0Z/15.+Chris+0376.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out An abandoned quarry where the red sandstone was mined. The stone blocks had to be laboriously taken down to Annweiler in the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1626416738061-LUMEVN9H4VJTTPZDL5A9/12.+Chris+0354.blog.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - A EUROPEAN SUMMER - Make it stand out Gathering our strength before starting on a walk. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/5/25/gondar-amp-the-simien-mountains-part-2-hiking-in-the-simiens monthly 0.5 2021-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621945273988-OO8WSKJ6KF1S9V5IDMC7/13.+Park+9.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 17. Giant lobelia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621947270161-TM9S89T19Z87GZHNK8TH/17.+1+Lodge+0094.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 22. Simien Lodge. Unprepossessing from the outside, it was lovely inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621946785052-8H6X40BZDTIGF1HE0DO1/1.+Park+15a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 20. Emerging from the mist negotiating the path to the valley below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621942177401-KD8W09JBRW9K9XQQKT9W/4.+Landscape2.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 14. The rolling foothills of the Simiens. Almost the entire landscape is divided into fields, most of them already ploughed in preparation for the rainy season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621944439061-CGTNE4DHVLPQH6OZKKBA/11.+Camp+1.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 14. Sankabar Camp. Ursula and me were in the white and blue tent, Ian in the blue. The round, green, building half hidden in the centre of the photo was our kitchen & “dining room”.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621941627634-XSNF1NLA5PGXS1H2AM5J/1.+Sewing+machines+73.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 1. Sewing machines. This was only a small part of 10 – 15 machinists, all hard at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621943053591-X2QRAG1HXBC3T7S4L5BS/7.+Ursula+Park+3.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 8. Ursula standing nervously on the edge of a fairly precipitous drop off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621948109556-ZTQQY0RPOQK13T831MT9/21.+Lunch+0130.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 26. A shared lunch, Ethiopian style, of njeera and goat tibs.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621944772321-DMMYM4O0UW5CFWI883WR/12.+Jimbar+waterfall+8.2a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 15. Jimbar waterfall at the end of the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621947411462-9SUXW3GNNLAV5IYPVTBQ/18.+2+Lodge+2.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 23. Simien Lodge entrance foyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621944984097-BRPWGQ5S2F7XP1UUBNC2/13.+Chris+2.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 16. Staggering across the moorland. Horses (background) are the only domestic animal we saw on the moorland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621947910253-P909CWYTB5SPWHH4YGOO/20.+Horses+0118.2a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 25. Horses carrying grass, whether for thatching or animal feed I am not sure, but probably the latter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621943959692-KUL0S4C90ML5MT1Z8SOF/10.+Flowers3.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 12. The narcissus-like flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621942536123-1FTBMGVPPO7S2O0N5HBU/Scenic+1.2a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 6. The Simiens stretching away to the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621943269867-GLUH5DBIDOE2R5IF2AVE/8.+Park+4.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 9. A fairly typical, and breath-taking, view, the peaks and valleys stretching all the way to the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621947068360-96KIUS8N7BOQTBWBUDQV/16.+Camp+2.+17.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 21. A river runs through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621942363800-UCHA33TRYCPM7XCSM0NC/5.+Park+1.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 15. Ian and Chris at the Simien Park headquarters in Debark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621945730394-T3M6K10C1CQH8I3H3SGC/15.+Lunch+13.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 19. Lunch break and a stop for a bit of R & R, wach finding a comfortable rock to rest on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621947707482-KXSV7NE0LVRU2AWNIOWZ/19.+3+Lodge+19.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 24. Recuperating at the magnificent fireplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621943524902-T2CLM2MKX5XN6RBRY1KR/9.+Gelada+1.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 10. All busily looking for the high protein grass. A large group like this will consist of several groups which come together for security https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621941804649-36L2ESSBQ6TWAE2UU62K/2.+Sheep+market+77.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 2. Sheep being inspected. The way to judge a sheep is to feel the flesh on the hind leg, which, regardless of appearences, is what the man in the centre of this picture is doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621948368016-PTONYXQXOULM6MWZ6N0A/22.+Neice+0127.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 27. Ursula with the very young neice and our guide’s mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621943693828-68L8QUYP479AXJHS22GS/9.+Gelada+2.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 11. Ursula getting up close. The geladas were entirely unperturbed by our presence amonst them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621945400200-ROOPJA33OJ7VCLOMX9Y1/14.+Park+10.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 18. Ursula give a sense of scale, but the lobelias can grow a lot taller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621942679909-VBCEWSGZYFXQDX6SJG1B/6.+Group+1.2a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 7. The group with our guard (on the left) and his trusty rifle. Ursula was taking the photo.. Our guide, Sahale is second on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621941993951-Y9R9FUP4KW3BVC502X7F/3.+Bargaining+78.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 3: Bargaining the price of a sheep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621944216356-BZ2TCU0RB3CN0R2SCV34/Scenic+3.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 2. Hiking in the Simiens. - Make it stand out 13. Another view across the Simiens. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/5/22/gondar-amp-the-simien-mountains-part-1-gondar monthly 0.5 2021-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621674406677-8FE5TVLX9Q1ZO9AMVPCL/15.+Goha+69.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 15: The Goha hotel: At sunrise and before breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621673361892-ZXHJOKNHO0DESRWUQFK2/8.+Bathing+Pool+37.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 8: The Royal Bathing Pool. The building in the centre was where the emperors would entertain their guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621673636973-HNGSOO45KTSJ2UXD9EI5/9.+Walkway+38.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 9. The walkway. Access to the pool for the Emperor and his retinue was across a narrow walkway which would have been easily defended if need be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621673740433-VTWZOEJXZOJY308GYDSX/10.+Pool+1.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 10: The pool is completely surrounded by fig trees, their roots forming intricate patterns over the walls. (Sorry if I look a bit gormless, I think I was watching an Oriole).1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672044663-ZR3HJH5LRZKWX1PRI95V/1.+Palace+compound+60.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 1. Palace Enclosure: The palaces are set in a walled enclosure. We had a good view of the compound from our hotel on a hill overlooking the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672724887-KE0MXPHKIONABP6Q07UF/5.+Iyassu+2nd.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 5: The castle of Iyassu the 2nd , 1730 – 1755, and his mother queen Itegie Miniwab, undergoing some repair work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621673942264-0EC9O89AXHOJ714V3ILF/11.+Church1.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 11: Debire Birhan Selassie Church, severely damaged by the Sudanese in the 19th century and restored in the 1880s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621674256240-1BBHHTCZC4QRIQU3DT5D/14.+Sunset+0055.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 14: Sunset over Gondar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672884308-EAKW1ZYZG6L6NJPB0I08/6.+Ursula18.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 6: Our guide and Ursula in the what remains of Fasilidas archive where important documents of the empire were kept. The stonework is still in good condition but the wooden floors and manuscripts are long gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672205633-TLAPNM0FHVEFVCGQM0NT/2.+Fasiledes+7.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 2. The castle of Emperor Fasiledes who ruled from 1632 to 1667 and was the founder of the city of Gondar as the capital of the empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672444402-2EECZ65B9KJAJ48NP86V/3.+Iyassu+9b.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 3. Castle of Emperor Iyassu the Great, 1682 – 1706. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672973039-YRKDKF2RUTWEJYW40Z9Z/7.+Castle+24.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 7: A castle for which I have no historical information, my fault, not the guides. My note taking seems to have expired around this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621672614758-NRII8U1SGMGKS7UOHNSO/4.+Iyassu+damage+11.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 4. The castle of Iyassu the Great from the inside, the vaulted roof destroyed in the fighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1621674123779-IO5D8LJ79RDD8QR1OFFQ/12.+Congregants+29.1a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - GONDAR & THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS - Part 1 - Gondar - Make it stand out 12. The men and women congregants are separated on either side of the church. These are some of the women on “their” side of the church. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/4/4/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela monthly 0.5 2021-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617532943034-4GH89WUS0T50IVLU28VN/4.+0015.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The view to the West toward sunset. Really very lovely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617532799239-QURSRG0W0FD9J96B7K2Y/2.+0014.b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The Ethiopian Alphabet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617535828060-DKXEZMFQ3CPDZFO2D0JA/15.+0126.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Many of these pictures are of saints and heroes slaying the non-believer or enenies of God. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617532501658-YX47UQV945N43OBF0OJG/3.+0232.1.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Our Tukul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617537348302-BJBWNK1NT56AVM8BQJ47/23.+0170.