weekly photo challenge – muse

My muse is the moon! “If you strive for the moon, maybe you’ll get over the fence.” James Wood https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/muse/

worship and shopping

Kyoto has in total about 2000 shrines and temples – we didn’t visit them all, but a few …. but Kyoto is also a great city for shopping. Our  hotel was only 2 minutes walk from Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Shopping Arcades in …

cee’s fun foto challenge – three items or the number three

This week I have gone wild ….. as they say everything good comes in 3. For some reason I have an endless amount of images that relate to this weeks topic (3). When I got my first Canon I went on …

service that reaches the moon – hotel vista premio, kyoto

I knew that I would struggle to get hotel to a reasonable  price in Kyoto in April, it is their busiest month. All because of the Cherry blossoms. Knew exactly where I wanted to stay, in which area, in short walking distance to …

weekly photo challenge – the colors of the rainbow

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.“ Maya Angelou https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/roy-g-biv/

with some swedish roots – milka, istanbul

It was a long time since I enjoyed a fantastic meal at a gourmet restaurant where every seat was taken. I don’t think it has been since I enjoyed “Blackbird” in Chicago about 11 years ago. But in Istanbul at …

green fashion statement and success

Everybody who knows me … knows what a proud Swede I’m .. proud over that we as a small country has achieved through all the years; inventions, people and what Sweden stand for. Maybe we aren’t the happiest people in …

a royal wedding with very personal choices

Last Saturday Sweden got a new princess, Princess Sofia. When Miss Sofia Hellqvist and Prince Carl Philip said “Yes, I do” A beautiful  wedding with tradition and with very personal choices …. first of all the very personal choices for the church …

detour to the post office

This Monday walk really happened on Saturday morning, a warm and sunny morning with nearly no wind at all, a perfect day for a Royal wedding. So with this post am I joining  Jo’s Monday Walk challenge for this week. I …

a bit of hong kong at the time

Time really passes quick ….. it’s now nearly  3 months since I landed in Hong Kong, back after 37 years. I was very excited over going back, even if it only was for 5 nights. Hong Kong is a bit …

first day of summer and a royal wedding (tomorrow)

Today  we had our first day of summer this year – no cardigan or jacket needed, it took time. Also the first evening I had my diner at the balcony. Just now 7pm is it +26C/+78.8F out there … VERY NICE!!!!!! …

cee’s fun foto challenge, one item or number 1

One item  or number one???!!!!! I don’t  have one single image with number one – I have loads of images with only one object, so I have decided  to go with one item, but different captures of it. I chosen …

build with brotherhood and deliver with charm – mr cook, istanbul

My first evening I didn’t want to travel too fare for my dinner and I didn’t want to eat at the restaurants around the corner that was packed of tourists – so once again TripAdvisor pointed me the right direction.  Mr …

a treasure – a deam

is what this house is …. and if I had the money !!!!????? I would buy this very special yellow Ottoman style house in Istanbul, just opposite Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Basilica Cistern. When looking at it.. two men came up to me and asked …

gülhane parkı’s roses and their friends

Gülhane Parkı runs along side the Topkapı Palacejust behind the Hagia Sofia – massive park for people to get some rest – to get away from the intensive city buzz…. reading, kissing, playing, walking, pic nicking, eating, listening and just to exist. …