tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79390099678317696932024-03-07T20:38:23.021+00:00Poppys PlacePoppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-70486994712177919202024-03-07T20:05:00.000+00:002024-03-07T20:05:35.649+00:00Flashback 2010 - the gardens of Derek Jarman and Brian Yale, Dungeness, Kent.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDzSTbxFEAMWuP49tUiEkaDQyor72MpPe60F0NThU2XwrbMsZz76XA8Xq366y-u82l7aHRpA3csG70HVv8yNN286xvNj6iuIzgtl44t6mykdi4v5QmNBDXhbyplXBms8hN8s3SKW5lLWT3K-tMC3PyYoRrmAoGBxzhg5_NHyAg2Loz9NNxkiZhwKCln8/s640/IMG_8646A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDzSTbxFEAMWuP49tUiEkaDQyor72MpPe60F0NThU2XwrbMsZz76XA8Xq366y-u82l7aHRpA3csG70HVv8yNN286xvNj6iuIzgtl44t6mykdi4v5QmNBDXhbyplXBms8hN8s3SKW5lLWT3K-tMC3PyYoRrmAoGBxzhg5_NHyAg2Loz9NNxkiZhwKCln8/s16000/IMG_8646A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prospect Cottage Dungeness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the heading to this blog says, these photos were taken in 2010. Derek Jarman's garden is famous, but in 2010 most of the plants in the garden had more or less gone. I would have loved to have seen this garden in full bloom, but we were lucky enough to also have seen Brian Yale's garden just two doors away. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5XO3kwYklRsISa0-TMTk9UiB45mxsNbMs0X43vQflJwK1yfCdj7LMrDvS1KiD1K80nyN1QFpDDfSyn7390Dd-ixykvarTsuPKxVc3fmdRwKkEiAinxVcWxlsNJb8JRKfDNOaCPh78lhvUfIRCWhyjdW6hX8-qSNgjsEmKWV-4nk7tlRaRjaVCOhsREA/s640/IMG_8647A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5XO3kwYklRsISa0-TMTk9UiB45mxsNbMs0X43vQflJwK1yfCdj7LMrDvS1KiD1K80nyN1QFpDDfSyn7390Dd-ixykvarTsuPKxVc3fmdRwKkEiAinxVcWxlsNJb8JRKfDNOaCPh78lhvUfIRCWhyjdW6hX8-qSNgjsEmKWV-4nk7tlRaRjaVCOhsREA/s16000/IMG_8647A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, the home of Derek Jarman from 1986. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZbdLpVdWYoaU_s4Mxhg9OYwy-TYahuSkA8D67G1ig-OoJCoR68Nqs7-mspUeuIw4_1G72p8L7CjKpHgyLHmy7VpNVFgdIvJNH3IwqR6uJcrneMfFvv9zGlwa9aW_v4xYZxdoce0WJmDKWc9IrbSYOyTEUelHlpRjLnAJrak6hyphenhyphenf5mq0CeFy-U4hnozc/s600/IMG_8650A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZbdLpVdWYoaU_s4Mxhg9OYwy-TYahuSkA8D67G1ig-OoJCoR68Nqs7-mspUeuIw4_1G72p8L7CjKpHgyLHmy7VpNVFgdIvJNH3IwqR6uJcrneMfFvv9zGlwa9aW_v4xYZxdoce0WJmDKWc9IrbSYOyTEUelHlpRjLnAJrak6hyphenhyphenf5mq0CeFy-U4hnozc/s16000/IMG_8650A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 'writing on the wall' of Prospect Cottage. The poem is from John Donne's 'The Sun Rising'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tsR_dSRgDrNrnPgIYvmlZEF_nEzuVhs0p_0rkXG-rVRmhuEPUdb9qy7vwBitPFpol2jrP5TXXpbSC6LFfbVwaHNjYIHlMFbZI1MNiKvOjSDj1LwcdpIP0-IR849_yO9Fsg7whmGmNrF2oufMwRHpRDSPVYRgpnwJOQScoliROOI1FcUOnq6Zvc34bso/s640/IMG_8654A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tsR_dSRgDrNrnPgIYvmlZEF_nEzuVhs0p_0rkXG-rVRmhuEPUdb9qy7vwBitPFpol2jrP5TXXpbSC6LFfbVwaHNjYIHlMFbZI1MNiKvOjSDj1LwcdpIP0-IR849_yO9Fsg7whmGmNrF2oufMwRHpRDSPVYRgpnwJOQScoliROOI1FcUOnq6Zvc34bso/s16000/IMG_8654A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the items that were still in the garden in 2010.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoCZAkS9CRIlw5gVbXQEfulm_3juHRg0bgjFVJoAdFzab4s_henSZZo6HAqQd5g4e8Un-uwPkc9i97DYyZ8wqm1JDkhGKCRHW4cdwnrAzkREge32yWuuZwS4ru1LGPzK-ObEX25HUyP24mkFH82OHsaIf565UCnWVvk2Wdk8Xb8qFbO45z3HsAN0P6rs/s640/IMG_8667A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoCZAkS9CRIlw5gVbXQEfulm_3juHRg0bgjFVJoAdFzab4s_henSZZo6HAqQd5g4e8Un-uwPkc9i97DYyZ8wqm1JDkhGKCRHW4cdwnrAzkREge32yWuuZwS4ru1LGPzK-ObEX25HUyP24mkFH82OHsaIf565UCnWVvk2Wdk8Xb8qFbO45z3HsAN0P6rs/s16000/IMG_8667A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Derek Jarman lived here until his death in 1994, after his death the cottage was looked after by his partner Keith Collins until he too passed away in 2018. The Cottage and Garden were bought in 2020 by Art Fund, with Creative Folkestone being the custodians of the site, thereby saving this amazing place for the nation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLfcRmErhxWgLL0atawq-yE8XSig13U665l3j7SK1DQpUWBTt4r9VONppoVGXRI0FPyV87RJ5EC-cvyk5MlHdQDOp57wK5I16HrER0qHW96BxxkrGmDN57EZ9RWe_DzWrFSaiBHIkpTXSq1XdQQsBTwC2k3XH6sQYf9Eu8xlMcBk0wOTy02ed6DXyFRQ/s640/IMG_8671A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLfcRmErhxWgLL0atawq-yE8XSig13U665l3j7SK1DQpUWBTt4r9VONppoVGXRI0FPyV87RJ5EC-cvyk5MlHdQDOp57wK5I16HrER0qHW96BxxkrGmDN57EZ9RWe_DzWrFSaiBHIkpTXSq1XdQQsBTwC2k3XH6sQYf9Eu8xlMcBk0wOTy02ed6DXyFRQ/s16000/IMG_8671A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">100 yards further on from Prospect Cottage is the garden of Brian Yale. An artist like Derek Jarman, he filled his garden with recycled junk. We spent ages looking at all the items here. For a long time I thought this was all Derek Jarman's garden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxwEVT0LK2EAT6vuHo2RYMJfNtdeB8JcerZAsWjjxLPupvfG7Jq8Q4LxUziWevd1-19e4CRvmM2zDJ5p1mIEviCCzpVYgSZxlPQAYwdSEPkMeMYTc8t5dOvOB4Lz53R7Pkv4OILoe01vJB8A72jiZfUpH3cbbeWKkcVjd2Y6BuWaqLoTULRoqmJzhTD4/s640/IMG_8673A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxwEVT0LK2EAT6vuHo2RYMJfNtdeB8JcerZAsWjjxLPupvfG7Jq8Q4LxUziWevd1-19e4CRvmM2zDJ5p1mIEviCCzpVYgSZxlPQAYwdSEPkMeMYTc8t5dOvOB4Lz53R7Pkv4OILoe01vJB8A72jiZfUpH3cbbeWKkcVjd2Y6BuWaqLoTULRoqmJzhTD4/s16000/IMG_8673A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rope man</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTIYV_PHo6gjHT473cLuJ5lDIWz37ZP3h5t5hPddvXEsnodhrNCSpfkMv9uHJQJHFA_Q-qzY8INXu-UmE41vcBaptBoAKJTgYE9nOZTbwgP7KZdhPSK8MScnpVOCcOWBETFOirWU0EHkLY_JtNjEdoZyyrQZro_IVJ8M-Oh2ZOlG6R4qsdtJ3mT5PGsc/s640/IMG_8674A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTIYV_PHo6gjHT473cLuJ5lDIWz37ZP3h5t5hPddvXEsnodhrNCSpfkMv9uHJQJHFA_Q-qzY8INXu-UmE41vcBaptBoAKJTgYE9nOZTbwgP7KZdhPSK8MScnpVOCcOWBETFOirWU0EHkLY_JtNjEdoZyyrQZro_IVJ8M-Oh2ZOlG6R4qsdtJ3mT5PGsc/s16000/IMG_8674A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clever use of bits of driftwood, a fish :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpcU_y6IX1TDo_QDPehiR-xrodcHJpmBy9YPrMorIsT-mMRVJ2NNU2038orFSLl2SjKZi3CFATiFSGq9sqZkNOJwqchn9vzjRNbzXjt6W6m29kSSZ4xjllZNCGR9iYxmtI34jxIZKJ5uojYxlZYjQrPkzRCCYQ4UZ9sV8g-r7enXDbN44MrRGXiK1X-8/s640/IMG_8677B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpcU_y6IX1TDo_QDPehiR-xrodcHJpmBy9YPrMorIsT-mMRVJ2NNU2038orFSLl2SjKZi3CFATiFSGq9sqZkNOJwqchn9vzjRNbzXjt6W6m29kSSZ4xjllZNCGR9iYxmtI34jxIZKJ5uojYxlZYjQrPkzRCCYQ4UZ9sV8g-r7enXDbN44MrRGXiK1X-8/s16000/IMG_8677B.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rocket.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDZ79W6u3bzwt9uXcSshbBttf0SeQqHuX6VzInSRnzobf-5hj_J72HMdvrYGDdGlKfGx9LrMpRSZ5liQBXwa_isZH0ECLuERxKFEY5v0KRN1uwCwWM96xWs5IlmtjtHPLqKFuRoKC36h-Ybeu3554oOMWVOGR8O4qfnw-TILRuL3YB9BCcdyoOL0sWm4/s600/IMG_8678A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDZ79W6u3bzwt9uXcSshbBttf0SeQqHuX6VzInSRnzobf-5hj_J72HMdvrYGDdGlKfGx9LrMpRSZ5liQBXwa_isZH0ECLuERxKFEY5v0KRN1uwCwWM96xWs5IlmtjtHPLqKFuRoKC36h-Ybeu3554oOMWVOGR8O4qfnw-TILRuL3YB9BCcdyoOL0sWm4/s16000/IMG_8678A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A boat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh376jVwYFUxz8M5Rcy09uT837_dPDNuKiUFxzu-mw6UCqAmZAJn8YNGi-AHrjhXbI5QUc_lBeZEWfQ8E2-vXkTz6c-m2cVH4x8kQKU87T1skKgKgMOisvNWPRF-HyCdKVL0oFlP4MCa9AGik9RDbwVb9oGbUEFGAdsSGql9h-awsQp-sA4MAerRvNnaHY/s640/IMG_8679A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh376jVwYFUxz8M5Rcy09uT837_dPDNuKiUFxzu-mw6UCqAmZAJn8YNGi-AHrjhXbI5QUc_lBeZEWfQ8E2-vXkTz6c-m2cVH4x8kQKU87T1skKgKgMOisvNWPRF-HyCdKVL0oFlP4MCa9AGik9RDbwVb9oGbUEFGAdsSGql9h-awsQp-sA4MAerRvNnaHY/s16000/IMG_8679A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Wishing Well</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVUsxYxdqi83xgnbORhpVoOu3FhyphenhyphenL5WbCwsBBG_IZgZE15OLLCF1NVarPJ3PY-EzD-4lHcgKKC3RqinP5ZPe_BwyGH7U98PPF4sTNktxdF2h-ak3v4c_QsPTCO-oYUKrGBeZcK_guYxoys_ck3YDNFwPtK4EKg_fIzV-zAXfUClxP5LOTthb_VcJSTcI/s600/IMG_8681A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVUsxYxdqi83xgnbORhpVoOu3FhyphenhyphenL5WbCwsBBG_IZgZE15OLLCF1NVarPJ3PY-EzD-4lHcgKKC3RqinP5ZPe_BwyGH7U98PPF4sTNktxdF2h-ak3v4c_QsPTCO-oYUKrGBeZcK_guYxoys_ck3YDNFwPtK4EKg_fIzV-zAXfUClxP5LOTthb_VcJSTcI/s16000/IMG_8681A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yachts sailing, and a rope snake in the background. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnDEx4y8-tyM-2993ZIgXBg-05XqaXaZAyWYgNiAJrxqnGpQbDtnJO3ezOmjDm8f-tZSKDOw7ljJvbrYVZcLpwM39CeNrZGDAT3ZRgxgzYyaYhnmU0pPQ_6v7MIPJJaWNkKefcHtvIP5TKzrqFUdOkEsBbMvyxr21kH6mWRgPdDYMPbpu1aY-kqoClm4/s640/IMG_8682A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is amazing what can be made with driftwood and rusty nails :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrYmh3zRhV8OhZGIL0hBwdjA46sk9PofcHkfny7K5HkrgE8dy2Z9AU21DED_n4lIXKTlEViyMgeeacTk5_J0bsAfFkd80oNYNX2NEyh1MogmMluDBJ28-CCgu3ozbgLkedQsys8RpFCNr7csrUDxzc68g5mhXgT-GwXK-hm_BFi0dZgDbyIAOtPRNYMY/s640/IMG_8692B.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrYmh3zRhV8OhZGIL0hBwdjA46sk9PofcHkfny7K5HkrgE8dy2Z9AU21DED_n4lIXKTlEViyMgeeacTk5_J0bsAfFkd80oNYNX2NEyh1MogmMluDBJ28-CCgu3ozbgLkedQsys8RpFCNr7csrUDxzc68g5mhXgT-GwXK-hm_BFi0dZgDbyIAOtPRNYMY/s16000/IMG_8692B.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Owls within an Owl's head,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another owl</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiRHcaqFZJvPGA4zUHAD5rb3y9aQqgX46RNkZzLlS6KGRVcqCrkGe4Ds-n8w8u4jCKPO3NtZfjg_ex0rrKQbI1Qct6afmf8Y6znxyo-AfJfWtHD3yKJD7NNqYCUDcItV532Fn-8LLjuAtr_ZVwtHlV-Mt9qVufWLnVbGzpf7bIFgGY2FhKkPGlDtu2XA/s640/IMG_8700A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiRHcaqFZJvPGA4zUHAD5rb3y9aQqgX46RNkZzLlS6KGRVcqCrkGe4Ds-n8w8u4jCKPO3NtZfjg_ex0rrKQbI1Qct6afmf8Y6znxyo-AfJfWtHD3yKJD7NNqYCUDcItV532Fn-8LLjuAtr_ZVwtHlV-Mt9qVufWLnVbGzpf7bIFgGY2FhKkPGlDtu2XA/s16000/IMG_8700A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dinosaur?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The lovely time piece. Each piece of slate had something written on it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGadG2XSz9mDANdB7xqjLst76aC4ZHBXN1qQ7ZFlPW-wwN-IUN_bOIrAPXt4HwheRyVDzwY_a155s9Ks3j-SJnHAC_R6sKfEAv4xTVuOwLUQ6Z2uUl1WcuEeqyfsJxNHiXUwh4PoNwLWQJuEoRcsAYaOHVnForePjwjtFDPsRr2HiJkxHujQUA9YKVBXE/s640/IMG_8706A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGadG2XSz9mDANdB7xqjLst76aC4ZHBXN1qQ7ZFlPW-wwN-IUN_bOIrAPXt4HwheRyVDzwY_a155s9Ks3j-SJnHAC_R6sKfEAv4xTVuOwLUQ6Z2uUl1WcuEeqyfsJxNHiXUwh4PoNwLWQJuEoRcsAYaOHVnForePjwjtFDPsRr2HiJkxHujQUA9YKVBXE/s16000/IMG_8706A.