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Mulie, our guide, explaining the finer points of the architecture to Ursula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617533961319-U1B910RFWR91VO69K5UZ/8.+0062.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The same church from the bottom of the excavation. and see the massive steel pillars supporting the protective roof. Not at all sympathetic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617534999718-MVLT5RMQ63E2DLYR7WHK/12.+0084.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela These were first carved and then painted. This cross is one of many different designs of cross, each design having a special meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617535576048-VSTBFU1UNVZTPTYYYA8W/14.+0133.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Ursula and Andrea with the priest. The priest’s private room is behind the curtain behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536539302-4GB2H8ME3SN2QGEYOIA0/19.+0151.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The Church of St. George https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617532002551-4VB7DAQ1XKCFCLYIYPBV/1.+Airport+0249.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Lalibela airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536961448-0C0ZHKHAKDXPM0YSHLX1/21.+00251.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Unwinding at the Sunset bar after the day’s exertions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617537604746-RQZHVQM2L4LUOPAVE7FP/24.+Coffee+0202.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The men in the background are drinking an unfermented honey “tea.”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617534203606-5J52AQHXTHQGSZNUUIBY/9.+0064.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela These pillars are almost 2 metres, at least 5 feet, on a side, and make the inside fairly cramped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617534450786-GW2YTMWI59ML2PAWKHKR/10.+0078.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Water damage to a ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536427353-XHMLU71T7CBJHBEC9MYS/18.+0130.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617533669979-9VFD7AREE0LG6DSD3C6H/7.+0089.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela Looking down from the surrounding ground level at the first of the churches. The roof is level with the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617537191053-LNREO5P6ATKTIRT4IVHI/22.+0168.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The cave church. Again, difficult to give an idea of scale but the church is about 5 metres, possibly a bit more, in height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536772104-E6IWEURDTJTUZL0PHUFA/20.+0148.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela One of the more unexpected usages. An open grave with mummified body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536285397-TJKVQW87XQREJ0AMPM27/17.+0136.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela From the Magi to the crucixion. A modern interpretation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617534728130-SQ7JJ8348WS9R76OC9PO/11.+0082.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela However, some ceilings have survived intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617535275571-7993E3MKDAB9URAFKX6D/13.+0091.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela These external pillars have been repaired with new blocks. Behind the pillars you can just make out the original, badly eroded, wall. The roof is the original, unmodified, uncarved, rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617536076266-F4EN8JG3KLXEGHISPLJB/16.+0085.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela St. George slaying a dragon. Its head is under the front hooves of his horse and you vcan make out the tail under the hind hooves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617533182220-VSO2D0GZP5CYCG4XGV6S/5.+0053.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The congregation, dressed in white, leaving the church after the morning service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1617533441483-YJ84DBCOSPDKP4R9LSI3/6.+0137.1b.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - The Rock Churches of Lalibela The view of the protective roofs over the church complex from across the River Jordan (about which more later.) https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2021/2021/2/2/christmas-in-cape-town monthly 0.5 2021-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612173316225-GVFGI4RJ29XT08ITOTWM/9.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town I am fairly certain that this is a leopoard tortoise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612175988143-TU9020S4WKAV4O6XTASC/18.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612171322450-GCHMNJF08P0EOBKRWF0E/1..jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town For those who have not seen our Christmas card this year. We are sitting on a whale vertebra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612174006883-7TZP2HSEO97GTV7US1UH/9A.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Beer, braai, but no Chevrolet. Barbara and Martin waiting patiently for the braai-master to finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612173164903-AVZ668F0X38HUCPXDLZR/7B..jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Along the ridge at Fernkloof, a lovely walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612174419819-E97T0BRX65T6P9TTYY20/11.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town The wonderfully eroded landscape of the sandstone. The arch in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612174554501-Z3XJSO0N99OERC4JA4J0/10.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Barbara and Ursula attempt to give a sense of scale to the the arch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612172009355-1456DTJADA2YQQHUTM48/4.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Tim and Adam demonstrating Adam’s rock climbing enthusiasm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612174885944-2PD1BD4JXSDMA6SIYT46/12.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Man with bow and arrow, presumably out hunting. He hunter …. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612175289113-TO2AJKHYIEJ6LFL4R18S/16.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Selfie with Nicki. Not sure what had surprised me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612175009299-6IZ7YGSJF3HNOZO1H5CK/12a.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town and the hunted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612173894132-IPYR0XX8UWEYK9YFABAM/14.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Braai-master at work; through the smoke, darkly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612171641693-OSZIYL4IN0R0SGYQ4V02/2.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Basically a bach, but lovely and with a beautiful view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612172474771-4W7MWSZ0YV7F80RFOMCQ/6.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town A small section of the penguin colony at boulders, but in spite of the numbers we learned that the population is declining, possibly caused by human overfishing of their food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612173572859-4V53EY0F7XT2IIV9PI90/8.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town The heavy wooden boats would have to be carried down the slipway for launching, and up again on return with, hopefully, a decent day’s catch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612172230491-D07XBO3QXXVOM27FKW3Z/5.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town For those of you who are surfers, the average height of waves on this coast is approximately 2 metres https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612172851094-939KQ3F7A0NHQTGN6LYH/7.JPG Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Davis’ pool at half-tide, at full tide the water will be right up to the closest pool in the picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612175737260-4LG3IPNKJR2TC9D7T34O/17.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town A giant sized statue in the Norval gardens, made from pieces of stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612171789153-J2DW11VEG9DIOBXVGDNO/3.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town Tim, Chris, Ursula, the eversmiling Adam, and Claire’s left eye. Sorry Claire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1612174216223-XF39GHFE8HQPRN4PSFBD/13.jpg Ethiopia 2021 - Christmas in Cape Town In spite of the heat, the water was really quite cold, but very welcome after the walk upstream. https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2022 daily 0.75 2022-01-18 https://www.ursulachris.com/ethiopia-2022/2022/1/18/hiking-in-the-bale-mountains monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d46a5a4c-c16e-4e0b-9d20-15ba43c85ac8/21.+Ursula+544.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 21. The Rafu rock pinnacles, 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/355a23a7-0dc9-4250-9d3e-931c25fce8e8/9.+Horses+512.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 9. Going who knows where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/290c2286-2df5-4634-8386-5d75297e141d/6.+Camping+495.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 6. Looking down on the ERWCP camp. The corral with our 3 horses are on the right in the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/69fd7445-dd60-40af-9911-4ba9d4dd4a44/22.+Frost+080607.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 22. Smoke billowing from the kitchen tukul early in the morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fa7ecd29-f7e2-4cb3-9b3a-05484c092f50/27.+Group+579.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 26. The owner of the camp is tall man on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b63e9268-5980-46ca-964b-fd7eb6b1f4ba/2.+Nyala+487.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 2. A small group of Nyala by the roadside, close enough to attempt a photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6896dec1-7221-481f-9453-83f71ea2e47e/15.+Horses+114923.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 15. Our caravan on its way to our third campsite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1c2be3e8-9340-4546-a09e-e6570968b731/12+Camping+516.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 12. Camp 2 with the 3 tents and the “kitchen” against the large rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5a9c5c7f-483a-4f5e-9789-13a2c6e3fd11/18.+US+534.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 18. Sheltering in the lee of the tukul, hot drinks to hand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ebb19a65-d1d8-404a-9a20-8fd100ac5d75/19.+Frost+553.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 19. The view from the campsite down the valley, shortly after dawn. In the shade the ground is still white with frost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e5a90558-0363-433e-acba-8b57fd260a61/5.+Camping+493.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 5. Inspecting our tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d7a767e7-6fbf-45e4-929f-7a01c291b3ca/17.+Ursula+525.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 17. Sticks are useful, even on the gentle slopes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/95205102-8aa7-4c46-8df5-4ed766318409/24.+Group+130034.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 24. The full caravan, horses included. We owe a debt of thanks to all the members of our group for making the trip such a wonderful experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/59a78e30-2eef-4769-8082-4572bea3c482/4.+Ursula+490.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 4. On the deck at the EWCP hut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4d2122ca-646e-4f40-a2c3-b459a705de9f/3.+Ursula+484.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 3. Ursula and our guide Muzeyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/06f95b81-0934-4092-95b8-6c75426da19f/16.+Chris+112551.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 16. Resting up at lunch break https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ab2ef3e3-ea21-4c57-acdd-0a0f7cb34809/25.+Leaving+570.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 25. Loading up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bb0204c5-de44-427c-9fb5-8bb6d0a423ea/14.+Camping+183157.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 14. Gathered round the fire, the two in red are the horsemen, the man in blue against the rock is the assistant cook, the cook with his arms folded and our guide on the left of the picture, wearing a cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a35ca6e1-33d2-418e-9551-dfa522b22176/11.+US+507.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 11. A lonesome “tree” or tall shrub on the rocky plateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4391c266-5531-43a5-a837-932e8f8da56f/20.+Scenic+536.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 20. The Rafu rock pinnacles, 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0bba8871-d91c-4362-ac52-a07dd13bfe6c/8.+Ursula+510.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 8. Lunch at a spring-fed pool, but not drinkable - Chris found a cows head rotting away a little upstream from where we were sitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d2d0c193-ebe2-40a7-8ce9-a39f34e95f9e/1.+Bale+Route+1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 1. Map of the route we took https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/903345d0-856c-4b7c-b20a-61ef0e5fb6ad/26.+US+573.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 27. The end of a wonderful trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/86280001-9ab6-439a-97bc-093a009d765f/29.+Wolf+585.b2.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 29. A female scent marking on the edge of her territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/03d35bcb-f0fb-4772-b530-2aa29bd5550f/28.+Wolf+583.b2.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 28. The Ethiopian wolf. Stands about knee high and has a long thin snout for capturing its prey, the mole rats and other rodents that live in burrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5aaa2387-caf3-447f-8031-b540b3beef95/10.+Village+513.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 10. A homestead tukul looking a bit Marie Celeste, shoes and other utensils just abandoned for the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2d782210-7aab-41e5-999d-49caf73d1ff2/13.+Camping+145416.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 13. The horse handlers were already warming themselves when we arrived at the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/09066246-a570-4bc0-aa28-8f0f1d7b1c0b/23.+US+564.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 23. Crossing the Sanetti plateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/60654f57-ef28-4261-9315-614ed1f9f308/7.+Scenic+502.1.jpg Ethiopia 2022 - HIKING IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS - Make it stand out 7. Fairly typical landscape for the first day’s hike. The Bale mountains are volcanic, cut by erosion into some steep cliffs and rolling hills. https://www.ursulachris.com/mexico-city daily 0.75 2022-04-20 https://www.ursulachris.com/mexico-city/2022/4/20/mexico-city-amp-puebla monthly 0.5 2022-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a2872eba-4030-45f5-a27f-df14bd2eb22a/22.+DSC_0197.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 23. A square on the edge the city centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f3ae878d-88d0-4037-9504-e8b7c390af6c/21.+DSC_0183.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 21. The gilded Chapel of the Rosary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4a240248-660b-4dcb-80d9-8fb025d4fdf0/1.+Market+1.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 1. Delivery at the local market. It also gives an idea of how wooded the area is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dd77cadb-5a4a-4612-8412-1be5f366746d/26.+DSC_0205.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 26. W.C.s on every street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a4dd2d51-740d-41e8-8df9-92952852da7e/27.+Puebla+%281%29.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 27. A mural in Puebla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0decdef5-296b-4283-8cf5-0b69f61835e3/23.+Library+1.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 22. The José María Lafragua library, Chris vainly trying to look earnest and scholarly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d75354b9-56e4-49aa-a7a6-e727c815e849/16.+Basilica+10.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 16. The bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f4be967d-5c0e-4326-a0e3-83ca2ca91f84/24.+Puebla+3.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 24. Standing between two fingers, the cathedral in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e3680a69-a95f-46a6-9ddf-d2f6be63e420/25.+DSC_0207.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 25. The entrance to our hotel, the Aroma hotel, so called because of the aroma of coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8a0a99d1-82d1-4f03-b4e5-462fa900d4cc/18.+Tiles+1.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 18. Typical tiles in Puebla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bf568dfd-b59d-4efa-adcb-f8c1b5b4b97d/4.+Mexico+City.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 4. Mexico City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5aa3a572-3fe4-43b2-93f5-38b4b90ea53e/29.+Girls+3.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 29. Hasta luego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0420be82-474b-4544-a39f-b5ec37fa0b6d/9.+Teotihuacan+6.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 9. The Pyramid of the Sun is massive, dominating the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/389e2133-73dd-491b-a8f6-accb2043830f/13.+Teotihuacan+22.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 13. New York mother and daughter. The mother is the one in the hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fa7f8005-e5a5-4802-a677-8762a40aa783/7.+Teotihuacan+2.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 7. The Plaza of the Moon with the Pyramid of the Moon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/571a79ca-d289-4829-8a9b-2f4a162a8acc/19.+Puebla+tiles.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 19 . This is a restored nun’s monastery that is now a museum to local arts and crafts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d88c5f11-eaa8-473a-9c19-e81b68ac0e76/5.+Tenoch.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 5. An archeological site in the centre of the city excavating what remains of Tenochtitlan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5522984a-6dad-4e71-9efb-c33df7ee9300/11.+Teotihuacan+23.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 11. The puma mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0f1c1b1f-e068-4b34-a30d-175b347ab5d6/3.+Girls+2.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 3. Ursula teaching Sasha the joy of tidying up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/33e6746f-462c-402d-ba31-824ffa426b9d/17.+Basilica+7.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 17. Grateful Aztecs bearing gifts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f349e6f4-b075-4775-b8b4-e15a04d5ca3d/2.+Family+2.1.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 2. Waiting for an Uber outside a restaurant, Arturo, Sasha, Mia, Jutta and Chris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/36f400c9-6f55-4f29-a678-9ced97ca8d51/10.+Teotihuacan+9.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 10. The stone studs on the face of the pyramid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/df168793-4619-4870-9240-98503d6a5a1c/28.+In+memoriam.JPG Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 28. A mural in Mexico City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d63b1647-4505-481a-9944-dff746d3f3f0/12.+Teotihuacan+8.2b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 1.2. View down the Avenue of the Dead toward the Temple of the Feathered Serpent , Quetzalcoatl, not visible, several kilometres away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b666d61d-f154-4561-b3d4-9683415b470b/14.+Basilica+2.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 14. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe viewed from the shrine above it. The original basilica has the gold-coloured domes, and the new basilica has the green-copper roof on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c919161c-12b1-4a0f-9e75-01677943633d/15.+Basilica+9.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 15. The sinking basilica. It really is leaning to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/abb8b990-4cc6-4631-bf2a-c0544d32b8c2/8.+Teotihuacan+4.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 8. Looking down the Avenue of the Dead towards the Pyramid of the Moon, standing in front of the Pyramid of the Sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f6619e16-36e4-4633-adc6-e3cd2534d32b/6.+Teotihuacan+16.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 6. The curio stall lining the entrance to Teotihuacan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/32500c6a-29b9-4ba9-8138-16345e5c680a/20.+Puebla+5.1b.jpg Mexico City - MEXICO CITY & PUEBLA - Make it stand out 20. Attempting to photograph the cathedral from a vantage point https://www.ursulachris.com/new-baja-california daily 0.75 2022-05-15 https://www.ursulachris.com/new-baja-california/2022/5/16/baja-california monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/08295ca1-1b45-40cc-9174-2b2886a8c58d/28.+El+Triunfo+1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 29. A welcome beer at the poolside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8284bacb-b6d7-4557-a59e-b4373d28ce16/9.+Puerto+Chale+10.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 9. The tail of a whale that came very close to the boat, but (un)fortunately not close enough to be touched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b51cea51-fbdc-4b0d-90ab-f1e7eaf2ead5/5.+Brown+Pelican+4.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 5. Brown pelicans are common along the coast, diving for fish, almost like large, ungainly, gannets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9fef8cb1-7218-4707-916a-04c18aedb454/10.+Mateos+2.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 10. The Mangrove Hotel / guest house overlooking a creek with mangrove swamps opposite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/88be4630-9330-418a-891d-01256bcd37be/7.+Puerto+Chale+22.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 7. Puerto Chale. Note the tour bus. Puerto Chale is only a couple of hours by tour bus from La Paz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/267ee18c-222d-4dfa-9c06-e2b6425af71c/4.+Cabo+Pulmo+6.2b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 4. The stony beaches. It was just about here that we saw a thresher shark only a metre or so from the shore, apparently feeding on who knows what https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d9049dc7-a7ab-4f6f-984a-dfd24283a60a/13.