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-itae8dt7mBx6GM_m5MVCkRV7Fy30AstJf0FIjVrUJpP6JjwkZDfpGGFhat2Q9oFiQjCNOqWlIHH4FmpPzz3j4y6hcAtYVTwayZqtyDSZgizbYqKanQw6ZebLLcYiF3331-ld1l6eAfBQAVMGtoUXZm32BTBnvH6uCKOCaA9Y1OxIfskx4qz5jm0AtbQ/s600/IMG_8707A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the clock, I thought this was amazing, my favourite piece :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-exlS44s3A5RX-CREDc6stqNuOI5ltzHKx8Mc28fjXTuxO1ZSSt-RJRMulII_CSm3gHWRfIyN2JyUMROpL6SPJTSb8rJAJuQVhy-swwLyvJZjLNe4ccoBR_vUfSk2UWAiKsCF_ige8hDaSZGmY1_R4U0biFsuwHbNpfwEzCDbxRuUFq1ghP_7G489NA/s640/IMG_8710A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-exlS44s3A5RX-CREDc6stqNuOI5ltzHKx8Mc28fjXTuxO1ZSSt-RJRMulII_CSm3gHWRfIyN2JyUMROpL6SPJTSb8rJAJuQVhy-swwLyvJZjLNe4ccoBR_vUfSk2UWAiKsCF_ige8hDaSZGmY1_R4U0biFsuwHbNpfwEzCDbxRuUFq1ghP_7G489NA/s16000/IMG_8710A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the slates with their messages.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo1wYDuOQrVv-ZMrqu-RsHWf8JSL0prDH6SsrO2npSpjWcusSUNZgfCl8npBO1bBIwiBn57eWJAjSAKODnVyYss7fdJJz3fgSLuqdmA7_4WTqW6z2miR3I6pHDVcIHhnfFi237vEG9hLis0WKZBcbLUX_82RvRs1ocapl5PsyWrQXIIOCdLdwWffPwPI/s640/IMG_8711A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpo1wYDuOQrVv-ZMrqu-RsHWf8JSL0prDH6SsrO2npSpjWcusSUNZgfCl8npBO1bBIwiBn57eWJAjSAKODnVyYss7fdJJz3fgSLuqdmA7_4WTqW6z2miR3I6pHDVcIHhnfFi237vEG9hLis0WKZBcbLUX_82RvRs1ocapl5PsyWrQXIIOCdLdwWffPwPI/s16000/IMG_8711A.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8NhwpuRk8CRtcPpHusrLuFsDK-Ce9reRhmGCsXUuFFK8i4NOzZg2aCFMLtiLitUqne9p_D-H1yWGcDjF0ui6Lf0GCucQ4MoY10wb9Jcfmavkr8TCNz2JMmqhW2VLIAbG3ae-0QH1FPsiWy1YRaDTNQXFduXt3ixCqTbrQKfakw8X-Jrg4BoSFLsQHoI/s640/IMG_8712A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHpiJv5UjVVAPBOIXRaAQZ1GhypuitWxJxkW3UCQgVoIRA5mEBSCARCNxQ3VmQ46wWbAaFY8KUqH8jgo1Nj6fRzk_HVmYJ0zF_kQW1FPyGEeZ9NGEReDcCeO9jBy0LJGXuFuMDuJqOlH4LBKdNGtt9WW8zJ999KrBWfafTS8Ld5qluZR7DJwKkvb92Go/s16000/IMG_8731A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rope sculptures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNxUQjSjvowVARb9liAjYPFJv1sTiN0S0lhwEah85o4nwRtX0mvwdr-2KMQtbkJY5iZRd9ZvHX8ddJ0muj99ZqSXjeuA7i7pv_nAvvHMkTX2DXAYa2tQPw5sOvyEBWDdiY8sDww_VOGY0yPHZ32QCNW91zfuQN6bvq35mfMNUA7l8EhAbEo1f0isr9KI/s600/IMG_8734A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNxUQjSjvowVARb9liAjYPFJv1sTiN0S0lhwEah85o4nwRtX0mvwdr-2KMQtbkJY5iZRd9ZvHX8ddJ0muj99ZqSXjeuA7i7pv_nAvvHMkTX2DXAYa2tQPw5sOvyEBWDdiY8sDww_VOGY0yPHZ32QCNW91zfuQN6bvq35mfMNUA7l8EhAbEo1f0isr9KI/s16000/IMG_8734A.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Brian Yale's cottage and Garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking round the two gardens was just amazing, but please bear in mind this was 2010, we have been down to this spot more recently and as far as I can recall most of the things in Brian Yale's garden have gone, which is a real shame. I am really pleased that we got to see this when we did :)</div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-59270604857218013792023-12-31T16:23:00.001+00:002023-12-31T16:23:16.571+00:00End of the Year blog 2023 Part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7j2u4LO6EhZVf6d5omtagJPI_L4jKURAkCvUHCDGa3AcIhzA50rJCzbwUowXbB0JFEQNAYoo4f0cG5mcUz7VlIPOcdmsRlsrNn-K_E8MNm3njkiyLUfLLy2fFBJvXaN74h9hb3vULfG2JpE3RLO87BL38bc7hM64_S8OuqAZO4MW3N-x9qAhUtmOYfI/s600/IMG_4820.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7j2u4LO6EhZVf6d5omtagJPI_L4jKURAkCvUHCDGa3AcIhzA50rJCzbwUowXbB0JFEQNAYoo4f0cG5mcUz7VlIPOcdmsRlsrNn-K_E8MNm3njkiyLUfLLy2fFBJvXaN74h9hb3vULfG2JpE3RLO87BL38bc7hM64_S8OuqAZO4MW3N-x9qAhUtmOYfI/s16000/IMG_4820.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's that time of year again, time for me to go through my photos for the year and share one or two with you all from each month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JANUARY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIjxvWKtvalMtSSqxHZBsphVvlL8P3SSMvGO8a4HeCAHO5nP2jGv8DDVM1R_KexwhR6JtlKnFlgNaJ-6-9xGao7jbsG3xDAqaBNXAfSDgrEL0mzpyPJYgJmRMcdB4KvGrg97o_KWarNi64ScVYsJryoo47Iruzfnq9EjR3rE4s9-YK5x8l8hmloN1vGo/s600/IMG_4800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIjxvWKtvalMtSSqxHZBsphVvlL8P3SSMvGO8a4HeCAHO5nP2jGv8DDVM1R_KexwhR6JtlKnFlgNaJ-6-9xGao7jbsG3xDAqaBNXAfSDgrEL0mzpyPJYgJmRMcdB4KvGrg97o_KWarNi64ScVYsJryoo47Iruzfnq9EjR3rE4s9-YK5x8l8hmloN1vGo/s16000/IMG_4800.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A cold but bright January afternoon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnupudeBW1gaCFe_qltYy3oZoGWZXrwGOG6t1NgRoDtZ7mDPbTmn4Vy6EuDZa8wmHKPMOjrky1GZKUOIQ6gSbVKnBCvUXpH0P4XeTBXki-5E3LZTW1teDMOh7XcTtcI45QKX6nZzdp2SPUEIamtLoJqySood_3A9gA-koAONXmyRf0KD9erSANcFBtIQ/s600/IMG_4808.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnupudeBW1gaCFe_qltYy3oZoGWZXrwGOG6t1NgRoDtZ7mDPbTmn4Vy6EuDZa8wmHKPMOjrky1GZKUOIQ6gSbVKnBCvUXpH0P4XeTBXki-5E3LZTW1teDMOh7XcTtcI45QKX6nZzdp2SPUEIamtLoJqySood_3A9gA-koAONXmyRf0KD9erSANcFBtIQ/s16000/IMG_4808.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The light was amazing. The photo above shows late afternoon sun on the beach huts on Walmer seafront.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FEBRUARY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5c3WReiqEP6Y5acs57yqYTb6qErmLhQbH4shgrAxySHa34vADEB7uZyQPS3NvUtFq0681X9tQQrUkEoQcCfo_grl8d_B9OIws13xLNN-BnfPDlFdx3BuKMECHujAty4c3DZlzXrXwfngKu3HDvnyTKNIOrFDJ3vbQQHF7LPhLZ-DfJOLo3unnbp34vA/s640/IMG_4830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5c3WReiqEP6Y5acs57yqYTb6qErmLhQbH4shgrAxySHa34vADEB7uZyQPS3NvUtFq0681X9tQQrUkEoQcCfo_grl8d_B9OIws13xLNN-BnfPDlFdx3BuKMECHujAty4c3DZlzXrXwfngKu3HDvnyTKNIOrFDJ3vbQQHF7LPhLZ-DfJOLo3unnbp34vA/s16000/IMG_4830.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view looking South from Deal Pier, it always looks different.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCCihRqS3iuBKHvBxBtEf_VvU9TWGAJfRCg9wuY6or1NAaqtoPmYlXgQeC_BenklmM1oe8Pdit_Lg6U9mYV-SJ3oQ5hXwvZ_YkErM1o2vCv87mZ6yEcSAB03hYdBu4FTF0jdzSXyThTJsPVB33uIr6WPHwe3ZwXBEST7XzkTuNNHGVXTiP19TdeM5aMk/s600/IMG_4874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCCihRqS3iuBKHvBxBtEf_VvU9TWGAJfRCg9wuY6or1NAaqtoPmYlXgQeC_BenklmM1oe8Pdit_Lg6U9mYV-SJ3oQ5hXwvZ_YkErM1o2vCv87mZ6yEcSAB03hYdBu4FTF0jdzSXyThTJsPVB33uIr6WPHwe3ZwXBEST7XzkTuNNHGVXTiP19TdeM5aMk/s16000/IMG_4874.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the woods at Walmer Castle, a nice bit of February sun shining :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MARCH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifgXdHlQzbc4jVPGXKDwIk7HvXiRJYSotwY4H-bklYA5wY_q3UNNhRbb8kjMDUYBbVgKJQgIJyjH28tye6mW6Jsm9CSowDowYzveSotBPaMa247cBDJMP3eskbyrYJ4mdrlZsV837l9aDJVD9NggLUYlzXtNS-Mn4r2chSCMvUQNAOvu5QRuNQ970jwQ/s640/IMG_4997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifgXdHlQzbc4jVPGXKDwIk7HvXiRJYSotwY4H-bklYA5wY_q3UNNhRbb8kjMDUYBbVgKJQgIJyjH28tye6mW6Jsm9CSowDowYzveSotBPaMa247cBDJMP3eskbyrYJ4mdrlZsV837l9aDJVD9NggLUYlzXtNS-Mn4r2chSCMvUQNAOvu5QRuNQ970jwQ/s16000/IMG_4997.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stoneacre, a National Trust property near Maidstone Kent.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6QmTGSk2O35wRL-ZIBkx2t7CSH_2W6lgN81dP09zFHZvQV3YbxAYZsAQjYYSuatsB6UWzysy-YVCXSur5UoBLDbnQSCs0pIMuura8r5VX4xpV-s4QThk6_02fUnhrbjpCzaU9o9FCWHgWuSDkbD1jyZ48JY3vdyYjeWTtRsxRR7bS0UY0H3nMYsGGQI/s600/IMG_5005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6QmTGSk2O35wRL-ZIBkx2t7CSH_2W6lgN81dP09zFHZvQV3YbxAYZsAQjYYSuatsB6UWzysy-YVCXSur5UoBLDbnQSCs0pIMuura8r5VX4xpV-s4QThk6_02fUnhrbjpCzaU9o9FCWHgWuSDkbD1jyZ48JY3vdyYjeWTtRsxRR7bS0UY0H3nMYsGGQI/s16000/IMG_5005.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the many stained glass windows in Stoneacre.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqiBFDWqj-_j0R93FsAWaMC7EnhHs4Jd_pPmE7So97hxmng0itxOzj7IRqXDpZ9uivIWLN28AfrWrab0mg64dMw1wLFB-cMHaHNVv9eYdqtH1HCTaflnF1nWW-1wnkRdXZRsN2gB_y_pAI3zY13g0IKeGCZ3u4DpKIRKCLqGA3ILWKrWwgZzL6WaO8lM/s600/IMG_5029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqiBFDWqj-_j0R93FsAWaMC7EnhHs4Jd_pPmE7So97hxmng0itxOzj7IRqXDpZ9uivIWLN28AfrWrab0mg64dMw1wLFB-cMHaHNVv9eYdqtH1HCTaflnF1nWW-1wnkRdXZRsN2gB_y_pAI3zY13g0IKeGCZ3u4DpKIRKCLqGA3ILWKrWwgZzL6WaO8lM/s16000/IMG_5029.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back view of the house, a lovely place to visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">APRIL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaAFzxiytWHIqpt3cTOQr6AFFMtIF4XU5K-tVTQ8ZQSNuJN1JIo6brVt0yINI1jJ7M-j8EIvw_6-d2uNRLfyPCq6y5csPMKJqlkk86dapBeGyYE9Rk0zD08zGyT0wIDEKMx5VBV3sA341nZPBSpkrOzJjX_VxA1Z420BXB9KIhBymaZYTUkFwOZcGJIo/s600/IMG_5171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaAFzxiytWHIqpt3cTOQr6AFFMtIF4XU5K-tVTQ8ZQSNuJN1JIo6brVt0yINI1jJ7M-j8EIvw_6-d2uNRLfyPCq6y5csPMKJqlkk86dapBeGyYE9Rk0zD08zGyT0wIDEKMx5VBV3sA341nZPBSpkrOzJjX_VxA1Z420BXB9KIhBymaZYTUkFwOZcGJIo/s16000/IMG_5171.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Newly born lambs on a farm near Dover. So beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-18gkz6_IawURzu2h6AzHG64WjFOvOsAoVfUyzj1ofBD_GSCGb73N-X6uOFlPZmYq2Hn97b83R-xVDnjXeCf3-60KBQ16w4MeOBSmzz8atKPHKo3BHYJU-NA6yYQuaqNWiI_SpxljMcv-dG-rQjPOEqp5nn5xBJP16ys3GQsb6_pHPf0MLWphFnm3svY/s600/IMG_5196.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-18gkz6_IawURzu2h6AzHG64WjFOvOsAoVfUyzj1ofBD_GSCGb73N-X6uOFlPZmYq2Hn97b83R-xVDnjXeCf3-60KBQ16w4MeOBSmzz8atKPHKo3BHYJU-NA6yYQuaqNWiI_SpxljMcv-dG-rQjPOEqp5nn5xBJP16ys3GQsb6_pHPf0MLWphFnm3svY/s16000/IMG_5196.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure what this bird is, but he was very interested in what my friend and I were doing. Sandwich, Kent.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD4Pjb6NCaMUFJHEEXbWdXMx3qUlurRYIgbr6ZqMR0hFDTkrmTBjSDRC-LFfbfzxNtvCYiTa2e6kH4_D0JKwN3x57s0dbyO9LusEez_lzAEAvScJgNSQqB1_g0W0rQCJMZ87YdjGJEZGiX-emwN6zXiNvVjH7ExSb6QJcX_Bd8MQM9zV8Yi74af3ar4E/s600/IMG_5200.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinD4Pjb6NCaMUFJHEEXbWdXMx3qUlurRYIgbr6ZqMR0hFDTkrmTBjSDRC-LFfbfzxNtvCYiTa2e6kH4_D0JKwN3x57s0dbyO9LusEez_lzAEAvScJgNSQqB1_g0W0rQCJMZ87YdjGJEZGiX-emwN6zXiNvVjH7ExSb6QJcX_Bd8MQM9zV8Yi74af3ar4E/s16000/IMG_5200.