+Pelican+7420.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 14.Part of the flock of pelicans we passed. I estimated between 500 and 600 pelicans in the flock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d353873c-c52b-434f-af11-328b94afb6c6/31.+Hooded+Oriole+1.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 32. The Hooded Oriole was a very common bird wherever we travelled in Baja https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9b934f7a-f003-49df-a990-ec0fcb0217b6/1.+Baja+3.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 1. The southern part of the peninsula showing most of the places we visited. Thank you google earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bfc09ea7-fc75-4e61-90ab-08bb8892f719/Restaurant+1.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 13. Chris and Alejandra waiting for their fish in the retstaurant in Mateo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/80473918-d066-473f-853d-0dab247f97a3/14.+Mateos+4.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 15. A whale surfacing and “blowing” alongside our skiff. Close enough to put spray over our camera lenses, and us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/088507f2-2f86-46a8-9182-153b51c76d68/26.+Cactus+16.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 31. Cattle amongst the cactus. We never really understood what they found to eat, but they looked quite healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fda8e4cb-f969-46ae-baad-82f70b17c62f/23.+Mission.+96.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 24. The San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó mission church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/20b0ca61-7619-4ecf-bf90-87a3d8f25488/29.+El+Triunfo+1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 30. A mural on the town square depicting the mining history of the town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6d65bcee-2dd2-440c-817c-dbd6295261c0/2.+Cabo+Pulmo+2.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 2. The main street of Cabo Pulmo, ending directly at the water’s edge. Dive boats waiting for tourists and the wind to drop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c1d4857e-be1f-457d-8e4d-6b128659f248/22.+Trinidad+5.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 23. The paintings show whales, fish, various animals and people. We were particularly taken with row of hands, top right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a95ba3e6-2d53-4f88-965e-efa5e2aa28e0/15.+Mateos+8.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 16. A whale with her calf. The calf surfaced suddenly and looked at us. By the time I had reacted it had its head under the water again. Sorry about that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d4cce6fc-0792-4bf1-9f3e-2cfbc2b522cf/27.+Whale+shark.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 27. Whale shark. Filter feeders, they swim along with their mouths open filtering out the copepods in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bf26b540-d332-4a74-af25-a994923973b3/16.+Osprey+1.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 17. An osprey on its nest of sticks, plastic bags, bits of fabric, string and rope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/efc00f0f-a7c7-455a-8ef2-3a47dc1399a5/21.+Trinidad+3.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 22. The foothills of the Sierra de Guadalupe on la Trinidad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a286ac40-e716-4e8a-81bd-ab5dc81e4d8c/24.+103.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 25. Sitting on the twisted limbs of a 300 year-old olive tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0297d7dd-08cf-4402-8835-91f105769147/12.+Mateos+3.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 12. Mateos small-boat harbour just after dawn before we set out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d9b1b572-d4de-484b-874c-650465da5323/3.+Cabo+Pulmo+4.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 3. The view along the coast with the wall of the restaurant on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9785148a-4458-442e-8a7d-a748719ee914/19.+DSC_0048.2.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 20. A stop along the way. Still undeveloped except for a small caravan park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e94b1de1-bf96-46f1-afba-b752f52aaa28/6.+Cabo+Pulmo+10.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 6. Cabo Pulmo holiday homes bordering the national reserve. In fact, this was one of the greenest areas we saw in the whole of Baja https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c2e4ff94-6160-45fb-a2ec-3b8648913717/18.+Cactus+12.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 19. The drylands East of the Sierra de la Giganta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/22997cdf-33d0-4e83-a3de-17b2656b54e2/11.+Spoonbill+1.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 11. A distant white ibis and 2 godwits feed in at low tide in front of the mangroves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/96c51994-5479-49a5-853f-75e202a37396/30.+Whale+shark.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 28 . The southerly winds concentrate the copepods at the south end of the bay at this time of year, bringing in the whale sharks to feed and give birth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fdafcaa3-ddc6-4cae-ab0e-fe7b481cb200/20.+Mulege+2.2.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 21. The massed crowds at the First Annual Mulegé Music Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/040d7642-b436-4522-a9d6-6f1adc3d6c24/25.+La+Paz+3%2C1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 26. La Paz harbour from the roof -top balcony of our hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/71c21ef4-1eab-4395-b19f-38a7ccad87f0/8.+Puerto+Chale+9.1.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 8. At times it seemed as if the whales might surface under our little boat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fd5c788d-d04b-4dc7-b509-d7dca60ba36e/17.+Giganta.1b.jpg BAJA CALIFORNIA - BAJA CALIFORNIA - Make it stand out 18. The Sierra de la Giganta sweep down to the Gulf of California / Sea of Cortez https://www.ursulachris.com/swiss-review daily 0.75 2022-11-20 https://www.ursulachris.com/swiss-review/2022/11/21/swiss-review monthly 0.5 2022-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c6cf8bdf-6cec-4a0e-8bcb-70bd6e1ac571/7.+Thai+Festival+3.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 7. Thai Street Food, so much food, so little time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/83cab419-5faa-4057-b674-739db89350af/5.+Tulip+7909.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 5. Strolling through the tulips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1b9cb361-853f-476c-a15f-cae82fd7c1c0/4.+PNS+farewell+0617.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 4. Ursula saying farewell to the colleagues from the other Red Cross Societies at a farewell on the roof terrace of our apartment in Addis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/909b7c09-ba76-4715-a791-5836fcafcd3c/6.+Tulip+7921.2blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 6. Enjoying Lake Geneva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c01335f8-e8e3-40a8-b62b-b5bac277b835/12.+May+sunset+6.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 12. Summer sunset over Bern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ea67987d-6601-421f-8e0e-de84463905ff/14.+Bern+09.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 14. I am sure there is a name for this sort of music box, but I don’t know it. I often see this busker playing around the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/05aed7fb-1ec7-4ccd-8d65-515a9753397e/19.+Lake+8988.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 19. The Wohlensee with rower and paddle boarders. A beautiful morning. The white dots on the water to the left are swans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8b9acce4-e1a4-4925-85cc-a620e4f1e466/8.+Thai+Festival+5.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 8. A Chinese food stall. All stalls seemed to be run by women for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/73d8eb8b-1bb8-4de6-86de-4474d85436c3/17.+Lounge+0008.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 17. The lounge seen from the kitchen area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/021e1c6e-b1aa-47d0-901a-9e3c4160af5d/1.+Electricity+2.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 1. Cooking with a head torch during one of the blackouts (in Addis). Mind the fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2793ce6e-3918-4ffa-9ce6-d92cd70c90d1/2.+St.+George+0154.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 2. The Church of St. George in Lalibela, the most famous of the rock churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4a091ea7-a6f0-49f0-a181-94f594a64106/10.+Sculpture+trail+1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 10. The words made up a story / dialogue with the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5bf21a3a-8f33-4062-b8ca-1ffe7fe1be06/18.+Football+0707.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 18: The children’s football match, note the pitch neatly drawn on the ground. Well organised, but ended in confusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/624e8bb3-5eba-4fb3-b37a-74bc369d8a06/16.+Church+9186.2.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 16. The “kappel” in Frauenkappelen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bb9c7528-1391-4542-9fd2-ec42dcb356bd/11.+Stork%2C+White+02.blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 11. These storks in Ethiopia would be arriving in Europe around this time.Too high to photograph in Switzerland, so I give you this one taken in Addis Ababa just before we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/20b8ac66-778d-44df-9b93-e999ac2b89dd/21.+Autumn+0713.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 21. Autumn on the banks of the Wohlensee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d30358c1-0366-486f-850e-dc29f918ea27/20.+Great+Crested+Grebe+8606.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 20. A Great Crested Grebe with a small pike. A woman dangling her legs in the water from her paddle board had her leg savaged by a large pike! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/60362604-4520-4b81-afdd-d2a48ee22a77/15.+Kestrel+8123.blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 15. A kestrel searching for something to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/45c8a18f-961e-4fe1-8e19-a7859bcc3103/13.+Aare+8422.2blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 13. Drifting down the Aare or barbecuing on ther bank, the citizens of Bern take to the water in summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/bf3b633a-5481-4471-ad51-c619e4a16b44/3.+Office+6863.1.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 3. Ursula and the office staff having a morning bunna at a coffee shop near the office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0fd1767e-4e98-4b6b-8969-5c5a02929eb8/9.+Photo+exhibit+3.1blog.jpg Swiss Review - SWISS REVIEW - Make it stand out 9. I just loved the excitement of the little girl. https://www.ursulachris.com/schwingfest-2023 daily 0.75 2023-09-12 https://www.ursulachris.com/schwingfest-2023/2023/9/8/schwingfest-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f0c7d4d6-8eee-45ab-b562-b682449cf28c/2.+Costumes+0876.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 2. Ushers intheir very fetching traditional Swiss costume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/63214f6b-cd27-458b-b28e-049cf278711b/8.+Refreshments+0705.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 8. One of several beer tents. (The Frauenkappelen “industrial park” in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1c515ea0-f346-4652-ba31-56be121c3abd/16.+0840.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 16. The winning throw for third place. The man underneath was turned on his back as he hit the ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/74098a23-d5e3-484d-a8f8-23ae7e07a4d6/6.+Strength+0686.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 6. Test your strength with one mighty blow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/817814f6-7ba3-4e78-a128-284e101182bc/18.+Watering+0674.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 18. Watering took place several time during the afternoon and again for the final bout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/33303644-9e38-4191-9832-3b3f500b2363/20.+Winner+0850.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 20. The Winner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/09a941b6-3019-4330-b662-827e6399191b/10.+The+throw+0761.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 10. The throw, and now, how to turn him on his back? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/afb740cb-1055-46f4-833d-a643788b627e/14.+Choir+0814.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 14. Male voice choir. Hands in pockets seemed to be de rigueur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fc0775a6-f4cd-41f6-9967-5b3d987608f2/4.+Starting+young+0774.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 4. Starting young, the future lies in the youth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/57d5af70-a8a8-4d77-9766-0d153da6b454/5.+Youth+0548.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 5. Desperately scrambling for the safety of the grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fdd98706-a58f-4784-876d-2d88413c6224/13.+Tractor+0824.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 13. I don’t know what their position is. Possibly the board members of the Schwing Association, but that is just a guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/edf75f11-79cc-4dbb-8686-b192daf19244/19.+Winning+throw+0847.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 19. The winning throw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3ec534cb-f32b-431d-9fe3-7d21accd49e5/12.+Injury+0760.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 12. And off to the waiting ambulance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e4b1d1cd-529f-488d-bc08-e8559c451c45/15.+Washing+0795.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 15. The horse drinking trough is now in the village just up the road from our apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a5a63f35-2802-44d3-a6c4-a77a60265bcd/1.+View+0708.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 1. View from a stand prior to the start. An overcast cool day, ideal for the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4da8fbfd-8e79-410b-9816-e9fce7bedb5f/7.+Digger+0687.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 7. All the fun of the fair. Digging for the future! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8fc1ad10-9695-4146-917d-ceaec4e5736e/21.+The+prize+0867.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 21. The winners take-home prize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f8ad53cc-e808-4c24-a988-cab613aaf8d7/17.+0844.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 17. Proudly displaying his leather breeches. Perhaps they were special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d511fc05-c9ee-4777-b8bf-9d6d406ac4aa/9.+Breeches+0673.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 9. The breeches awaiting their wrestlers. Choose your colour and size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/388775ee-bea5-4f9a-a24c-aaf4574667f9/11.+Injury+0757.1.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 11. The medics struggled to get a neck brace on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/56043106-890c-4ab2-96ce-6359fcf28841/3.+Wrestling+0729.blog.jpg SCHWINGFEST 2023 - SCHWINGFEST 2023 - Make it stand out 3. The wrestlers setting themselves, watched by the referee. Once he is satisfied, he leaves the ring, starts the stopwatch and watches from the side for any infringement of the rules, whatever they may be. https://www.ursulachris.com/scotland daily 0.75 2023-09-22 https://www.ursulachris.com/scotland/2023/9/22/scotland-2023-1 monthly 0.5 2023-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/33c5cc84-13f7-4470-817f-3a5a990942ef/9.+DSC_1084.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 9. The house Woodburn built by great- grand father James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ed3095c2-84dd-461a-ae0a-57db6791b778/27.+DSC_1303.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 27. Another Loch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/68a43ef7-54ea-4885-bb4f-9ed8368b1f82/4.DSC_1056.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 4. The gravestone of our Great-grandfather and his family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a11e5c7c-ef58-4dc1-83d7-5d6bd65aeebc/24.+DSC_1279.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 24. The whole family gathered at a stone built cottage at the Black Village. The cottages are small, quite low, and thatched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a0ca1020-bfe5-41f6-854e-abffdf4f0e93/13.+DSC_1138.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 13. Geoge Square, the central square, in Glasgow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7f3e2606-4e43-4f2f-aaa8-71390774cff4/1.+DSC_0002.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 1. The Wood family sometime in the 1870s. L-R. Our grandfather David, our great grandfather James, sister Harriet and great grandmother Margaret. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/56dfe19c-b371-4a2f-bc0f-54dd2558df50/2.+DSC_1063.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 2. The Earlston Parish Church and cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2960ae17-e286-4afe-9c3d-4582cbd6e07c/12.+DSC_1116.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 12. The. Leaderfoot railway viaduct, opened in 1863 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/82301ee3-f8c0-4e76-9ec7-e7165154c885/19.+DSC_1202.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 19. The view from the B&B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/57dce0b5-d545-4230-80fe-35ceaf11245d/10.+DSC_1119.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 11. The pillar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9eb85d16-b2bf-4923-8252-af8b8848217a/28.+DSC_1323.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 28: Still life of Robin with lichens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9d5726c0-5d30-4d1e-a3ee-2cfac0ed8761/14.+DSC_1141.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 14. A break for the family at a loch on the way to Ullapool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c4fc0295-88c7-4d6e-bc26-6ef2ac3f9ee3/26.+DSC_1273.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 26. The loom was built in the early 1950s and is still in everyday use producing Harris Tweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/de32c2aa-812f-4d62-bc86-225e2eb3c006/5.+DSC_1096.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 5. Barbara laying one of the caskets into the grave, watched by Marion Dodd and the undertaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/21424419-a2e1-4c77-8482-b7f843a563e9/16.+DSC_1164.2.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 16. Ullapool is a fishing harbour, with langoustine, the principle catch, exported to Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c4836e5f-b3ed-4550-af9f-b8e7cb5f3ad1/21.+DSC_1244.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 21. Enjoying the sun at Bosta beach. Marg and Ursula took a swim, but the Atlantic was a bit too cold for the rest of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0838b765-2d56-44cd-9316-74a292ee4c88/31.+DSC_1346.2.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 31: The flower gardens of St Monans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/69ec8b91-bc3a-4659-b606-a62f30fe8d88/23.+DSC_1256.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 23. The Calanais standing stones. The largest of several to be found in the area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5318cee6-fafd-4d6e-bf33-964171dcbe20/17.+DSC_1170.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 17. Everybody catered for, even horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/98422131-8188-4737-8047-ceb09ebc82e6/7.+DSC_1079.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 7. A painting of the school house. The family lived downstairs on the right and the school was downstairs on the left. The entrance to the school is hidden by the angled staircase leading to the Court House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ba6fea54-c431-4d6b-96ed-eee64f7eea78/15.+DSC_1156.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 15. Looking down Loch Broom towards Ullapool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/919b584d-8264-4bdf-8d01-e1e121578b80/30.+DSC_1328.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 30. A view of the town from the harbour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/95ab45c0-dfd7-4e85-93f5-56b862f1e463/8.+DSC_1125.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 8. The school house in the 1890s, second building on the right; by now the outside steps had been removed. The staggered windows are still there today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a78acba0-f8c4-429d-b7c8-53483e189af5/20.+DSC_1215.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 20. Evening drinks in the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ddeec85e-f047-47ea-a323-d0012bf81546/22.+DSC_1243.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 22. A view from the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/177b7d24-8d2a-4d7e-aa98-5fe06ba37b19/29.+DSC_1335.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 29. Low tide at St. Monans harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/34ee7322-4200-4820-9165-e9fcf7b947cf/18.+DSC_1172.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 18. Leaving Ullapool behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e445590d-5c57-4e0a-a7e5-4aa53fb771e1/10.DSC_1127.1blog.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 10. Most of the family gathered outside Woodside House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/55459e9c-3ed4-4b64-802f-5ad1a0544af1/3.+DSC_1091.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 3. In the bottom right hand corner the inscription reads: “Giving thanks to God for the lives of James and Christina Smith Wood their children dedicate this window AD1906.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b43e39ca-d8c7-4b20-902d-38ed6a0a254d/24.+DSC_1271.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 25: The interior of one of the cottages as it looked when inhabited as late as the 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/03293fec-806b-4dfa-9b81-cb7e36abaafb/6.+DSC_1097.1.jpg Scotland - SCOTLAND 2023 - Make it stand out Photo 6. Marg laying a rose on the caskets. https://www.ursulachris.com/sailing-in-the-aegean daily 0.75 2024-05-26 https://www.ursulachris.com/sailing-in-the-aegean/2024/5/27/sailing-in-the-aegean-1 monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b67b0e3a-484d-4905-8b9e-76a11ea33116/22.