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Deal beach, theses seagulls had just been enjoying some food that two men gave them :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhov4NEemgHuwJaH3YaEE496MZGZQmxCfyEmC8tw5FLYklEKYga_h9UZAr2jhs9bYZmhHw7w_kKDAh6sVe1iNnGJDbmNwMLzrw9eOOfLtiXrQOhEalFYcLSKjEnHRvcyVARRqsplYO6cQ_foaXlp3GyyJZ3G9taI1JoFgUgTh6hB3pfewciP-YMy8fDUZY/s640/IMG_5244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhov4NEemgHuwJaH3YaEE496MZGZQmxCfyEmC8tw5FLYklEKYga_h9UZAr2jhs9bYZmhHw7w_kKDAh6sVe1iNnGJDbmNwMLzrw9eOOfLtiXrQOhEalFYcLSKjEnHRvcyVARRqsplYO6cQ_foaXlp3GyyJZ3G9taI1JoFgUgTh6hB3pfewciP-YMy8fDUZY/s16000/IMG_5244.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A piece of my bobbin lace. My favourite hobby :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1MApx1yVe7xI150abFR9NyVqOdNfPaRRBQMoy6CsiFg_FJ8bpIl1-lzoMWQkclHpTF3HSOgzOb3jQNkYEYvIwAtfvji7MDgbmdC6YHQYQ42NJKUGYkDmTaBRRsHee4qyj7zNYatu9wvMa3e3j87T17wP7u60Zrcu0Qy003diGnNJe69mk_VICq3jh2g/s640/IMG_5247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1MApx1yVe7xI150abFR9NyVqOdNfPaRRBQMoy6CsiFg_FJ8bpIl1-lzoMWQkclHpTF3HSOgzOb3jQNkYEYvIwAtfvji7MDgbmdC6YHQYQ42NJKUGYkDmTaBRRsHee4qyj7zNYatu9wvMa3e3j87T17wP7u60Zrcu0Qy003diGnNJe69mk_VICq3jh2g/s16000/IMG_5247.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Horse Chestnut flower, we all see them but many people do not realize how colourful and pretty they are.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpq3IgWyi-ILLg4odI_C52GD59PbPadLmKZ0GRmX-_ymE6TZ-WgOviTbZBJ2-3HQjvXJDkoEM5T6bS9uxnsfCsn283pWmfBMzs90lN_G80soQGpua5IR51pDiWulfNbufSXFXjjCsD2qx6VeGHAl9EZHnyip9oV9z4wNyrk8SzAir5eMuGb1b-kVQa-A/s640/IMG_5250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpq3IgWyi-ILLg4odI_C52GD59PbPadLmKZ0GRmX-_ymE6TZ-WgOviTbZBJ2-3HQjvXJDkoEM5T6bS9uxnsfCsn283pWmfBMzs90lN_G80soQGpua5IR51pDiWulfNbufSXFXjjCsD2qx6VeGHAl9EZHnyip9oV9z4wNyrk8SzAir5eMuGb1b-kVQa-A/s16000/IMG_5250.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Garden of Rest, behind St George's Church, Deal. It is always so peaceful in there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHhRiQCRUQTILZ2pq9tYGwGNxdcJijGIgYlT06zQre2n8gqqxATadR1pZhZ_u_BecjcueWMfwj0zlwRy55g-z5ibKhYxahopo1UtkNfRtvA8Ugakty-vmXzv8Q2wxampTazeWxuEgUsKgHrw1Y5vY098hwF6KFZ3LlwPFhoz_ybV5qwDZ3NqhfY7Gy8w/s640/IMG_5284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHhRiQCRUQTILZ2pq9tYGwGNxdcJijGIgYlT06zQre2n8gqqxATadR1pZhZ_u_BecjcueWMfwj0zlwRy55g-z5ibKhYxahopo1UtkNfRtvA8Ugakty-vmXzv8Q2wxampTazeWxuEgUsKgHrw1Y5vY098hwF6KFZ3LlwPFhoz_ybV5qwDZ3NqhfY7Gy8w/s16000/IMG_5284.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cygnets in Kearsney Abbey, Dover.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JUNE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6BC2OaKOMvMrxH_UojRoTGTELrCXQ_0B1rnGypcROvQ4BjRrsgwrQghhhItFTf3T626JY9G2tWrGmY_N0WrmgCch5Za43KKr8P6UsTaHKwu2LMGpdLVIbDBotDdww4nNZ-kKYTvSYR7PGZVOS8XJ87Xv8-jQKZsckI3n5MCKvm3uoQRlRxjHBiWLShY/s600/IMG_5299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6BC2OaKOMvMrxH_UojRoTGTELrCXQ_0B1rnGypcROvQ4BjRrsgwrQghhhItFTf3T626JY9G2tWrGmY_N0WrmgCch5Za43KKr8P6UsTaHKwu2LMGpdLVIbDBotDdww4nNZ-kKYTvSYR7PGZVOS8XJ87Xv8-jQKZsckI3n5MCKvm3uoQRlRxjHBiWLShY/s16000/IMG_5299.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another cygnet in Kearsney Abbey, Dover.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUdTUyJtgQ-WFpwdiF-BUhrL0RfN2kk3qC_KRWBcqKCyAEy-kgv_RPDeY1sWfZSgMQACnIU_ldq7opnnY2BILMvpuYckBcw5YTy0Sn0RGWj-_9R9HLLtE5DJiTL3FeknJSsABmjyt2h9Qbmqw-0xhGqgnNtIxO6rbAPFgrCAYwOvoxaWG5gBGgNSxxRk/s640/IMG_5418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUdTUyJtgQ-WFpwdiF-BUhrL0RfN2kk3qC_KRWBcqKCyAEy-kgv_RPDeY1sWfZSgMQACnIU_ldq7opnnY2BILMvpuYckBcw5YTy0Sn0RGWj-_9R9HLLtE5DJiTL3FeknJSsABmjyt2h9Qbmqw-0xhGqgnNtIxO6rbAPFgrCAYwOvoxaWG5gBGgNSxxRk/s16000/IMG_5418.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Paul's London and neighbouring buildings as seen from the South Bank.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dLzKZMlfXHv-zjI1JReBaVQ6AOGNjZrtGAsP4GmG_ZpCtuQZo1Pfi87VlkFgjp0q5HSlR2i5-zoBy7GdP8skfYANzd0neSUacAyn2nS6z24BEW5LpuoYVmTN7EUGxxb9FbzfQckDb-Z_S3lrEUfkjk9TVAlwmGywapL7Jl-eCcuLEuzEyJiEgIRCQhQ/s640/IMG_5455.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dLzKZMlfXHv-zjI1JReBaVQ6AOGNjZrtGAsP4GmG_ZpCtuQZo1Pfi87VlkFgjp0q5HSlR2i5-zoBy7GdP8skfYANzd0neSUacAyn2nS6z24BEW5LpuoYVmTN7EUGxxb9FbzfQckDb-Z_S3lrEUfkjk9TVAlwmGywapL7Jl-eCcuLEuzEyJiEgIRCQhQ/s16000/IMG_5455.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Houses of Parliament photo taken from the opposite side of the Thames.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of the Year blog Part 2 to follow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-57433114352807188442023-12-31T16:23:00.000+00:002023-12-31T16:23:07.155+00:00End of the Year Blog 2023 Part 2 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY1UJlyE_cab0kE7BYygRfRs9g_L3d70Hcg-4t0U5rbwiaJpr4mKd8IJMZyGpjC3kViYJ2MmIR3f7a0mXBqAFbWzLCK_nlNWaBfgx92O0vIgAM7eNGXFtfrYCUoVFAJ2_qDutDWzNlhQgohh8I9mkER6j97G-cwWGhSeK8B58igEG_urdyJb8VJ8Wv0I/s600/IMG_5675.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY1UJlyE_cab0kE7BYygRfRs9g_L3d70Hcg-4t0U5rbwiaJpr4mKd8IJMZyGpjC3kViYJ2MmIR3f7a0mXBqAFbWzLCK_nlNWaBfgx92O0vIgAM7eNGXFtfrYCUoVFAJ2_qDutDWzNlhQgohh8I9mkER6j97G-cwWGhSeK8B58igEG_urdyJb8VJ8Wv0I/s16000/IMG_5675.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photos from the second half of the year. Above photo was taken in Walmer Castle Gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JULY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOZvyRQW8sJI1G8fS4p4vGF9tHJnCck2tioekOf6pZfOIF7f8469axPn-1qi2oVTmvR86AL01w0CAPjhKHKiDT8UOYeXUs9faY6KVvvQCVkFZfl3C-oskbrpdomhhVnV02ckltHeY8XFzjC8OsOFTGZdeWr-Rbel3NVh-IEEaTssT7TlArFQw17d5Krw/s600/IMG_5502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOZvyRQW8sJI1G8fS4p4vGF9tHJnCck2tioekOf6pZfOIF7f8469axPn-1qi2oVTmvR86AL01w0CAPjhKHKiDT8UOYeXUs9faY6KVvvQCVkFZfl3C-oskbrpdomhhVnV02ckltHeY8XFzjC8OsOFTGZdeWr-Rbel3NVh-IEEaTssT7TlArFQw17d5Krw/s16000/IMG_5502.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kite flying event on Walmer Green, aren't they great?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzbwIGK0N7GoL04c2kklTBU5V6-pwxYVa9Qe5m6PxGCVjv6xLUl3gM3Kg6qxyEGwXHgtdYcAibm_FBsdeMqMf0ZtDdGr4MlXZ_M2WYYAEC2HXP2-M7QrP1zJJrdiEjyjv08x5o5pZ_zlOMFdGIq5q8NpsI6aDWw-kBJFl3aKGcZ2KJ17Fi-uYXAqcZBM/s600/IMG_5515.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzbwIGK0N7GoL04c2kklTBU5V6-pwxYVa9Qe5m6PxGCVjv6xLUl3gM3Kg6qxyEGwXHgtdYcAibm_FBsdeMqMf0ZtDdGr4MlXZ_M2WYYAEC2HXP2-M7QrP1zJJrdiEjyjv08x5o5pZ_zlOMFdGIq5q8NpsI6aDWw-kBJFl3aKGcZ2KJ17Fi-uYXAqcZBM/s16000/IMG_5515.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Russell Gardens, Dover, always a lovely place to visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG820uMyKxM4C-oke7B7U2tJdJYndJoTC7VzhChx0G8ti1TPw-nf0VXeQXYL8CnfItyonWjXnbTwe1N7xsKVOmtMZ1ie30HYHh1SGQ-jWnenXW7GiCcRPelD4XgkS7VcJJEk07oRrY4EGYP7wOTQbsZXRPMbVFMZdcbs5LhJZ7z_6CWnO6LNtnpFz7UA/s600/IMG_5566.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG820uMyKxM4C-oke7B7U2tJdJYndJoTC7VzhChx0G8ti1TPw-nf0VXeQXYL8CnfItyonWjXnbTwe1N7xsKVOmtMZ1ie30HYHh1SGQ-jWnenXW7GiCcRPelD4XgkS7VcJJEk07oRrY4EGYP7wOTQbsZXRPMbVFMZdcbs5LhJZ7z_6CWnO6LNtnpFz7UA/s16000/IMG_5566.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another photo taken in Walmer Castle Gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AUGUST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfbP2AASU05AnalljRzKhdtfbTlusVz8ACzSq5AHNdFXlypqIi3ka5_sbB24uzBz_nhM_W2bNvCnXBfyEbBOcUNqHQPZuhvN3MbGxGgzeqr144D6MpnPWt223fqSjoHu_yQm9eV1Nbn0tNNRVA5ZmYNjBfEpUfh1YPFCEPIFyTqVrRZCXleABJzSWOfM/s600/IMG_5616.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfbP2AASU05AnalljRzKhdtfbTlusVz8ACzSq5AHNdFXlypqIi3ka5_sbB24uzBz_nhM_W2bNvCnXBfyEbBOcUNqHQPZuhvN3MbGxGgzeqr144D6MpnPWt223fqSjoHu_yQm9eV1Nbn0tNNRVA5ZmYNjBfEpUfh1YPFCEPIFyTqVrRZCXleABJzSWOfM/s16000/IMG_5616.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful butterfly :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisay_mGMZJ0vOTNTALtu9A_r0sNye8wDpSbENpRiUPdHtWuLPNupve7xWnywA2XiNPUVgmO4lue7Eb6rVir6uvqSfFCTi-BB_vVgndwat1Z_XlEgcxd3927g10U6waZUe_PATYy8CAWV_mVvT7mNkzW7wNmqKxNaua95Mo18yZzrb5vvy6OaQHIIn1qUU/s600/IMG_5619.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisay_mGMZJ0vOTNTALtu9A_r0sNye8wDpSbENpRiUPdHtWuLPNupve7xWnywA2XiNPUVgmO4lue7Eb6rVir6uvqSfFCTi-BB_vVgndwat1Z_XlEgcxd3927g10U6waZUe_PATYy8CAWV_mVvT7mNkzW7wNmqKxNaua95Mo18yZzrb5vvy6OaQHIIn1qUU/s16000/IMG_5619.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walmer Green, Deal, showing the Lifeboat House on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SEPTEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge0AW6TKeS80ze5tY5MAYbxdVBIpb0OGAZybJrrmrQ7lu2jx6jXGVhyphenhyphenXzMwNZEC98FxNihv6Dlmrdfbmb1_M-OSGiBa5IIZ0pdwwuOrdkI6bWUZ29Zizr2KDUORNHkq4sJXOd6ni1Z4iAL3KN5L42zr0GZpH_m1t22ZA0k3MKsBLa4Dz5bZG0eF331hM/s600/IMG_5758.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge0AW6TKeS80ze5tY5MAYbxdVBIpb0OGAZybJrrmrQ7lu2jx6jXGVhyphenhyphenXzMwNZEC98FxNihv6Dlmrdfbmb1_M-OSGiBa5IIZ0pdwwuOrdkI6bWUZ29Zizr2KDUORNHkq4sJXOd6ni1Z4iAL3KN5L42zr0GZpH_m1t22ZA0k3MKsBLa4Dz5bZG0eF331hM/s16000/IMG_5758.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dahlias, such a gorgeous colour :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj42SNEALOJFr89WaAUTp9UWJjA5YSDuHkR_trysvL7MD5ZN0aUwvi15jwvgPOYK4mAKOf52aFih4i5GDij4aVKI3pFMKZ-DIHVb9ZrohxYbxN9SGOgbhxYJAoJmsyAIO63lShc1abKzg69e949qRRzwrI-B_slP_KKmJBRUpdCjN4KY1yksBdba04a4/s600/IMG_5787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj42SNEALOJFr89WaAUTp9UWJjA5YSDuHkR_trysvL7MD5ZN0aUwvi15jwvgPOYK4mAKOf52aFih4i5GDij4aVKI3pFMKZ-DIHVb9ZrohxYbxN9SGOgbhxYJAoJmsyAIO63lShc1abKzg69e949qRRzwrI-B_slP_KKmJBRUpdCjN4KY1yksBdba04a4/s16000/IMG_5787.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roses spilling over a garden wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OCTOBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvrR_JhNq1eoqQQiljVhev9krA7KnQBPDlTNOCMwUuYnJrzGvjyB4C7bQ7NRdOsJW-NUESGcNT0ek_SgfvxfWBgFNBB0uYuDFMAId-3SSAjM7qckECHyxFNqee-vA-fWtgx76z8_ichgKk50OHRpTzffAnp7zIMNdwQZRDwmFT9nhVBSRKMCQz5wwG4I/s600/IMG_5769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvrR_JhNq1eoqQQiljVhev9krA7KnQBPDlTNOCMwUuYnJrzGvjyB4C7bQ7NRdOsJW-NUESGcNT0ek_SgfvxfWBgFNBB0uYuDFMAId-3SSAjM7qckECHyxFNqee-vA-fWtgx76z8_ichgKk50OHRpTzffAnp7zIMNdwQZRDwmFT9nhVBSRKMCQz5wwG4I/s16000/IMG_5769.