+Day+5.14b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 21; Relaxing after a hard day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7847cecf-4234-48e3-96e9-b4d66e7ea961/28.+Day+6.23b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 26. Donkey work. Something symbolic here, with Easter looming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/88028bf3-deff-4ffb-8898-be8dbc5f214f/21.+Day+5.12b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 20. And the inevitable donkey transport on the main street of Chora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1a1acad9-4879-40d9-a0d3-a6e4fb93427f/5.+Day+2.4b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 5. The anchorage at Poros, our catamaran the Wild Baleine is the closest boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ffa5d983-3c3a-4c2b-9603-6b80bcdf3d8d/15.b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 15. Kathrin at the wheel, Reto on the winch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/009d18d1-ad1f-4a57-a043-2ce8782aefa0/31.+day+6.4b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 29. A busy sea route. The passage-way is fairly narrow and it is one of the places where sail gives way to power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b885d465-d150-4d25-9cfb-fe10514c4f23/4.+Day+1.14b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 4. Sailing into Poros a beautiful calm morning. The sea really is an astounding blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f97ad8fa-a4bc-43b6-a205-f791f9440e6b/11.+Day+4.2b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 10. Three nicks across her foot. Another cm and !!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0b9624f3-967e-4cd8-ae4a-6574f1d43173/29.+Day+6.31b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 27: Ursula and Esthi, overlooking the Wild Bailene anchored in the bay. Again, look at that fabulous blue water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/74ade18d-5297-4646-ad99-dddd8f99858c/33.+Trip1.1.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo31. From the log of the Wild Baleine showing the route. 162 nautical miles is almost exactly 300 km, the distance travelled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b86b970a-1b48-4bac-9323-7a2b20d520ae/14.+Day+4.6b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 14: The day started quietly, this was not our yacht, but similar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/cc3c3184-e322-4056-ad8f-15b4cfa08f17/16.+Day+4.8b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 16: The weather rapidly livened during the crossing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2353787b-a690-4217-ae89-040f83bb3109/7.+Day+3.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 7. Second night anchorage, on the southern coast of the island of Hydra, well protected from the north wind.. Wherever we went we found the water quite deep right up to the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f9be9f77-1f7b-4eee-b3d8-7627386e5e5d/17.+Day+5.8b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 17. Our anchorage on the Island of Kythnos. A narrow entrance gives good protection to the inlet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2bef59a5-c45f-45aa-be99-6c085663e776/3.1+Day+1.11b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 3. First overnight in what was the first of a succession of lovely protected bays where we overnighted. Reto and Kathrin facing the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7e9975c3-9360-4c3c-a364-051974954f13/2.+Crew+.01.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 2. The crew of the Wild Baleine assembled on deck, missing Kristina who was taking the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ec02d48a-5f3d-4698-b6bc-5d7ecc3fc01f/32.+Homeb.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 30 Home marina, image from Google. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/966e385a-f742-4818-a3e6-ba73cc8fd9cf/8.+Day+3.11b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 8: The town and port of Hydra, beloved of Leonard Cohen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fcfc590e-5944-4c1c-99a1-4226a5dd936c/24.+Day+6.19b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 23. Temple of Athena, built circa 500 BC. The floor has been covered for protection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/251cf3b9-0e9d-4c00-82c9-59670a2fef5c/10.+Day+4.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 9. Ursula’s shoe sliced open showing just how lucky she was. We already had a Band-aid in the wound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8de5149c-9ede-407a-a734-0e55fcb28c01/12.+day+3.13b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 12. The church with lemon tree visible on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3fb00ce6-ce1b-4f57-997f-1a8770e8fd4a/1.+Day+1.4b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 1. Ursula and me arrived in the dark and this was what greeted us on our first morning, still at anchorage and waiting for Kathrin and her daughter to arrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3c307255-8f55-4ff4-aee1-c8329c859d2e/26.+Day+6.26b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 25. Demeter’s amphitheatre. It could seat 2000 people. The temple to Athene just visible as the white structure at the top of the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/075301af-9ebb-428a-b55e-b55ad181a4d9/30.+Day+6.34b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 28. A last swim, the temples just visible on the hills behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/57f80047-e755-4f83-8012-a16eb18db995/13.+day+3+C%26U.01.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 13. A lovely little bay with this picturesque chapel offering good protection from the northerly winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e480c82b-6b4a-4cba-a20e-994ed4195a49/25.+Day+6.17b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 24. Temple of Athene with Maelle and Hannah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/001a233e-9abe-4749-b16d-056b5f8be48c/18.+Warm+spring.+01.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 18. Esthi and Ursula taking advantage of the warm water spring on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d1615266-f653-48e7-8743-e08eda95b5aa/6.+Day+2.6b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 6. Overlooking the port of Poros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c353f87e-f9b8-40fb-9070-55ea1e598073/34.+Map+of+trip+2.1.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 32: From Google earth showing the main places along the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/af689be5-2058-4cd1-b487-523552e53823/23.+Day+6.1b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 22. Dawn at Kythnos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/edb4e54d-7733-42b6-aaa0-3c0d0bc696a6/9.+Day+3.10b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 11: No private vehicles on the island, so donkeys provide most transport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/14caa469-7d7d-4db3-b777-f6337b75311a/19.+Day+5.9b.jpg Sailing in the Aegean - Sailing in the Aegean - Make it stand out Photo 19. Chora, the capital of Kythnos, strung out along the hilltop. Every building a dazzling white. https://www.ursulachris.com/loire-valley-france daily 0.75 2024-07-28 https://www.ursulachris.com/loire-valley-france/2024/7/28/loire-valley-france monthly 0.5 2024-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/89565573-e91f-4b1b-afb6-0df7ae3e9ff0/3.+Chaumont+0069.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b1d49e28-1cdd-4a02-9e59-302d51ae44fe/10.+Chaumont+0071.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 10. and repurposed river barges from the Loire, “Cire perdue” by el Anatsui https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e1a9f9f0-1256-477a-8377-a03b6ab808d0/2.+Chaumont+0053.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 2. Château Chaumont-sur-Loire through the trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6b8b5327-e93a-4233-a01d-bce66c0cfc18/43.+Fontevraud+0207.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 44. And everywhere there are murals depicting religious themes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/262a8f4f-6b0b-4d87-b476-19e367f3b6da/29.+Tours+0122.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 30. The Loire is crossed by many historic bridges, mostly stone, like this one down-river from Tours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a43b1c03-6111-4b34-8c85-e1c4fef2481f/24.2+Portrait+0004.21.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 24. The finished portrait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5901926d-9d56-42f1-a564-f947402ac6c8/40.+Fontevraud+0215.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 41. A picture of the moulding of the forms for the recasting of the abbey’s bells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/45c9ba53-2e04-448e-9cc1-e9b29b83e0f9/41.+Fontevraud+0197.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 42. The impressive array of beams. Makes the Whangerei ceiling look like leggo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a43eb702-c6fe-4f66-bdf0-285403a3ad4d/14.+Chaumont+0083.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 14. One of the many beautiful tapestries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5e0e4781-199d-4c88-9d0f-10162720b7a5/38.+Fontevraud+0219.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 39. The ceiling of the kitchen showing the chimney vents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4a7a8a8f-3daa-494c-9338-d62d8a7ec274/26.+Tours+0136.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 27. An immaculate deux-chevaux. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5c5d9f3e-98c1-474d-9dac-3540bfb8d9ec/20.+Workshop+0166.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 20. The workshops, the mosaic workshop is the pink one on the left with the large mosaic flower on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e66004c1-c243-4d03-9219-af2ca61373c8/16.+Chaumont+0095.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 16. A room of 5000 quartz poppies, “Le nid des murmures” by Stephane Guiran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b241c8d1-7c7a-4120-8cad-d48cece6491c/27.+Graffiti+0171.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 28. One of the many portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5ee45118-4484-472c-86de-5f3c67d79e7c/15.+Chaumont+0101.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 15. The stable yard, the stables arranged around the perimeter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/32cce205-591a-4b06-aa72-e394062a39ad/31.+Birds+2812.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 32. A Jay flying in the garden. There was a family of four of them foraging in the vegetable beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/78b1a499-83a2-4a0e-9a0d-7eb3141e2d31/37.+Fontevraud+0199.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 38. Approaching the Royal Abbey. The tower in this picture is the roof of the kitchens and the turrets are the chimneys over the cooking areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/05586664-15ec-4a6f-bc55-c230fde1a215/36.+Montsoreau+0193.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 37. Overlooking the junction of the Loire and Vienne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0e46c7e0-464f-4541-b1f8-0debf2889f67/12.+Chaumont+0090.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 12. The entrance to the château Chaumont-sur-Loire across the drawbridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dd5b3f01-55a6-4cd3-9211-1e870b79ff28/4.+Chaumont+0052.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 4. Tall hedges line the formal paths through the gardens…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0715b455-5205-4945-a599-ae0514932f0a/22.+Ursula+0113.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 22. The technique, using the hammer and wedge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2fda42a1-0d54-4a82-a558-4eb4440afbf6/21.+Workshop+0159.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 21. A birds eye view of the workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dc5712ea-b803-4e99-8f5d-cc922836fac7/35.+Montsoreau+0189.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 36. The Château de Montsoreau, originally built in 1450 and now a modern art museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0a2b56fd-06f8-45ba-b87a-ca13579f0aa5/39.+Fontevraud+0204.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 40. Effigies of Eleanor and Henry 1 & 2 and Richard 1 of England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9d5dd54f-adb6-4c57-a9d7-1f284dac57b9/33.+Chinon+0225.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 34. A modern stained glass window in the Saint Mexme Collegiate Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a09110ba-04c5-483f-b540-a28e34ce968c/42.+Fontevraud+0205.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 43.Beautiful, expansive cloisters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/70b3853f-e3d1-4419-8759-e1efc427d95a/6.+Chaumont+0049.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 6. There were water gardens… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f09af030-965c-4558-8456-8357f8c40748/18.+Chaumont+0097.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 18. Close up of the miniature amphora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f03d9131-92ae-46f3-8c41-ee04bda18437/11.+Chaumont+0060.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 11. One layout we thought might find favour with some of our family was what we termed “The Pink Garden.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dce248e7-502b-4332-9a41-acb517122ab0/28.+Tours+0117.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 29. A restored traditional barge on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ca0a2a5f-140e-4625-a8ea-52f6666f3cbb/8.+Chaumont+0066.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 8. Filigree installations “Chemins croisés” by Lionel Sabatte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dc9dce5e-8dc1-4392-80ef-983c541e9e28/23.+Ursula+0158.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 23. Working on the portrait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d4e557fe-c6eb-44c9-a8d9-4569f7d94779/9.+Chaumont+0103.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 9. Grasslands, untitled by Bernar Venet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5e7f2ae0-276f-4626-9ca4-cc8ca9da6c92/24.+Celebration+0132.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 25. The three mosaicists whose workshop this is. Marie-Laure on the left, and Melaine on the right who held the workshop, and a colleague in the centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8467f384-da7a-408d-ab53-d93e0df992e2/30.+Tours+0126.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 31. The gothic Cathédrale Saint-Gatien in Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7c0d962f-623d-40fc-bdd1-fbfc24331b6e/25.+Oven+0130.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 26. The pizza oven at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d5f4dd49-14b1-456c-b5f2-077af60229f0/32.+Chinon++0185.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 33. Relaxing in Chinon (about 50 km from Tours) after the workshop and drive down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a684d789-7b1e-4a37-aaab-c017fe76df94/13.+Chaumont+0079.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 13. A spiral staircases with one of the modern pieces, this by Sheila Hicks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5623d4e2-6cac-4a83-a5d7-34fca81ba1a2/1.+Chaumont+0045.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 1. Recovering in Amboise with a good, cold beer at the end of a long drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9e05a2f4-0397-4fb3-ad0c-10e8f811dc4a/7.+Chaumont+0063.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 7. And woodland surprises, “L’homme sauvage” by Denis Monfleur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/728af4da-e4cd-42a2-8a97-b19cd6972a4f/5.+Chaumont+0104.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 5. … but there are numerous less formal paths leading off the grassland and woodland walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/30ec9512-bb0a-4e6c-89b5-8d5244c15510/19.+Chaumont+0099.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 19. “Le Locataire”, by Gloria Friedmann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3250edad-fe5a-418e-9fd6-db5fe74ce59e/17.+Chaumont+0096.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 17. “L’ultime metamorphose de Thétis”. An amazing piece reminding us of a sea anemone, but made of thousands of tiny amphora by Gregoire Scalabre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a7e9bd9e-632b-431f-ba0a-4e5d0f43fbfe/34.+Chinon+0230.12.jpg Loire Valley, France - LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE - Make it stand out Photo 35. Co-existing with centuries old murals https://www.ursulachris.com/august-in-switzerland daily 0.75 2024-09-09 https://www.ursulachris.com/august-in-switzerland/2024/9/10/august-in-switzerland monthly 0.5 2024-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a92c81af-c8f7-46dd-ad09-f95e76b96056/18.+DSC_0008.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fce44c2c-d154-47ce-a70f-7511ca3b38b0/15.+Lens+Church+0020.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 16. High in the mountains, a church in the village of Lens, visible through the summer mist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/5b27f623-c6dd-4492-ba4e-14c9bf6358ca/3.+Vaulting+3103.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 3. And some fail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/9531f9b3-c9b3-4aab-a17c-865792746815/6.+Swans+825.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 6. Sometimes we kayak with swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0f966640-0ca9-4d85-ba4a-6b718fb8d7d0/16.++Anti+racism+0016.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d9e8f945-e432-4b4a-869a-f04410ac2e92/1.+Vaulting+3085.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 1.….watching athletes hurl themselves upward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ec562fea-cfd6-44ea-a0e6-15f4d1e0173c/5.+Vaulting+3116.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 5. I think this was the winner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/63a6c6f6-7a15-4741-9b44-39868d1722c8/Konzert+01.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 22. Summer concert on the Bundesplatz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/95fff206-8b71-4afe-b75f-3bc805e0b32d/14.+Greylag+Geese+3185.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 15. Greylag Geese and Highland bull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/700ccc62-5eea-485a-a847-133396953522/8.1.+Wohlensee+bar+01.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 9. Beer and wedges at the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/383189c5-28bf-4408-bbe3-59964adff90d/10.+Brass+2321.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8d3af9dc-7898-4789-9590-29cf2c4bdf53/2.+Vaulting+3048.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 2. Some manage it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a7fa5f21-7afb-4ee5-b33f-2535f77b325c/17.+First+meeting+0011.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 18. First meeting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/95f65258-c2ba-4e7c-9fd6-784a4ede6552/4.+Vaulting+3115.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 4. And look at the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/eeaaaa34-976f-41f9-8f1c-fe940a48756f/9.+Casino+1.+blog.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 10. Cool jazz in the cool of the evening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0fcdb82f-84d1-42e6-b335-a21fcbbc3f40/11.+Brass+2318.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 12. Heavy Metal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d15b5b3d-a087-4b75-9c21-1003d633e1db/13.+Kingfisher+3260.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/f9fc7e52-ce08-4554-ae5f-99132b40cc18/19.+Rhone+in+a+canal+0022.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 20. Looking down on the Rhone, here in a canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6c0dadb4-2109-433c-815d-0e78ed0c0f30/8.+Kayak+19.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 8. And sometimes we just paddle about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8a5a8ea4-242e-4a13-9c95-586308a9e3e2/12.+Garden+0001.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 13. Our little patch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/cfd5d1c0-0759-48d7-85e3-53fb601dc880/20.+Chess+0004.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 21. Chess on a summer’s afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/eb7c1869-ed77-4853-a761-1808d36bc9fa/7.+Kayak+18.1.jpg August in Switzerland - August in Switzerland - Make it stand out 7. And sometimes we swim with the kayak, Ursula swimming, towing the kayak behind her. https://www.ursulachris.com/the-azores-part-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-06 https://www.ursulachris.com/the-azores-part-1/2025/11/7/the-azores-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dbca42cf-f9f6-4838-9d01-185de73f884c/1.+Delgado+4782.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 1. The central square with the 3 arches of the Portas da Cidade - the gates to the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7bcd3896-89c8-4eba-bcf3-e5d4d9b14bae/4.+Delgado+4797.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 4. Enjoying the pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0356acee-1acd-467e-b22a-b43c837ec194/12.+Pico+064.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 30. The vineyard at the museum, but similar to vineyards everywhere on Pico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c9401064-6b8a-41b7-98a9-20a30f255c8f/Pavement.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 2. A complex Calçada Portuguesa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/655c40fd-d348-43fb-889b-5becb7a5d31b/10.+Terceira_4873.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 35. The wild ginger plant, a beautiful flower but a pest on the islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/33bdaf04-d227-4626-9001-4134568bb408/7.+Fernas+096.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 32. We both made good use of the facilities to recharge and relax the pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/67829f5c-c514-4cb3-9c10-d9a3734b52c7/5.+Birds+4842.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 11: Sanderlings and turnstones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c861f637-a920-4c91-9f00-a4019a59d09a/2%2C+Terceira+4827.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 8 Drystone walls marching up the hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e3f8f861-28b5-44f9-944a-5e58977d4715/5.+Delgado+4812.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 5. The people of the Azores take every opportunity to swim in the sea. The maritime heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/16a9771a-dae2-4f8c-aac0-949b90de29bc/11+Pico_4929.