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adult swan, Kearsney Abbey, Dover.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTEsDxq1SkggsZbRZKXEFBC_wr4jEpSUh8o34IhfikeFSaGodQ8renjDo82wNDs-mSNk4g2XiOVl3RrUOEtSoR6UXMfsLAssAwJnqRZgvpXiJMonfQi6AvYdSjX92YbwzMrZiBGqGPaowL09l-hFwHCyAIlZQaXY4fcvMT8WC7gTh2nsUpSzdmYKPOqY/s600/IMG_5781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTEsDxq1SkggsZbRZKXEFBC_wr4jEpSUh8o34IhfikeFSaGodQ8renjDo82wNDs-mSNk4g2XiOVl3RrUOEtSoR6UXMfsLAssAwJnqRZgvpXiJMonfQi6AvYdSjX92YbwzMrZiBGqGPaowL09l-hFwHCyAIlZQaXY4fcvMT8WC7gTh2nsUpSzdmYKPOqY/s16000/IMG_5781.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An interesting doorway in one of the walls of Kearsney Abbey, Dover</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMGtLeiCSKpAIIiizBAeoIpexT74M26Enabcs35neqUhTRbRwcyDZYyJ6dVYlHc7eFanrSZNNbB-HXxwBqK7-yWWArzqhllULRwIOgePvlzQKldPJB-hEdZUVdp-330YgKZ0zV78le8uEYbLgB6vbBgrooucdACzNWteS0G7zmGfLEWtziSDe5vZV9BE/s600/IMG_5819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMGtLeiCSKpAIIiizBAeoIpexT74M26Enabcs35neqUhTRbRwcyDZYyJ6dVYlHc7eFanrSZNNbB-HXxwBqK7-yWWArzqhllULRwIOgePvlzQKldPJB-hEdZUVdp-330YgKZ0zV78le8uEYbLgB6vbBgrooucdACzNWteS0G7zmGfLEWtziSDe5vZV9BE/s16000/IMG_5819.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing clouds! On the beach near Walmer Castle, Deal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NOVEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwep_xi34xVE1DXLLg4fOd_MUMOPqQclpwUi47aZ24viDc71ZvgEBRmWbAKqnNbdScs7M2Zs9G5iycM4QHRtfEk-3kTELjwKfTy4Mpwy-DHjIj7yTrbzTfYT3JteKLb0JHZuZJ5xp2WTvsvtzTmhCahWPtcWBY-OnaWGTdEkpre0IycK7PqUKme5ZC3c/s600/IMG_5855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwep_xi34xVE1DXLLg4fOd_MUMOPqQclpwUi47aZ24viDc71ZvgEBRmWbAKqnNbdScs7M2Zs9G5iycM4QHRtfEk-3kTELjwKfTy4Mpwy-DHjIj7yTrbzTfYT3JteKLb0JHZuZJ5xp2WTvsvtzTmhCahWPtcWBY-OnaWGTdEkpre0IycK7PqUKme5ZC3c/s16000/IMG_5855.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally pruned the roses in my garden, I found these. LoveLy to have garden roses in the house in November.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERelykUt7GmC9ruZmDXr679D-uOlaHf0ctxaUbEG2haajNuixe1uaVzUYHh2xOrxxrcrFZB26u7mJaEKBtnXp0oDX2JCGoxTxAzD0NrvSSO3k5LPPh96uP6R9F1ocAn1dIeJPfMN-0oGmSMjxrmEQT-bwXuupuQMZDVrtAZ9UkwQmEyp15z0qpW-h-Tc/s600/IMG_5860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERelykUt7GmC9ruZmDXr679D-uOlaHf0ctxaUbEG2haajNuixe1uaVzUYHh2xOrxxrcrFZB26u7mJaEKBtnXp0oDX2JCGoxTxAzD0NrvSSO3k5LPPh96uP6R9F1ocAn1dIeJPfMN-0oGmSMjxrmEQT-bwXuupuQMZDVrtAZ9UkwQmEyp15z0qpW-h-Tc/s16000/IMG_5860.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Autumn berries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DECEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFei8uSSEcPbKT6OdSA9YusOdLn4ElcwO4TzAMXueUV-PXCvjVpaacFGJG2k2ow-vq9lQvaKsCJkn7BHk47wTGhHNwhyjpOZ9hkC_8s5vC_353gqDCzIDhhGzHi02ClsShzuqfWNJ1aubptPz2_cmGGXVH1kIarNO0zBqdy0vK_h6knV5bb74_xl5W4I/s600/IMG_5905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFei8uSSEcPbKT6OdSA9YusOdLn4ElcwO4TzAMXueUV-PXCvjVpaacFGJG2k2ow-vq9lQvaKsCJkn7BHk47wTGhHNwhyjpOZ9hkC_8s5vC_353gqDCzIDhhGzHi02ClsShzuqfWNJ1aubptPz2_cmGGXVH1kIarNO0zBqdy0vK_h6knV5bb74_xl5W4I/s16000/IMG_5905.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking towards Kingsdown on Boxing Day</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzaenKs-q7W9ibIWg6PIQgM87UUAEwTeqTJb2fVKZEkaG7WbhXf0WHjWolO9Areq3JPJdIHUNqPlYXb_IuGCAuZT3CmmAQMjaFQEriSKylVPdbBRDCzyGBsqBA-CEA63fxmtNcwxD0rpPboqWcON3nG4g5ygH5AkgNpX5-dL2S5ivOqT3ncHNziNHJ4M/s600/IMG_5907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzaenKs-q7W9ibIWg6PIQgM87UUAEwTeqTJb2fVKZEkaG7WbhXf0WHjWolO9Areq3JPJdIHUNqPlYXb_IuGCAuZT3CmmAQMjaFQEriSKylVPdbBRDCzyGBsqBA-CEA63fxmtNcwxD0rpPboqWcON3nG4g5ygH5AkgNpX5-dL2S5ivOqT3ncHNziNHJ4M/s16000/IMG_5907.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sailing Club, Walmer, having a Boxing Day sail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's all for this year, hopefully I can get some more good photos next year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-81353601389693896962023-12-27T18:15:00.000+00:002023-12-27T18:15:21.825+00:00Swans<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYZQ6FjziO7hKyREbZAivgqdM2CZNRLin8CkC2_Ws2kTs3M3-HyBiugxYPurE389q08SrWIS2pEfNUuUmb29tAHTO_Ub_7g3L18JhsCXMJUf4sw9ehnyCD-4NEJwDUXi2EFztuzj6_hv887X3J4LwAXxsJ9djFRlc6hwJMK20P7XGNcKOukBmCGNmZjY/s600/IMG_5283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYZQ6FjziO7hKyREbZAivgqdM2CZNRLin8CkC2_Ws2kTs3M3-HyBiugxYPurE389q08SrWIS2pEfNUuUmb29tAHTO_Ub_7g3L18JhsCXMJUf4sw9ehnyCD-4NEJwDUXi2EFztuzj6_hv887X3J4LwAXxsJ9djFRlc6hwJMK20P7XGNcKOukBmCGNmZjY/s16000/IMG_5283.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't done very well with my blog posts this year, but I have still been taking photos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These swan photos were taken at Kearsney Abbey, Dover. It is always lovely to see the new cygnets, this year one pair of swans had five gorgeous babies.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh939Qw8B4fA8_VcFaWVPckvGIpRu4gQTS5R6jvHj3LctYl3RsMaQon608Ao7jgeriT0deDNGMGh7J_QJkkiO8KBFRkBQieUYQj0IrdwzX6MW-pPqDwPIy7OYlTKkEnuttYCAPpEoNRqkoZbg3LYouwROI5tFYsEeoe9kpSjtdLnGIhu8vct6LXQLTRACY/s600/IMG_5284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh939Qw8B4fA8_VcFaWVPckvGIpRu4gQTS5R6jvHj3LctYl3RsMaQon608Ao7jgeriT0deDNGMGh7J_QJkkiO8KBFRkBQieUYQj0IrdwzX6MW-pPqDwPIy7OYlTKkEnuttYCAPpEoNRqkoZbg3LYouwROI5tFYsEeoe9kpSjtdLnGIhu8vct6LXQLTRACY/s16000/IMG_5284.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All five cygnets together, these photos were mainly taken at the end of May. I think someone told me that they were about a week old.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXt4cem-FwAIaGKs2boUN4MDlw5jslojLXgozuQYEXWLnKLQgKmVVfPbFutjpl7ZvlT9HQ-uBAeZAOjfNZSpSphQU4A4haPjW42KJ10up3QrFnw1zAd5cReIRlALhDQhRWzxPMOI_MRr7XcOdW1C30jP0JjxfBo1PfhZamryltsDLdUEAjFTNVxDpWP-0/s600/IMG_5285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXt4cem-FwAIaGKs2boUN4MDlw5jslojLXgozuQYEXWLnKLQgKmVVfPbFutjpl7ZvlT9HQ-uBAeZAOjfNZSpSphQU4A4haPjW42KJ10up3QrFnw1zAd5cReIRlALhDQhRWzxPMOI_MRr7XcOdW1C30jP0JjxfBo1PfhZamryltsDLdUEAjFTNVxDpWP-0/s16000/IMG_5285.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful family.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-4fmU2bcdzmtR24RQT3hTvWIIkEszAm4PA1tCy9YykWhPbV0H7uZ4C_nK5nGKKZencYxf4FOuMt6AzrecYtUmjc9T4JJymPolJjl-bPyZCaIrGS2u0zA5qbi9AAZjhzcMZlixk8e8quQX_a7k_Z6cPTaipkQ2-LY7iPj7_OklIv4lEHwyZqqHg1aDEA/s16000/IMG_5516.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This last photo was taken at the beginning of July. Luckily all five cygnets were all still alive, apparently usually one or two are lost for various reasons. I will go back next year and see any new broods :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-59624515312886363872023-09-02T16:35:00.000+01:002023-09-02T16:35:28.054+01:00London in June, The South Bank<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6FJ4lNZrBAplZBhx1NXXtRjHb6HiZqidCEhGo9Q8hklXYBAkLsawFOaQ5wKNRfIyzmCflzp_4BiAWFRT6yiUGtzlSkY_ySmHOxlVwiK7h7p3LTM1ARyMXJLipNlMeWd8g5T_o-ONQIUgnNbfCnWKQObbaVO1uBY-ruwA4lfgXzpLxB8rAFfQ7puJnOQ/s600/IMG_5377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6FJ4lNZrBAplZBhx1NXXtRjHb6HiZqidCEhGo9Q8hklXYBAkLsawFOaQ5wKNRfIyzmCflzp_4BiAWFRT6yiUGtzlSkY_ySmHOxlVwiK7h7p3LTM1ARyMXJLipNlMeWd8g5T_o-ONQIUgnNbfCnWKQObbaVO1uBY-ruwA4lfgXzpLxB8rAFfQ7puJnOQ/s16000/IMG_5377.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in June I had a hospital appointment in London at 9.00 on a Monday morning! Although it would be do-able by train from where we live, my daughter and I decided to travel to London on the Sunday, and have a look round. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2JZI4R-V8Mj_SQUzcSnM_foKA9i-KdKSod9XH76QMSp2nQ7GpfyGxzINZasLe-TA_aYI-dRT_vN1PkP3Y1SsWJkU2OULhQbTGAc_U-nmZJtlRTd7cESZ65lsQ6tf7b0kK6yggX1eAilsf4LMhzzaNI9shJnoP-GwmiZXFXcq2RSCOGcdknb7WCHLHds/s640/IMG_5383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2JZI4R-V8Mj_SQUzcSnM_foKA9i-KdKSod9XH76QMSp2nQ7GpfyGxzINZasLe-TA_aYI-dRT_vN1PkP3Y1SsWJkU2OULhQbTGAc_U-nmZJtlRTd7cESZ65lsQ6tf7b0kK6yggX1eAilsf4LMhzzaNI9shJnoP-GwmiZXFXcq2RSCOGcdknb7WCHLHds/s16000/IMG_5383.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed the night in a Hotel very near the London Eye, so we started our walk there. I had never seen the Eye close up, such an amazing construction. However it is pretty expensive to go onto the Eye, so we decided to leave that on this visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rtJmGT-mlfUnPUiT2ZdthJxVUexRfEMtKtda7YC39ISNmBTKRLu7SkUElsGo9vRdF2JrDELZG9UCk-N5r66pTIb8tHfi1_0IiSE0KPqa-_PwovFN0X2o-YpmSQpiDeUDD4B6AWIHhiwhBgibVA4Hj-zofR_OPyUDWvWQpLJ_OFLXnOKlL-bN8JXV_0g/s640/IMG_5395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rtJmGT-mlfUnPUiT2ZdthJxVUexRfEMtKtda7YC39ISNmBTKRLu7SkUElsGo9vRdF2JrDELZG9UCk-N5r66pTIb8tHfi1_0IiSE0KPqa-_PwovFN0X2o-YpmSQpiDeUDD4B6AWIHhiwhBgibVA4Hj-zofR_OPyUDWvWQpLJ_OFLXnOKlL-bN8JXV_0g/s16000/IMG_5395.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a beautiful, really hot late afternoon, almost too hot for me, but there was a lovely breeze coming off the River :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YdZZDhVdkjKlT7Y_dAUdruuAwOGQpI4wJTGTgwDddMIRl7XNchv9PMDSZgnZj5NBU3Ysm5oX02GPigBNFZZNlAPiNioFuFoF0NvFYXD5gC-vzporKIi9ao3ruThQTKDvoDx9Eemy8q6_a5tF6yquJp3aiEDSTMNGYrvICtcAjarDQ-d4fn70Ytol-pU/s600/IMG_5400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YdZZDhVdkjKlT7Y_dAUdruuAwOGQpI4wJTGTgwDddMIRl7XNchv9PMDSZgnZj5NBU3Ysm5oX02GPigBNFZZNlAPiNioFuFoF0NvFYXD5gC-vzporKIi9ao3ruThQTKDvoDx9Eemy8q6_a5tF6yquJp3aiEDSTMNGYrvICtcAjarDQ-d4fn70Ytol-pU/s16000/IMG_5400.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking towards Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Whl2wNmFYlqsLaJymwtyn9aPfPVhkrhB9CttXEFSkqoMdS7xtcpOt_c9NE5CPSV5CMNr83oF0wGKDOv37jagvcDXtKxRKxmfCcdsKozj-DGvTuCH-b9g55IFQxXmBl1Q1dkynGTVOEmvYr9s0GOXYAL8N-3NraU75yCTkyzppNcU5x6eNVICv9mcos/s640/IMG_5403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Whl2wNmFYlqsLaJymwtyn9aPfPVhkrhB9CttXEFSkqoMdS7xtcpOt_c9NE5CPSV5CMNr83oF0wGKDOv37jagvcDXtKxRKxmfCcdsKozj-DGvTuCH-b9g55IFQxXmBl1Q1dkynGTVOEmvYr9s0GOXYAL8N-3NraU75yCTkyzppNcU5x6eNVICv9mcos/s16000/IMG_5403.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found a lovely Bar under one of the bridges, where we had a cooling drink to keep us going :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60MDbP6nrGxB9i4OxHaDK7KHSBWQOZBN5sMzh6mwkbgHlM1jFXeHvNOkAeKUQ3f6XRL-9SFuc7e7W7HzbrlcXuLH17PobLeTUP_LQiy3aknhsM7BpPCGdmdlGS7bdMsukPBSpAA7C3GINxkTTtHLC0qAIL62XTjxsKjjFGGx5umVt7I8bp8jFJz4QQQE/s640/IMG_5408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60MDbP6nrGxB9i4OxHaDK7KHSBWQOZBN5sMzh6mwkbgHlM1jFXeHvNOkAeKUQ3f6XRL-9SFuc7e7W7HzbrlcXuLH17PobLeTUP_LQiy3aknhsM7BpPCGdmdlGS7bdMsukPBSpAA7C3GINxkTTtHLC0qAIL62XTjxsKjjFGGx5umVt7I8bp8jFJz4QQQE/s16000/IMG_5408.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pavement plaque.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSofVl32WZqR4qrPzRUfLMlooaW9dsTMlIA9BxyjmBoHVLs5T7wLJjXG2w50GTjcbYmGLd1Nr8N2ppWjTakKtV7eusR20ZeTgLsmIpCkb20OzWiLUMsD5b22XIg1TSIAiaTBSimAcWJEoZT7NVkbbHve_abCeqq5FmCuK9aIobpGUmIFJNvtTrn880AI/s640/IMG_5409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSofVl32WZqR4qrPzRUfLMlooaW9dsTMlIA9BxyjmBoHVLs5T7wLJjXG2w50GTjcbYmGLd1Nr8N2ppWjTakKtV7eusR20ZeTgLsmIpCkb20OzWiLUMsD5b22XIg1TSIAiaTBSimAcWJEoZT7NVkbbHve_abCeqq5FmCuK9aIobpGUmIFJNvtTrn880AI/s16000/IMG_5409.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking towards St Paul's Cathedral.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB80kuQec4uSJLE6L9UR7g3W7B0l_8XUyDwUxMOBqLMDeM_vdzfAIHQxlLPQSerHAgkrjDoTSJzqOCccKvrdLohTN35-CqXRM-5MQOTfacpP40n5ydwFt-maxbp9JfwToNnBD5Cd4Y4cRiUGgyHH34pHrrxVPMcxHEB_pQVTSg-75wUa7lzPaRClAE4YM/s16000/IMG_5412.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Closer view of St. Paul's.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfXjZKnUZwHL7DI47m881jXQcnL6KJMIMWwYhkLVWtyYTc8a-W0940iW05ZBOnL_qWY2KhJOeWDuX341nO3UZc5oVhVFreWqCFJIDJL0kVSrzWkh77T-imd3NlMrrZmBsfAmC04u0TopDJTUObW4on6cNgNu2yM4Xp4D9jigihrMKjlc1jpLv4IN5uo8/s640/IMG_5415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfXjZKnUZwHL7DI47m881jXQcnL6KJMIMWwYhkLVWtyYTc8a-W0940iW05ZBOnL_qWY2KhJOeWDuX341nO3UZc5oVhVFreWqCFJIDJL0kVSrzWkh77T-imd3NlMrrZmBsfAmC04u0TopDJTUObW4on6cNgNu2yM4Xp4D9jigihrMKjlc1jpLv4IN5uo8/s16000/IMG_5415.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">City skyscape :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDA_6nOgu6R_LAqe3X_XzoahEogDYpBz8ZgMy7sC41GD-S7A7B5obmse5OuVq83WqLr3-GfE3Gtzxf1nL3J0tlfO4EOnDPpRSU_km7xO3Q4prvgwJju93rJBjMoAynTusL7Fv4APMz1X5kFZqa_7Pbez2roTDHMtW97YjtJZ8qLyA8rDPla4Wm7ac6wE/s640/IMG_5416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDA_6nOgu6R_LAqe3X_XzoahEogDYpBz8ZgMy7sC41GD-S7A7B5obmse5OuVq83WqLr3-GfE3Gtzxf1nL3J0tlfO4EOnDPpRSU_km7xO3Q4prvgwJju93rJBjMoAynTusL7Fv4APMz1X5kFZqa_7Pbez2roTDHMtW97YjtJZ8qLyA8rDPla4Wm7ac6wE/s16000/IMG_5416.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Oxo Tower and Thames Beach in the foreground :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaxuAsRW_D39p2NKfQeoErw-WZkTLYmdFqAB80T9bj-8Dvnz_UTABedCWodA3iiRJ17pOxxigeo0SctGhpXzR9bvsP174T6NenJfV-IXPxAQWhkwIJM8AZSC7hhFwUXAohBN2rjr8BKA2W9I0FC8StUUYNbQ3q2E8OzdemBa6KFDX-rekeOARhKl2EAI/s640/IMG_5417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaxuAsRW_D39p2NKfQeoErw-WZkTLYmdFqAB80T9bj-8Dvnz_UTABedCWodA3iiRJ17pOxxigeo0SctGhpXzR9bvsP174T6NenJfV-IXPxAQWhkwIJM8AZSC7hhFwUXAohBN2rjr8BKA2W9I0FC8StUUYNbQ3q2E8OzdemBa6KFDX-rekeOARhKl2EAI/s16000/IMG_5417.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St Paul's again, then we found a beautiful Carousel...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was tempted to hop onto one of these beautiful animals, but decided to behave myself! Maybe next time :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_F3z_cdo8W_36M1G-SLiw0WiQsLL448WJtOfrf6zo_uppuQvNi0MEQvoJ6MVv7mOgGMrg3PCUKFMJlrzx3tJZy5ICoexhvmeNHySl1AaypKVMDVBKKr7axrPDCkAfFmZ4N9B_jPX3nhaZsy9-RFiVN_A8I9zCapuOhM2vk8LFOhaJUIetVQsyZt1z7I/s640/IMG_5437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_F3z_cdo8W_36M1G-SLiw0WiQsLL448WJtOfrf6zo_uppuQvNi0MEQvoJ6MVv7mOgGMrg3PCUKFMJlrzx3tJZy5ICoexhvmeNHySl1AaypKVMDVBKKr7axrPDCkAfFmZ4N9B_jPX3nhaZsy9-RFiVN_A8I9zCapuOhM2vk8LFOhaJUIetVQsyZt1z7I/s16000/IMG_5437.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From here we found the Southbank book market, where my daughter bought a beautiful silk bound book at a very good price. By this time we were getting hungry so we went to a dumpling restaurant call Ping Pong Dim Sum where we had a beautiful meal, then wandered slowly back to our Hotel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBUsbQz57z7g4c_-KEJrrWQR1KMwowG2_M8htEp8NHpX_3fCzy9Y8_Z87taqM3Or8B5w-pV6QQ1AfC9hlkNE2bA-rd0FF2cey7SKDR-NL1OKJ0aTNCQB5nzjsuM-UrUmr0I-RWPiB15QZDNa8INlajgGclbpPnDChpdJSgO3JhJFyN-554qt0Lwgr1f8/s640/IMG_5448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBUsbQz57z7g4c_-KEJrrWQR1KMwowG2_M8htEp8NHpX_3fCzy9Y8_Z87taqM3Or8B5w-pV6QQ1AfC9hlkNE2bA-rd0FF2cey7SKDR-NL1OKJ0aTNCQB5nzjsuM-UrUmr0I-RWPiB15QZDNa8INlajgGclbpPnDChpdJSgO3JhJFyN-554qt0Lwgr1f8/s16000/IMG_5448.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Monday after my appointment we made our way back to the Southbank, and headed towards Westminster Bridge. Above is one of the Lions on Westminster Bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWdKyQoiXgiuH-yRwH4NJdjNSmcKJ1lP_wCqIRcWMLRN7McfXQXdRoEEP-69WuPeV-DffiuIhYDN0kMsmd1X47yHqEIqQfh90JFcYX6sekT3JdoTMDnskQF2K_Mpa1ZbXa5LBnmsHo0Vz31PY7gTyJV5CDhQ91qCU8kNOSrHZdNolzXczRS-6xx12PpI/s640/IMG_5455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWdKyQoiXgiuH-yRwH4NJdjNSmcKJ1lP_wCqIRcWMLRN7McfXQXdRoEEP-69WuPeV-DffiuIhYDN0kMsmd1X47yHqEIqQfh90JFcYX6sekT3JdoTMDnskQF2K_Mpa1ZbXa5LBnmsHo0Vz31PY7gTyJV5CDhQ91qCU8kNOSrHZdNolzXczRS-6xx12PpI/s16000/IMG_5455.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking across the River to the Houses of Parliament.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOPWbZdUwWOcUBahiEebTmKgvAZ_aIykZO7STVaZVQgwsu79_4CbJjJOX3Ha-EEE2dFa3FBXvty9oMJ--KDsXTE8TPrcjKus9Bd2nANkNbiI64m3xVG2EUguu3u8ZkGWp3uRfrmVfbgEM9vfoMV7dI_OtxvDmitWHLE5EqULmgQHv_KWpbWR_XKMBxco/s640/IMG_5456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOPWbZdUwWOcUBahiEebTmKgvAZ_aIykZO7STVaZVQgwsu79_4CbJjJOX3Ha-EEE2dFa3FBXvty9oMJ--KDsXTE8TPrcjKus9Bd2nANkNbiI64m3xVG2EUguu3u8ZkGWp3uRfrmVfbgEM9vfoMV7dI_OtxvDmitWHLE5EqULmgQHv_KWpbWR_XKMBxco/s16000/IMG_5456.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Westminster Bridge, before we walked across we had to visit the Covid Memorial wall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cpsM9bW_F33QWy487kkjcUflLTIHg5rZikvSbfzKNVizAvk1ngeqUSbG3yctPUvd3H4qxgHQTkFHwvvLzuJgIuKbSJWoda4BcNvADKBo77x_nwPwWZFlstvVnrmUZhD7m75_QPHr7OudMBeT3j_gbIgHXH9zx9-BQuW52Onvab3xFTZBgQFxajPcpcg/s640/IMG_5460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cpsM9bW_F33QWy487kkjcUflLTIHg5rZikvSbfzKNVizAvk1ngeqUSbG3yctPUvd3H4qxgHQTkFHwvvLzuJgIuKbSJWoda4BcNvADKBo77x_nwPwWZFlstvVnrmUZhD7m75_QPHr7OudMBeT3j_gbIgHXH9zx9-BQuW52Onvab3xFTZBgQFxajPcpcg/s16000/IMG_5460.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So very sad to see the names of all that died due to Covid during the Pandemic. Such a lovely memorial.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D8hzykzg3k21zS6yvPz1CkRjlaEtI8jRbe1DLs24XczgMUjWCvOUNryeRlgwBOfCCmPfpfz5kotrrylBSfoUp13vu55oxoJzKlN6bfTPZo8rVHHTKe0foaXuOG6poSB78y2IsTJW3TS1HiR8DX2psm6M06UZRc33cMcHb6tyWHB1_AY34iZBCjxGb_k/s640/IMG_5461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D8hzykzg3k21zS6yvPz1CkRjlaEtI8jRbe1DLs24XczgMUjWCvOUNryeRlgwBOfCCmPfpfz5kotrrylBSfoUp13vu55oxoJzKlN6bfTPZo8rVHHTKe0foaXuOG6poSB78y2IsTJW3TS1HiR8DX2psm6M06UZRc33cMcHb6tyWHB1_AY34iZBCjxGb_k/s16000/IMG_5461.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Big Ben from across the River.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh_k-ftc0uJXlcJZMBeBj-pGif5a5WrgGqzOi1LRh-GvMaNd4ttDEwHfU3EtbIYr4Ar1SS39zsj4vt4MYHQXtQRmvmLoNiaAr8wuT6E-yFWQWezA4ppqjggl21KqzCnbECVMbtkmKQiuVYNWAKPZ8JXBDDy7KLLt9wkHe9SZ739pSA4wyF3yA-cs2l4Q/s640/IMG_5470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh_k-ftc0uJXlcJZMBeBj-pGif5a5WrgGqzOi1LRh-GvMaNd4ttDEwHfU3EtbIYr4Ar1SS39zsj4vt4MYHQXtQRmvmLoNiaAr8wuT6E-yFWQWezA4ppqjggl21KqzCnbECVMbtkmKQiuVYNWAKPZ8JXBDDy7KLLt9wkHe9SZ739pSA4wyF3yA-cs2l4Q/s16000/IMG_5470.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Watching the River traffic from Westminster Bridge.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-_ybzWBe66y-R8ZlOed9XbfkWUmVX2O1dcGkZOBZwOXp9bum3eQN6F3pi1qqJe4MHfaB8vLYwZLesoprbCgm2Az-XJ1ciQY6hw-4gVsc6QsqByLPKuW59KAI8xh2fJuSd0_7p7-1vdoTLRTGzBBgSGFm_6b1XRtiXH8BVG-HtDew8wPXpo1zCVeDo7U/s640/IMG_5472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-_ybzWBe66y-R8ZlOed9XbfkWUmVX2O1dcGkZOBZwOXp9bum3eQN6F3pi1qqJe4MHfaB8vLYwZLesoprbCgm2Az-XJ1ciQY6hw-4gVsc6QsqByLPKuW59KAI8xh2fJuSd0_7p7-1vdoTLRTGzBBgSGFm_6b1XRtiXH8BVG-HtDew8wPXpo1zCVeDo7U/s16000/IMG_5472.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Another view of the London Eye.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUiY4WtwyMvM_RWzDNza1kK6ah-XMg1BwMI0RMHoJc6T0wQ5SlS7a9LItzGKwU1kpj1R3v7fxQUF44zLJadTBJOOoZyVwtaEK6mnZF0b1OvrZd7EdqeKbYoKe4yqQM3fyoUhdqHccEkOT85bVZ1xTLThPEyCtaSVR4X750zXNbulFW8MbI9FYnzbPYVw/s640/IMG_5475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUiY4WtwyMvM_RWzDNza1kK6ah-XMg1BwMI0RMHoJc6T0wQ5SlS7a9LItzGKwU1kpj1R3v7fxQUF44zLJadTBJOOoZyVwtaEK6mnZF0b1OvrZd7EdqeKbYoKe4yqQM3fyoUhdqHccEkOT85bVZ1xTLThPEyCtaSVR4X750zXNbulFW8MbI9FYnzbPYVw/s16000/IMG_5475.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Crossing the Bridge, getting closer to the Houses of Parliament.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktlHFcoXFkLP157BdBr-cChRGFzKK_75-UT01zQ9tMSgu1q7Q8cP4v9D2d3BkFZ9Wm3eVvfLiFaQJ4l7uri4khnGeF0_n3mQg5jzY2qB6h_kKn5azeu5kexbhS1zxl3n7pHsRum6b6ex79je7LLwDtS_Go0IijIIH5_5w2JJjXsl1h25F8ZPOQjZWdXU/s640/IMG_5478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktlHFcoXFkLP157BdBr-cChRGFzKK_75-UT01zQ9tMSgu1q7Q8cP4v9D2d3BkFZ9Wm3eVvfLiFaQJ4l7uri4khnGeF0_n3mQg5jzY2qB6h_kKn5azeu5kexbhS1zxl3n7pHsRum6b6ex79je7LLwDtS_Go0IijIIH5_5w2JJjXsl1h25F8ZPOQjZWdXU/s16000/IMG_5478.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">After this we made our way home. We had a great time, well worth spending the night in London. I might have another hospital appointment coming up soon, I wonder what we will get up to then?