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 29. You don’t get much more east on Pico, the island of Jorge in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d3f8a577-f82a-460e-a31c-c7ae3d233717/3.+Delgado+4789.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 3. The yacht basin in the port https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c3e819a6-1477-4119-b9d0-f378e4474832/1%2C+Terceira+4829.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 7. Our B&B with hortensias. Although they can look lovely hedging the roads, hortensias are a pest species, sometimes covering hillsides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ef2a2984-c1cf-4ee7-be36-a28e6ce57f6a/4.+Terceira+4821.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 10The view across the Atlantic gives the illusion of the horizon being bigger than anywhere else. It seems to stretch forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6c87be0c-9748-4e72-b520-1f182f592341/7.+Terceira+4857.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 13. The massive statue of Mary has an authoritarian feel about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d5468740-e12d-4710-905e-29a85ee900c5/7.+spotted+dolphin+039.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 25 A spotted dolphin showing a certain joie de vivre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3ffb1d86-b4ad-4b08-bb7c-bb4e8157774f/8.+Pilot+Whale+047.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 26. The distinctive dorsal fin of the pilot whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a4c18d6c-e698-43cd-b81a-4951f2d4aa12/12.+5140.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 37. Ribiero Grande is well known as a surfing centre, and surfers were out literally from dawn to dusk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/e653e5e7-463e-4776-95ce-408c75bed41b/10.+Terceira_4867.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 16. The lower slopes are covered with a Japanese Cedar forest, another introduced species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/591870c3-c1bc-4049-83c1-9e56cc152b05/11_Fernas104.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 34. Furnas from the rim of the caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/c7b2a39c-e3dc-46bf-af43-3850a576c640/3+Pico_+078.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 21 The small cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6ef4289a-dac0-49b7-9d7a-92c0cd0d0d81/9.++Pico_4903.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 27. We never discovered the purpose of these red windmills which were common on Pico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fa828c14-f4ce-4bc8-ba4c-bf2683816baf/6_Whale+025.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 24. An inflatable, similar to ours, leaving port. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/70810b81-3594-4175-ac6e-448acafd6297/11.+Miguel+112.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 36. The cliff-tops of Maia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/72f9d479-a09f-4aa6-b1e3-c7134ab2e291/12.+Terceira_4879.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 17. Steam seeping from the ground wherever you looked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/366223e8-cb8e-493f-a1ea-963c57081d5d/2+Pico_+5019.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 20. The swimming pool at low tide. At high tide waves break over the rocky wall in front https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ccfc5719-3fb7-4f11-9055-dc055995d995/8.+Fumeroles+086.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 33. A steaming fumerole, Furness is famous for them and the volcano there is considered to be still active. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/29d07835-473e-4a19-9b00-8ae9df0e0bdb/8.+Terceira+4859.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 14. Drystone walls completely dividing up the caldera into farm fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1a26b106-b62d-4a54-8d51-1d635b412276/5+Pico_4898.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 23. A whale boat and assorted whale bones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/128a1b7b-c552-41e1-bdf1-91bc57f8ada9/6.+Terceira+4854.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 12. Overlooking the town of Praia da Vitoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/a8418769-0673-4fce-905f-726a5abf9785/1.+Pico_079.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 19. Casa dos Botes. Two boats on the left and the basalt built converted boathouse between the cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/23a39afe-5941-4aec-bc10-8dd20c50743d/13.+9+Pico_4979.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 31. On the plateau with Mt Pico appearing from the clouds at last https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6b42e43c-0fc5-42a5-8673-7c91489c3455/6.+4808.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 6: I don’t know what the correct term is, icon doesn’t seem quite right, but so many houses had this type of decoration on the front wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/920cbb64-80c4-410a-9ca7-04b5bdb670cc/9.+Terceira+4832.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 15. This collapsing gate and disintergrating wall was the start of a walk to the remaining fragments of what had once been a fort guarding the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ae4f51e2-120d-4cfc-aaf4-22629b198ce1/4.+Corys+shearwater+043.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 22 Cory’s Shearwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1bd47d06-71fc-4d38-b611-960b17db08dc/10.+Pico_4935.blog.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 28. Manhenha boat ramp with the lighthouse in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/6bfc3a43-a962-45d2-8427-cf199b529a60/13.+Terceira_4885.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 18. Ursula diving into the deep water only a few meters from the shore, watched over by a lifeguard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/70d7a524-88cb-4b53-a2a8-d907a111db1f/3.+Terceira+4814.b.jpg The Azores part 1 - The Azores part 1 - Make it stand out 9. A series of intersecting gullies make for a popular swimming area protected from the Atlantic swells. https://www.ursulachris.com/the-azores-part-2 daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://www.ursulachris.com/the-azores-part-2/2025/12/4/the-azores-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/dbd17904-97ee-440e-8ab1-730abb398585/18+Pico_5017.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 18. The trailer was hooked up to a pick-up and driven off, (leaving the bikini-clad assistant to return to her sunbathing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/d14af997-3160-4d3e-8d4c-8b37f348c9c3/8+Corys+shearwater+050.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 8. A Cory’s shearwater disturbed by our boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0de02233-1ece-40ac-bf06-1423cf3a2619/11+Sanderling+5134.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 11. A Sanderling sorting through the debris along the shoreline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ab723562-4272-43c0-a550-429fb6b49cee/15+Pico_4924.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 15. Every small harbour seemed to have a small, rusting crane like this one. A mystery, what was their purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/34f24405-f3c8-4055-a032-1fab5ce76dea/2+Terceira+4828.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 2. Almost every plant in this picture is an introduced species, Hydrangeas on the left, ginger on the right. The forests in the background are Japanese Cedar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/b63a047d-de6f-4fe9-825d-d3dacb2de264/7+Whale+030.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 7. A small pod of Pilot whales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/3f584030-3c07-405b-8b05-a88714836004/9+Chaffinch+5062.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 9. An Azorean Chaffinch examining a cigarette butt. Is it edible? The Chaffinch seen to be a little duller in colour than their European counterparts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/7e458bea-a5c9-496f-9ec6-c65db5652dd7/19+Pico_4941.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 19. This boat was being launched at 9.30 at night with barely any light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/655630fc-dd6b-4a2a-9edb-3a8c4363ac52/16+Pico_5004.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 16. A boat returned from a day fishing and help arrives from a landlubber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/948b975c-ca27-4dbc-8187-ac661c97bccd/5+Whale+4901.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 5. Beautifull, hand made, and wonderfully seaworthy, replicas and survivors of these boats are still sailed in regattas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/0f7b40bd-851e-4b45-8f68-ba0f3616a27a/13+Terceira+4852.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 13. Blue, in the background down the street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/81e44564-a2dc-47bf-8016-b0992db573ee/17+Pico_5011.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 17, and lo and behold, the boat was lifted from the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/8a9d04db-6524-4419-a5dc-c3b19f9b2c3f/3+Whale+027+%281%29.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 3. The impressive Mt. Pico seen from the whale watching boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/516d14cc-b45a-42f5-9003-8464a3ba355d/1+Pico_4946.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 1. Lichen covered stone wall with what I think are juniper bushes in the background, the remnants of the shrub forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/fdba4934-4f5f-45c6-88e1-04071400479a/4+Whale+4897.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 4. An Azorean whale boat So delicate in appearance , a beautiful design and completely functional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/ce286d36-9c8f-4d8f-908e-491f14f10078/12+Pico_4928.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 12. Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/12a6c1d3-2f2a-4623-85d9-30aafcec378c/14+Terceira+4853.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 14. and gold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/4255b0ff-99f5-4aef-ab4b-2f1d1bbb0af7/10+Wagtail+5081.1.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 10. A Grey Wagtail in the highlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/2973495a-972b-4676-9b55-0c9d53f615c3/6+Whale+036.2.jpg The Azores Part 2 - The Azores Part 2 - Make it stand out 6. Spotted Dolphin. I know this photo looks so perfect it almost looks faked. But it wasn’t, I promise you. Even the distant dolphin so high in the air. https://www.ursulachris.com/ursula-chris daily 1.0 2025-11-12 https://www.ursulachris.com/about daily 0.75 2016-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d4a125e707eb7a02e4055f/1456776682638-ETQYPR9PTECZWF5HLAON/image-asset.jpeg About https://www.ursulachris.com/arrival daily 0.75 2019-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1564476868414-SVGQ9WR3CE9BHQZM88U9/Addis+6.01.jpg Arrival Looking down on a wedding party from the terrace restaurant in Ghion Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b0b97f8135a7710554a02/1564476534199-6NW80YRJOJ6TPKI6MJG4/Hotel+3a.01.jpg Arrival The view to the west from our bedroom. Don’t be fooled by the greenery; this is waste ground waiting for the inevitable development.