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-70283399410454746202023-06-29T20:31:00.003+01:002023-06-30T13:12:10.799+01:00Stoneacre, Otham Kent<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_MPLr3FGGZU1aUBQK1_VZyIE3guoyqZfePXywmW-XXOFH34EJ8TwVouEtv1fch9kqN3SXzd8bPYpdMKi-xGT0CqBAaW8kdHqCWmK2ery4NZSvINCE8Pyg-vIrzYY5MHh29Bm8Ikjq4vetYWOWQhfYEokFnKW530YrUwDM1pqhShmzqqSVitP7iNuoaM/s640/IMG_5029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_MPLr3FGGZU1aUBQK1_VZyIE3guoyqZfePXywmW-XXOFH34EJ8TwVouEtv1fch9kqN3SXzd8bPYpdMKi-xGT0CqBAaW8kdHqCWmK2ery4NZSvINCE8Pyg-vIrzYY5MHh29Bm8Ikjq4vetYWOWQhfYEokFnKW530YrUwDM1pqhShmzqqSVitP7iNuoaM/s16000/IMG_5029.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stoneacre, the back of the building, looking lovely in the March sunshine :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_5D9HCsCNLyf-TOTV9k8cbCUPh0-4wGbw4E9qiQAt7r5Dk1ZmlSR8a1lXAHWRMVhsfHz9Wqs3ohWmHOq5oxUYsLQdwHa-u81SteHxG1B4mDLCLSnbTC4rZH84plF3iJtRF5DJpmV4EwQM8X37p83FMyTgEQcTXLABts8MBL4-a2r25NJHpSaPMyIKGk/s640/IMG_4944.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_5D9HCsCNLyf-TOTV9k8cbCUPh0-4wGbw4E9qiQAt7r5Dk1ZmlSR8a1lXAHWRMVhsfHz9Wqs3ohWmHOq5oxUYsLQdwHa-u81SteHxG1B4mDLCLSnbTC4rZH84plF3iJtRF5DJpmV4EwQM8X37p83FMyTgEQcTXLABts8MBL4-a2r25NJHpSaPMyIKGk/s16000/IMG_4944.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The front of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in March we visited the National Trust property of of Stoneacre in Otham near Maidstone in Kent. It is a fascinating building, especially as it has a lot of additions from various other buildings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The building is a yeoman farmers house dating from the 15th Century. By the 1920's the building was a ruin and was bought by Aymer Vallance, who restored the building with the intention of turning it back to a Tudor yeoman's dwelling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJG_ZVD2QBpYt0Qa-Lj-GGT0RZnXhkbqftHn6DnnzwYaIE8GEPtznA2dayKuix1Wkcl72NIxIEhFKJOF6pfcUSG6FCUakxl1-uywqQrAJDdjp8oC4RBvALAme0Fn8QN8BikmVh31RA1UcHDS3iG55ie5WhxLuZnYIaQjJ2A8JZNrEX96_Ye12bvLElIYU/s640/IMG_4946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJG_ZVD2QBpYt0Qa-Lj-GGT0RZnXhkbqftHn6DnnzwYaIE8GEPtznA2dayKuix1Wkcl72NIxIEhFKJOF6pfcUSG6FCUakxl1-uywqQrAJDdjp8oC4RBvALAme0Fn8QN8BikmVh31RA1UcHDS3iG55ie5WhxLuZnYIaQjJ2A8JZNrEX96_Ye12bvLElIYU/s16000/IMG_4946.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The great hall had been altered many times throughout the buildings life, a ceiling was built across the hall to allow two extra bedrooms above. Aymer Vallance took out the two bedrooms and the ceiling to allow the hall to reach up to the roof.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPLZIYzv2XfYB5wcV1NeKzYr9jMcjM0IA4HotEGuSnAPbtsI47V2yVqmRUxfWRf2B-RHDujQOQLQRmKkcMuxni7-iBkore5g-PNqMdNx0F8h4Sdc1Oi_OTTOpK_UbuPSccj1QaQsbpHbIt_-n9RosD3lakYL6L2uPSDUlDOSCs8J6PrGBlHFuBbV-cfg/s640/IMG_4948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPLZIYzv2XfYB5wcV1NeKzYr9jMcjM0IA4HotEGuSnAPbtsI47V2yVqmRUxfWRf2B-RHDujQOQLQRmKkcMuxni7-iBkore5g-PNqMdNx0F8h4Sdc1Oi_OTTOpK_UbuPSccj1QaQsbpHbIt_-n9RosD3lakYL6L2uPSDUlDOSCs8J6PrGBlHFuBbV-cfg/s16000/IMG_4948.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fireplace in the Great Hall, not the original. This fireplace was taken from The George Public House in Sittingbourne.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROkotF4mLlbbgUGDgK0-MV0W0oCleAY7tGIeoVohCmXol_xpjn63AjsiylRJ1ZzxY36yyQPrZR4iUOYHgsZowO7eAoame1Ip4ogssLRlhXHMBLm3Y7dXGGZZIe22VXDOSr5hsmi_0W3YMdBjC6KKuP7mn2PixFNjin43BBBfhIlN-N3eORjBR8IIRuM/s640/IMG_4950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROkotF4mLlbbgUGDgK0-MV0W0oCleAY7tGIeoVohCmXol_xpjn63AjsiylRJ1ZzxY36yyQPrZR4iUOYHgsZowO7eAoame1Ip4ogssLRlhXHMBLm3Y7dXGGZZIe22VXDOSr5hsmi_0W3YMdBjC6KKuP7mn2PixFNjin43BBBfhIlN-N3eORjBR8IIRuM/s16000/IMG_4950.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Crown post in the hall. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5jkolz2aN_HM25xEvOd-RdZGC0QJDjJr7hGFUYhQ7VcLYE-BQ2SQk5pqjp6vzCNgdctGQWU93cuCUP5aENamLdbQOuUqpuKTFYH-Yt5VJcZtCsNyo-8J7OQgbWjmcWDgmA9-OwB_dt8ymc9HSBi2SBW2hjbXTRgvmHqeA-2OL46h9q3BBmQXAhkFA8A/s640/IMG_4955.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5jkolz2aN_HM25xEvOd-RdZGC0QJDjJr7hGFUYhQ7VcLYE-BQ2SQk5pqjp6vzCNgdctGQWU93cuCUP5aENamLdbQOuUqpuKTFYH-Yt5VJcZtCsNyo-8J7OQgbWjmcWDgmA9-OwB_dt8ymc9HSBi2SBW2hjbXTRgvmHqeA-2OL46h9q3BBmQXAhkFA8A/s16000/IMG_4955.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fireplace in the hall, rescued from The George Public House in Sittingbourne.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6-5w4Ayltbsda1lDhGPxwna2jlXkE5NEXqaL_LMYcf6C87e_bId1h6_9vJk9oGnjDAAMJZ1Idiz0IqloRMNXQAEp3nsGGInH0Svx4DN-eBDK-XXvViU7QArLjyYHRRIMT-0W9j4rE3QqJBDzRwEhElY2K8VG59ehUIrG5YwsmJdvEl1ediXTYAy8Xyo/s640/IMG_4961.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6-5w4Ayltbsda1lDhGPxwna2jlXkE5NEXqaL_LMYcf6C87e_bId1h6_9vJk9oGnjDAAMJZ1Idiz0IqloRMNXQAEp3nsGGInH0Svx4DN-eBDK-XXvViU7QArLjyYHRRIMT-0W9j4rE3QqJBDzRwEhElY2K8VG59ehUIrG5YwsmJdvEl1ediXTYAy8Xyo/s16000/IMG_4961.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful copper plate, one of a number of plates, six of which are ranged along the mantlepiece in the hall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-maf9TkfbI7YiA6DgTveo54gGzzi48wLeK7RV5-8eMvNBP_XV9n_DCthHc0JAAOkQJyHZm9TL_ifnm7AOpF1S0yrtkjeGgjzGXHe_leWjP0-c_QIghhJXSnKDgWzm9xTRqTxHgdv6aC73TfwP52KZKBj3YaTgZHP9naeAc-rPWlcLXUvw-aEw1btsnpg/s640/IMG_4963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above and below are lovely hearth tiles.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6CeLV_RVx0Cs3hAS0Za0g73ASiUx_DlBhaz7rHVHhzze8dcuk0jreMjqlJOQlanR5_bs9YOKw197qdj9NzkENRoG_ni17ZLL1AsPOFBdwu7i4Ou-LVGMnE99yvWoshSWJ7bRtD5_5XHutMwvSPtMiGLCqgCryjBwJPFeFiE9uMd8Aj7fUh5_nRdxVSE/s600/IMG_4965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6CeLV_RVx0Cs3hAS0Za0g73ASiUx_DlBhaz7rHVHhzze8dcuk0jreMjqlJOQlanR5_bs9YOKw197qdj9NzkENRoG_ni17ZLL1AsPOFBdwu7i4Ou-LVGMnE99yvWoshSWJ7bRtD5_5XHutMwvSPtMiGLCqgCryjBwJPFeFiE9uMd8Aj7fUh5_nRdxVSE/s16000/IMG_4965.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgBQ_eIYW6SexB7xxnyO5z_qGCOaFJnDOlG0mQu00ovcngAlCuShOgx0n5QlnoR0oFKADK5XqSiP_pUy0mMxwIcQjeymU3fdofub5anSl6gUQZkfBPmy3wi9eJNUmIz0V6GcHopDm0QF2iOpAWqSClGRFxXjO0X9E3vJeXm2heybr3ty6GR6lYzZucvY/s640/IMG_4966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgBQ_eIYW6SexB7xxnyO5z_qGCOaFJnDOlG0mQu00ovcngAlCuShOgx0n5QlnoR0oFKADK5XqSiP_pUy0mMxwIcQjeymU3fdofub5anSl6gUQZkfBPmy3wi9eJNUmIz0V6GcHopDm0QF2iOpAWqSClGRFxXjO0X9E3vJeXm2heybr3ty6GR6lYzZucvY/s16000/IMG_4966.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the many stained glass windows in the building, many of them designed by Aymer Vallance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OCvwZCmLiZIaFz2yOFQrLjMHr_8fK7hXQCYPLHMFX5xBbb-oacTzDIl9EIv1LhVAv9JNUW1W2-BC8QyoPWy83KMKss4NLgasRjDoQFwEnNtGnoesxUjHPwEaT8zEbNs6ncGyYlDopTUD0NcBl6zPWH0ervREq1m1_oLvC39szVr8Tobv3P0D4841P_c/s600/IMG_4969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OCvwZCmLiZIaFz2yOFQrLjMHr_8fK7hXQCYPLHMFX5xBbb-oacTzDIl9EIv1LhVAv9JNUW1W2-BC8QyoPWy83KMKss4NLgasRjDoQFwEnNtGnoesxUjHPwEaT8zEbNs6ncGyYlDopTUD0NcBl6zPWH0ervREq1m1_oLvC39szVr8Tobv3P0D4841P_c/s16000/IMG_4969.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Parlour, a lovely room :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGX7ycj_3PtEeQ73c--HyYyIwr_T1ZdQP9PGXa5W5NtHl-MBjEpeZ3OOzd0PQuB2rMettHTi9ZIoeDYYWQ8B4MFneQVlRIpoeSOtefF7r4ujKaO9tk1_ZU6n3GYp6NBE5-orr7q_iDk82LJM0lWnKakfvO3cflYkdgseKiGuHUF31LUwgshxSnzfkSZxo/s640/IMG_4978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGX7ycj_3PtEeQ73c--HyYyIwr_T1ZdQP9PGXa5W5NtHl-MBjEpeZ3OOzd0PQuB2rMettHTi9ZIoeDYYWQ8B4MFneQVlRIpoeSOtefF7r4ujKaO9tk1_ZU6n3GYp6NBE5-orr7q_iDk82LJM0lWnKakfvO3cflYkdgseKiGuHUF31LUwgshxSnzfkSZxo/s16000/IMG_4978.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This amazing spiral staircase was an addition by Aymer Vallance. Unless you knew it was a later addition you would think it had always been in this position. Like the fireplace in the drawing room the staircase and turret came from North Bore Place and was added to the building when the North Wing was added in the 1920's.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWX3UKeorpp8KTc_6tHYrMgRuSd54rpHNXKnDjYpzFomwpyaHxU0cbw-smTob8r0FrfPN4bOTqKBtWxUQxjBc_WYs-Zmqj9wrFogN0IbpRNahCLFGt6N0lrPw_q2ss_5nF0wEjmxz6PuRcWvMdlLrF9gsOi-1WYH-Nr3O5eQR2BCfTY9dvinq2FKWXCeI/s600/IMG_4980.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWX3UKeorpp8KTc_6tHYrMgRuSd54rpHNXKnDjYpzFomwpyaHxU0cbw-smTob8r0FrfPN4bOTqKBtWxUQxjBc_WYs-Zmqj9wrFogN0IbpRNahCLFGt6N0lrPw_q2ss_5nF0wEjmxz6PuRcWvMdlLrF9gsOi-1WYH-Nr3O5eQR2BCfTY9dvinq2FKWXCeI/s16000/IMG_4980.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main bedroom of the house is in the Solar, situated over the Drawing Room below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMreDWIs-1Y2BJlv2gHkndKrqToCf2Wsu1NJH1OhCka2wjKHgA0_sRy-UA81wktiYAfU3Qi6visyrUCVWpBqh0-99Usg3hcratgY4JJ_DLIY7ZCZ4vf3oZqCyM8W0g7vxIVV_MkWnrHx5aDOYvvwnvV59F3GovN1KP2D991XyQy2KxAhfLGEA7GFMmn8/s640/IMG_4984.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMreDWIs-1Y2BJlv2gHkndKrqToCf2Wsu1NJH1OhCka2wjKHgA0_sRy-UA81wktiYAfU3Qi6visyrUCVWpBqh0-99Usg3hcratgY4JJ_DLIY7ZCZ4vf3oZqCyM8W0g7vxIVV_MkWnrHx5aDOYvvwnvV59F3GovN1KP2D991XyQy2KxAhfLGEA7GFMmn8/s16000/IMG_4984.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More beautiful stained glass windows in the bedroom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful cupboard in the bedroom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdxFYQWBv0_GpIq-hGVbh42xY7fdx5EK2--CCJF3-VjyOKHnDK7StkAuet5Imt4GsUpwsYeHioYL60w7vVAs_4lld32Z6ssT1OTe3ZLITB2J74yOXil6ooTzGogMBStShFGTL0wcTvDmVWwKxvKZVKdn3SoLqNN0qNJDlx0AYrMGt28QE35LzAdzwrHc/s640/IMG_4989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdxFYQWBv0_GpIq-hGVbh42xY7fdx5EK2--CCJF3-VjyOKHnDK7StkAuet5Imt4GsUpwsYeHioYL60w7vVAs_4lld32Z6ssT1OTe3ZLITB2J74yOXil6ooTzGogMBStShFGTL0wcTvDmVWwKxvKZVKdn3SoLqNN0qNJDlx0AYrMGt28QE35LzAdzwrHc/s16000/IMG_4989.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwke4gTV2Uv6b6NptuwXWX_6pppbUUMqPYDELZfD6NbUVLW-NWxVRoycO6jowi4L_FUuMNfEoQF09QdCaZG3pfivege9aVj-QKEtLt6JhxIe2FkaZlOqfKFUT6MC_cG-tPMwfZ0Tj7llbflzp3V_QoVcAZKQ05dHyti7jVkM79XnHuK7btqcJcwfGiPgM/s640/IMG_4995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in the Parlour, the fireplace, rescued from North Bore Place is a false one with no chimney attached to it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ70o5_wKpr7v5l5JiW3cgpQU6hpz9LQEBX6TAeA0gc-m4Nzra6VLv7Vea9cAvXD7sz2nbs_ydhMJmREkNQ0m6ogdWyU_hRpFXwao9s6BRO0-9qyZ3JHy2kHTlihck7RuygyKYmZpda3cvGeNrb4IUH7IiO37tO_A8kJdtxjr8Xna58W2y-Bg38X5KFA/s640/IMG_4999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ70o5_wKpr7v5l5JiW3cgpQU6hpz9LQEBX6TAeA0gc-m4Nzra6VLv7Vea9cAvXD7sz2nbs_ydhMJmREkNQ0m6ogdWyU_hRpFXwao9s6BRO0-9qyZ3JHy2kHTlihck7RuygyKYmZpda3cvGeNrb4IUH7IiO37tO_A8kJdtxjr8Xna58W2y-Bg38X5KFA/s16000/IMG_4999.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The courtyard at the rear of the building.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1uQdV0bNjBI9NWt7zzB_yp_aZKP1gPnbC9ECIzWoU6wYjUnn5w0cIAMb0x1HRTVo9UPi_qbQHuO7PtJEEmtekWm4whCETx2HpmyBQXDejxwA01aVKgAGDQJsqKBUYZ2N1ak99_qcIlaYnprnsO_P-Aa-A1_G7krHCdHMJE6w7oPwnf3CZfbkGCn3tsU/s640/IMG_5000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1uQdV0bNjBI9NWt7zzB_yp_aZKP1gPnbC9ECIzWoU6wYjUnn5w0cIAMb0x1HRTVo9UPi_qbQHuO7PtJEEmtekWm4whCETx2HpmyBQXDejxwA01aVKgAGDQJsqKBUYZ2N1ak99_qcIlaYnprnsO_P-Aa-A1_G7krHCdHMJE6w7oPwnf3CZfbkGCn3tsU/s16000/IMG_5000.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dining room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6HWnfFzEk0aKhAiGrzODv6Mw2NZ0aKVz8bX6fLd8bltGsd7DAxBvN_jHPmRGrVUY6T1PxnFrGV0X5HMr5f4m42KN7FphLJuIzOeEdjmn0sA8QmuQlLKjLCfiJFiuV6FiiCcoIbZ7HqDyDgz0uil6vDF5XWHyqWfWiydEutgHsjw8KZ5goxrxB_7TPkA/s640/IMG_5003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6HWnfFzEk0aKhAiGrzODv6Mw2NZ0aKVz8bX6fLd8bltGsd7DAxBvN_jHPmRGrVUY6T1PxnFrGV0X5HMr5f4m42KN7FphLJuIzOeEdjmn0sA8QmuQlLKjLCfiJFiuV6FiiCcoIbZ7HqDyDgz0uil6vDF5XWHyqWfWiydEutgHsjw8KZ5goxrxB_7TPkA/s16000/IMG_5003.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely stained glass in this room too :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Outside, the rear of the building, with the beautiful gardens beyond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnO6FEIwPjbNYRFxKXO6UAMTp46Y2nTrzSzcjNqfdrkcFevH2ef_HY_cyfHrUbHPBZSvsn-RRDtfGl5DOls3GsWnoD5-PA7VtznbKmjkaky2apDeWJWLLaI4Lai7VG7htb9Gdw00X4ATFzaqyZj1lB-Q5FTCRnNeq530HnMwlj9-2jLYCpNYm9B3bjssU/s640/IMG_5031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnO6FEIwPjbNYRFxKXO6UAMTp46Y2nTrzSzcjNqfdrkcFevH2ef_HY_cyfHrUbHPBZSvsn-RRDtfGl5DOls3GsWnoD5-PA7VtznbKmjkaky2apDeWJWLLaI4Lai7VG7htb9Gdw00X4ATFzaqyZj1lB-Q5FTCRnNeq530HnMwlj9-2jLYCpNYm9B3bjssU/s16000/IMG_5031.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back of the building showing the octagonal tower which houses the spiral staircase.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxIr25xBHxsHpgR3P4UE9RZqFvYT19dEVioPN0He-32D3ERrK82li6oDekfkDAI1WWee-K8K3RrIb6l276Nu-d55shAk6ZEm3t9bK3iaR5hGrTwmo5GLvzgc6TJeWg35z2-A_f5NyKC_NcfLOenYC-uVTNG8BZxy5ag0TxqvU-ujU9jXlJP95ZeLZ4pw/s640/IMG_5050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxIr25xBHxsHpgR3P4UE9RZqFvYT19dEVioPN0He-32D3ERrK82li6oDekfkDAI1WWee-K8K3RrIb6l276Nu-d55shAk6ZEm3t9bK3iaR5hGrTwmo5GLvzgc6TJeWg35z2-A_f5NyKC_NcfLOenYC-uVTNG8BZxy5ag0TxqvU-ujU9jXlJP95ZeLZ4pw/s16000/IMG_5050.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original Front Door, restored to its proper position by Aymer Vallance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfphH5ixMTEoiRGXNn29yI1BzN91041SDFqjDX23jyfK5Yyvu_x07u8b2oMVwWwLO0TKvgMOblNZBTOYNtejOpC2wpbMxSGdqS_KnXxA27IjqQcAg12GZFShNWJsZVgLgzgyXq7YtLj8w-QpRedh3QjRQCZs45wgW4DuW6d_UJ_CpUo-JJR3pm8LqlVWM/s640/IMG_5032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfphH5ixMTEoiRGXNn29yI1BzN91041SDFqjDX23jyfK5Yyvu_x07u8b2oMVwWwLO0TKvgMOblNZBTOYNtejOpC2wpbMxSGdqS_KnXxA27IjqQcAg12GZFShNWJsZVgLgzgyXq7YtLj8w-QpRedh3QjRQCZs45wgW4DuW6d_UJ_CpUo-JJR3pm8LqlVWM/s16000/IMG_5032.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to finish with another photo of the house taken from the garden. Although the house is quite small it is lovely. I think I could easily move in there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-63264088368144797452023-05-05T20:58:00.000+01:002023-05-05T20:58:05.213+01:00Deal in January<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ehOnQ9UTnF52ecibWyMdWYX92086YWiQ3bXds07cuGRThbS6-Y3dh7N942gaeflffQkB_Kt62WARyLw6AKqKCAMXjiReehmm9KGXJC1g063Hf38wbbYjBVdDpdOgsjgDxSYu0DDwcTaRzJfmHZ92bBC0wEMkOE0-K56qrOG498Kyxa1Fr8f9I_fV/s640/IMG_4789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ehOnQ9UTnF52ecibWyMdWYX92086YWiQ3bXds07cuGRThbS6-Y3dh7N942gaeflffQkB_Kt62WARyLw6AKqKCAMXjiReehmm9KGXJC1g063Hf38wbbYjBVdDpdOgsjgDxSYu0DDwcTaRzJfmHZ92bBC0wEMkOE0-K56qrOG498Kyxa1Fr8f9I_fV/s16000/IMG_4789.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eek I have only just realised that I have been sadly neglecting my blogs, it is May already and this is the first blog of the year. To be fair I had a horrible bug which kept me indoors for most of January. The photo above was taken in St Margarets Bay on my first day out with my lovely son, it was so nice to see something other than the inside of the house!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwZbd8cE_srP9Qk7LMReVBqthMf1MeFTnvErR_fzY6Y1FScqgiYAbt-Wz9WxVneTRwg_AQ2vBHqhl-1DYof9bE6VGDmrHp-8BBSMW8wVufiasH55sGURsCVcWM8HCkCBSf191igxACfXKbAqzU4CZzS65aWno4jnF1IEwOzzT-GOVmsX93w9Qw2Vq/s640/IMG_4792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwZbd8cE_srP9Qk7LMReVBqthMf1MeFTnvErR_fzY6Y1FScqgiYAbt-Wz9WxVneTRwg_AQ2vBHqhl-1DYof9bE6VGDmrHp-8BBSMW8wVufiasH55sGURsCVcWM8HCkCBSf191igxACfXKbAqzU4CZzS65aWno4jnF1IEwOzzT-GOVmsX93w9Qw2Vq/s16000/IMG_4792.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Towards the end of January I took a walk along Walmer seafront, although it was only about 3.30pm it was already getting towards dusk, with the sun getting low in the sky, but the light was amazing :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsJzND5Z-zndQq7rfL2ZkgAm06OMI_LNV3DY2GAweMswtMkBgWkVAgf-wHbJ3A7fjSJ2QuhSiKWjmmDFBFEpjMidN9-auTV12tFw-WoDtrY6_82OhRi2fYvdGPezhmr1ts43052zUt-qeVBFzieKnJD5SPLaJ5otLAzDqUpYKCnvrkuvo34TwSvNI/s640/IMG_4800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsJzND5Z-zndQq7rfL2ZkgAm06OMI_LNV3DY2GAweMswtMkBgWkVAgf-wHbJ3A7fjSJ2QuhSiKWjmmDFBFEpjMidN9-auTV12tFw-WoDtrY6_82OhRi2fYvdGPezhmr1ts43052zUt-qeVBFzieKnJD5SPLaJ5otLAzDqUpYKCnvrkuvo34TwSvNI/s16000/IMG_4800.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Long shadows across Walmer Beach with Deal Pier in the background.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfKHASea2qckaY0cUl6QJO4XA7u-1LzprhMg53xrFXS1MjTuzUp8CDXOjqQHOQAGU-D7FBP5U-r519CiNa0c35DPNbUWBMGQVh4SESAIo8oAKsc88h9_wopky9wsjTx7HMjosSsj1mktt49jHA8dWi_fSjX_2DomZbE64XHDiPYBW-EhUa4MNwH22/s640/IMG_4802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfKHASea2qckaY0cUl6QJO4XA7u-1LzprhMg53xrFXS1MjTuzUp8CDXOjqQHOQAGU-D7FBP5U-r519CiNa0c35DPNbUWBMGQVh4SESAIo8oAKsc88h9_wopky9wsjTx7HMjosSsj1mktt49jHA8dWi_fSjX_2DomZbE64XHDiPYBW-EhUa4MNwH22/s16000/IMG_4802.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking North along the Strand.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0vt3HLgzXHJjncXAbuJjjpC9yGJcsLDUkWC1v_3wcgam3ukZIf3banDNYI7YwFcxAG9NT6YLG7gKqoWMLSlJ9Ovitmrrzlr0EVhWyf7WYWHBpZFEa-_MaQsarbfcfea4MYDhsB1Ta8qwzMAzPbBHYt1mteX9cIi2cCeEE3PA8OgrPqybDaqLnyW1/s640/IMG_4809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0vt3HLgzXHJjncXAbuJjjpC9yGJcsLDUkWC1v_3wcgam3ukZIf3banDNYI7YwFcxAG9NT6YLG7gKqoWMLSlJ9Ovitmrrzlr0EVhWyf7WYWHBpZFEa-_MaQsarbfcfea4MYDhsB1Ta8qwzMAzPbBHYt1mteX9cIi2cCeEE3PA8OgrPqybDaqLnyW1/s16000/IMG_4809.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The light on the beach huts was lovely to see, a real golden hour :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FdUuxRxcLILfW8UmyevznQN9pk0fT-qJHZMvr6D5GJG5U5pV7tPdztDzh8wnoc4OtMSu5Yt1w7VtSw4tseMH8wAc_BtsgRadlhLO4y4hajqy4UJ5rXure0wTFhgaV2m4ymurLaJ1LtR2epVdMPzFl3ckGASMQyY1N7p_RM3v9WRoqSpjjmrzOF3n/s640/IMG_4813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FdUuxRxcLILfW8UmyevznQN9pk0fT-qJHZMvr6D5GJG5U5pV7tPdztDzh8wnoc4OtMSu5Yt1w7VtSw4tseMH8wAc_BtsgRadlhLO4y4hajqy4UJ5rXure0wTFhgaV2m4ymurLaJ1LtR2epVdMPzFl3ckGASMQyY1N7p_RM3v9WRoqSpjjmrzOF3n/s16000/IMG_4813.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fishing boats highlighted by the lowering sun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigF24Qopb-Gm8C1KBCSrYb1jZl1k6hityk-xJUIN8MtZ1iStazgkMNXGPXV4WLRAdk7XdGqUltHqFWmZpwOhhrEScyPZXyRdvTT9jeE9qcpEs-ZZ4mnv6FBK0LEhx2U__V5S7NUMPkS62_Udbq5rUTRc3EcqWBQT72IO-xbxm43dV-KBdg04127VNj/s640/IMG_4820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigF24Qopb-Gm8C1KBCSrYb1jZl1k6hityk-xJUIN8MtZ1iStazgkMNXGPXV4WLRAdk7XdGqUltHqFWmZpwOhhrEScyPZXyRdvTT9jeE9qcpEs-ZZ4mnv6FBK0LEhx2U__V5S7NUMPkS62_Udbq5rUTRc3EcqWBQT72IO-xbxm43dV-KBdg04127VNj/s16000/IMG_4820.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above and below are two sunsets, photos taken from my warm sitting room :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7zm2GgTowthnG7nHlKzL_S7Bx-NE6Q2rp-t0L5Vg-m-nICWm9YD1QwBnpnaF05jf9haWW8qofa4mc_O9kXkNgUvDbP-UcXtXz3xecH-ytCXnW7COGSoASCjCJtLliz_SKQnps70_0C89pHX1CfCTVLr62JagJYxRcNAbMKi3sjl8Ne9COEpRccoE/s640/IMG_4825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7zm2GgTowthnG7nHlKzL_S7Bx-NE6Q2rp-t0L5Vg-m-nICWm9YD1QwBnpnaF05jf9haWW8qofa4mc_O9kXkNgUvDbP-UcXtXz3xecH-ytCXnW7COGSoASCjCJtLliz_SKQnps70_0C89pHX1CfCTVLr62JagJYxRcNAbMKi3sjl8Ne9COEpRccoE/s16000/IMG_4825.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHPa_RtO3fEATjCKTUCDoweQTzN1BHhruoZdirqIGa9sS-mmp6EmXTAmDHZDLYmUjgMvsmtUpbgPGA778ALJ8rni_fNbh6ELOtMr4C5EcvA1mFRwS8Ex4QnEIu5zWwiR2smc91O28A0BWmJ19EVRDCOSh3d5BIAIvSXgjvc2KDcEVD_lkPHvsM5qa/s640/IMG_4830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHPa_RtO3fEATjCKTUCDoweQTzN1BHhruoZdirqIGa9sS-mmp6EmXTAmDHZDLYmUjgMvsmtUpbgPGA778ALJ8rni_fNbh6ELOtMr4C5EcvA1mFRwS8Ex4QnEIu5zWwiR2smc91O28A0BWmJ19EVRDCOSh3d5BIAIvSXgjvc2KDcEVD_lkPHvsM5qa/s16000/IMG_4830.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another cold January day, always a lovely scene looking southwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiDqurQQWiUhdV3Pvz7zCzcov7S-zCyDScGJfYQTlFcazIO2I1UDm7SXIcjSmAVGQ_en-Wb6swkP94LSxkkDFSe9toMWiDRkdhCKl7QMYbXHRVJor5Ab8j3VS00UIiJM2gEj1qXMPTDzxPRKGxBVpevipybTmq9gvNvAwcMQzC3Ik4SzjkCi5Nykf/s640/IMG_4845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiDqurQQWiUhdV3Pvz7zCzcov7S-zCyDScGJfYQTlFcazIO2I1UDm7SXIcjSmAVGQ_en-Wb6swkP94LSxkkDFSe9toMWiDRkdhCKl7QMYbXHRVJor5Ab8j3VS00UIiJM2gEj1qXMPTDzxPRKGxBVpevipybTmq9gvNvAwcMQzC3Ik4SzjkCi5Nykf/s16000/IMG_4845.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally a foggy January morning, the building hiding in the fog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully it won't be too long until I get another blog done, luckily I always have photos to share :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-90885036980871765822022-12-31T23:09:00.003+00:002022-12-31T23:13:19.502+00:00End of the year 2022, Part 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn-A8zVhPpthPSTkJuv30uitrymraDrHOX8tSR5a5-l8HBo74XGYf5aMmLQai832zC6ix1aHyciDCFCne9QaUVlR2jtdl1DfGokcvw91mmKvpkOrKlhEmEuDHwkIKDgPu8bJkQn9kzNproG7OeflPglhQS9X7IrnUWsZe0KS2BgyYoTN6iNmgN3oR/s640/IMG_4397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn-A8zVhPpthPSTkJuv30uitrymraDrHOX8tSR5a5-l8HBo74XGYf5aMmLQai832zC6ix1aHyciDCFCne9QaUVlR2jtdl1DfGokcvw91mmKvpkOrKlhEmEuDHwkIKDgPu8bJkQn9kzNproG7OeflPglhQS9X7IrnUWsZe0KS2BgyYoTN6iNmgN3oR/s16000/IMG_4397.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JULY</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgkOty86MabUqf9MMeut4-dlDlTvnpO2-T1Iphqp7S46IKLu28LcGYleO-ioJKu3v0CIacyiZ8pxMq83wWf6bOj5a3mqNfw2jTm6UI8nIfkjn78K7bxXPOFozIaOK4_FSSTvjWlTGqe3q2hFyYZZAq_tAtM4FpCFr3L1qrdKxkl6xPuXSqq8-xy5R/s640/IMG_4122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgkOty86MabUqf9MMeut4-dlDlTvnpO2-T1Iphqp7S46IKLu28LcGYleO-ioJKu3v0CIacyiZ8pxMq83wWf6bOj5a3mqNfw2jTm6UI8nIfkjn78K7bxXPOFozIaOK4_FSSTvjWlTGqe3q2hFyYZZAq_tAtM4FpCFr3L1qrdKxkl6xPuXSqq8-xy5R/s16000/IMG_4122.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Gypsy Caravan in the garden of The Lantern Inn, Martin Kent.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25htkMquv_AAOXDV90MyGin1TFAY1DmWwBYNS-dgS7_HssCwBoqnPNz0ACOuCwtj_DaGNEaEOWfBIm-CFYycXwyioHRcGad3GOppsgzgUMqxfxFA_lbQU_CgH_u8Ij5bjzO6YRurqSYT13Y-WBJQmNyYZw3vsZI8Q8VFYGc2UCkB4LLfF7e0vl4Ep/s600/IMG_4143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25htkMquv_AAOXDV90MyGin1TFAY1DmWwBYNS-dgS7_HssCwBoqnPNz0ACOuCwtj_DaGNEaEOWfBIm-CFYycXwyioHRcGad3GOppsgzgUMqxfxFA_lbQU_CgH_u8Ij5bjzO6YRurqSYT13Y-WBJQmNyYZw3vsZI8Q8VFYGc2UCkB4LLfF7e0vl4Ep/s16000/IMG_4143.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seagulls enjoying their boat perch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AUGUST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHiuuerNRVK9FuZneiX9zElFE2LTAw9Ulg6u9oLYWdDuX8B3XXJK8Fw1_yFhq4DZrWkm23fV0k_QquCLi1xqLlZ0Xa9LS_TQ8Rh8lBLUu49bGEetwC0F0xLH6jb9S6Swq1y5sIb4_B38BBLOyfxrdEymWt_rA3Nsy3mfyNxmruV7RUCsu1Ql8dNnn/s640/IMG_4161.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHiuuerNRVK9FuZneiX9zElFE2LTAw9Ulg6u9oLYWdDuX8B3XXJK8Fw1_yFhq4DZrWkm23fV0k_QquCLi1xqLlZ0Xa9LS_TQ8Rh8lBLUu49bGEetwC0F0xLH6jb9S6Swq1y5sIb4_B38BBLOyfxrdEymWt_rA3Nsy3mfyNxmruV7RUCsu1Ql8dNnn/s16000/IMG_4161.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gazen Salts Nature Reserve, Sandwich, Kent</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJm4abWPELIFNIlaACVML9W-RcC46w8-sXml5IEiWMasoj0_RXePkec39M4wbiubpguip7pIqLg13itE9UhEaFResiNQAS8xernI8l-vVHSd2GUk-13hrQLTlHOln9C3OstXO7VkfK3gi2_Hu6h9F9qZShfvfDL0hZWcr7a_qJojSHyheIY_uI0a9/s640/IMG_4192.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJm4abWPELIFNIlaACVML9W-RcC46w8-sXml5IEiWMasoj0_RXePkec39M4wbiubpguip7pIqLg13itE9UhEaFResiNQAS8xernI8l-vVHSd2GUk-13hrQLTlHOln9C3OstXO7VkfK3gi2_Hu6h9F9qZShfvfDL0hZWcr7a_qJojSHyheIY_uI0a9/s16000/IMG_4192.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just two men sitting on Deal Beach, feeding the seagulls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SEPTEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpICvGXZicrss_cEqhVbiG-cY6lQztGlBo1Dt_Xz7SvelN4VOIHGyWEUufogb6Qk0Ud6k7etsCXTyvfqMG2VuRObslIIxazJdNdI5h6aEnsv8SBH_r-9T1zrQNhS_QztcL073SW6vDLHlCcVBi1MfN88e8sDsigq3-uXVcL3avL6TBmkToZuU2frPO/s640/IMG_4249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpICvGXZicrss_cEqhVbiG-cY6lQztGlBo1Dt_Xz7SvelN4VOIHGyWEUufogb6Qk0Ud6k7etsCXTyvfqMG2VuRObslIIxazJdNdI5h6aEnsv8SBH_r-9T1zrQNhS_QztcL073SW6vDLHlCcVBi1MfN88e8sDsigq3-uXVcL3avL6TBmkToZuU2frPO/s16000/IMG_4249.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 8th September our beloved Queen passed away. This photo was taken in front of St George's Church, Deal. Inside the church was a condolence book which I signed. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ_9FpHzFaAUM3d7SQfoPSIJ5e9DuMpi-Soco8y0uRgB7pXccyH8uAZgGGbvmP8Y7GgnLevyZFdooUi3JuAonRGGAVLly9_UJfQOhv4pzT32TRE1U8nuDZFigISTvunVB1TV4SyyJubMzmvD0sxHx6KQq_sb0xCgJLw0ReVMoySSWN_amkOYp9mnC/s600/IMG_4232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ_9FpHzFaAUM3d7SQfoPSIJ5e9DuMpi-Soco8y0uRgB7pXccyH8uAZgGGbvmP8Y7GgnLevyZFdooUi3JuAonRGGAVLly9_UJfQOhv4pzT32TRE1U8nuDZFigISTvunVB1TV4SyyJubMzmvD0sxHx6KQq_sb0xCgJLw0ReVMoySSWN_amkOYp9mnC/s16000/IMG_4232.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mist in the garden of Walmer Castle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OCTOBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdqpLSldZhWzcjr2T0A01FrVl5DE8Vf0E1cwRBJFfnU66kcOmkITp6Hsg1T1sKOiojlCQsjmPvH17oera_YrCcxGeKGJoKAlOM0Qek3_nlvXMs52UmZn_bkLSjTZOXQ8eEIg725B0-ahWB4eC2Fyix10Hl115zSQ2LGK21gaiLOcJI-WCGEUKlHiQ/s640/IMG_4422.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdqpLSldZhWzcjr2T0A01FrVl5DE8Vf0E1cwRBJFfnU66kcOmkITp6Hsg1T1sKOiojlCQsjmPvH17oera_YrCcxGeKGJoKAlOM0Qek3_nlvXMs52UmZn_bkLSjTZOXQ8eEIg725B0-ahWB4eC2Fyix10Hl115zSQ2LGK21gaiLOcJI-WCGEUKlHiQ/s16000/IMG_4422.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Pumpkins of course!!! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb_lFSZIXTYRsSKWB3MjbkZrgQ_3pCxokrJBII1p5c9EXTH9THni9JMFC4LWsTuVzlu6avAFJmrF3msB-_bC7NOAzVWdT7R1APGSoY9yNHGrFy51cIj16AhhTDBvh8cIH6zcFz30fvhX871h3tuciRmwAttu79Vs0b9uVWPhrNiPtzJaHglJhvt5X/s640/IMG_4444.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb_lFSZIXTYRsSKWB3MjbkZrgQ_3pCxokrJBII1p5c9EXTH9THni9JMFC4LWsTuVzlu6avAFJmrF3msB-_bC7NOAzVWdT7R1APGSoY9yNHGrFy51cIj16AhhTDBvh8cIH6zcFz30fvhX871h3tuciRmwAttu79Vs0b9uVWPhrNiPtzJaHglJhvt5X/s16000/IMG_4444.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful rose blooming late in the year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcO7iYd16hQYBN1sm04RQEKjMA5vH06FYQV4_eswDH7EUSN6BU-EJgX0jvqIbLBuDlTbM_DECm-K_aY0G0p5v-bJDeon3VgockYkbEyIi60MD07U7_Xxyu49x1_m3f-4gSHr2pXvHAD7XPHHyHFUnsQvDMf1sE7WzYHVeHct4jnwW7vms6Omyri1S/s640/IMG_4473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcO7iYd16hQYBN1sm04RQEKjMA5vH06FYQV4_eswDH7EUSN6BU-EJgX0jvqIbLBuDlTbM_DECm-K_aY0G0p5v-bJDeon3VgockYkbEyIi60MD07U7_Xxyu49x1_m3f-4gSHr2pXvHAD7XPHHyHFUnsQvDMf1sE7WzYHVeHct4jnwW7vms6Omyri1S/s16000/IMG_4473.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Dining Room, Lamb House Rye.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NOVEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrJnVLOkhgsU0Ziw9aiie1Y6ORNQuaZGFc7lQ0xZhmZYKdB7dZWZMUB72aRj7vV_kC7-ZL9DDUvKt4f4IOVPcRDWkXyDZ1qAxjJ0P0cxNkgXcuOKw8EbTSVbm4tLaDgAQPSMox3bG97cSyA8SP2r95_CqH4dovRP0Z-8exSqvxnnxw-BAoQ9aSPXH/s640/IMG_4604.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrJnVLOkhgsU0Ziw9aiie1Y6ORNQuaZGFc7lQ0xZhmZYKdB7dZWZMUB72aRj7vV_kC7-ZL9DDUvKt4f4IOVPcRDWkXyDZ1qAxjJ0P0cxNkgXcuOKw8EbTSVbm4tLaDgAQPSMox3bG97cSyA8SP2r95_CqH4dovRP0Z-8exSqvxnnxw-BAoQ9aSPXH/s16000/IMG_4604.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Small Hythe Place, the home of Dame Ellen Terry, now owned by The National Trust. Well worth a visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtm2IsuBrvOjEwj6c6jJQFlTxj4y1pRIWfPZpwtUx84gFVo5d4gifBK-JdgRkA9m0nMEHjNSWtqwavqTMgH4E_ux58q476xs_6m0dq4i3T0DOSBke85IDrMmbBQB5SSRPcQ7_ziozkIxqiQLjYdroJwhV0VKrT-_1uYjd7ENsDBnaIcnyt-Dz4fLA/s525/IMG_4615.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtm2IsuBrvOjEwj6c6jJQFlTxj4y1pRIWfPZpwtUx84gFVo5d4gifBK-JdgRkA9m0nMEHjNSWtqwavqTMgH4E_ux58q476xs_6m0dq4i3T0DOSBke85IDrMmbBQB5SSRPcQ7_ziozkIxqiQLjYdroJwhV0VKrT-_1uYjd7ENsDBnaIcnyt-Dz4fLA/s16000/IMG_4615.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main gate doors into the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. Normally they are wide open, so it was nice to get this photo :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTp7rFWPa_z75M7FnBlzkz77YfmSd9w7TcocJvQj8amDOcuUuEoysopDzbhaYNZFWqFqIJiCnpuL5RWIuN7SLdbaQh1lzRsMex9TRWgoWbGQVl26B7Nswvi2w6YVfasvW6fiGwIyVXKliQB4-2bR9uyc8pVdHqIqmBLJ0Vn6BvHbBYvjzr4PKWFyp/s640/IMG_4649A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTp7rFWPa_z75M7FnBlzkz77YfmSd9w7TcocJvQj8amDOcuUuEoysopDzbhaYNZFWqFqIJiCnpuL5RWIuN7SLdbaQh1lzRsMex9TRWgoWbGQVl26B7Nswvi2w6YVfasvW6fiGwIyVXKliQB4-2bR9uyc8pVdHqIqmBLJ0Vn6BvHbBYvjzr4PKWFyp/s16000/IMG_4649A.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>DECEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim827aQN3Zjf3kKhqj9_U-PHb0MlWOBYD13vZTf7p3kFUfvG_epItxtiMdF6q7-iG0ZB9qHerm_qAjDWZwa_HdEsl4Kbt9lTZJVBt9CzqFjL0ItMdYvjZiBmRqPmEok6JW_mBx2QDV-UnpI1_XFfR1sfyDZ_J95BdkxvhTWpkmD1efIIr88ijIGiYn/s640/IMG_4710.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim827aQN3Zjf3kKhqj9_U-PHb0MlWOBYD13vZTf7p3kFUfvG_epItxtiMdF6q7-iG0ZB9qHerm_qAjDWZwa_HdEsl4Kbt9lTZJVBt9CzqFjL0ItMdYvjZiBmRqPmEok6JW_mBx2QDV-UnpI1_XFfR1sfyDZ_J95BdkxvhTWpkmD1efIIr88ijIGiYn/s16000/IMG_4710.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enchanted Walmer Castle beautifully lit up by many lights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneE8-JJaWYlJNgw3OBOQbfHzTNcJ7lKcXQZaTfYYsHNaSsHQn_88l-JvVGG9mHfsSydAJN2Z3TT8ZdNHfYU0ciB6JHJNJIolZ3TvpcFsVLowsjiwlUK0qjltwjCi1f63qiAB6_TvkU5jgOgiL3MgZwEVY0GM0IS7CjqazgTnnN1bVCzzqiwe8AfLb/s640/IMG_4781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneE8-JJaWYlJNgw3OBOQbfHzTNcJ7lKcXQZaTfYYsHNaSsHQn_88l-JvVGG9mHfsSydAJN2Z3TT8ZdNHfYU0ciB6JHJNJIolZ3TvpcFsVLowsjiwlUK0qjltwjCi1f63qiAB6_TvkU5jgOgiL3MgZwEVY0GM0IS7CjqazgTnnN1bVCzzqiwe8AfLb/s16000/IMG_4781.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Club Room, The Lantern Inn, Martin, nr Dover Kent, a really lovely country pub :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you have enjoyed these two blogs, I nearly didn't get them done in time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-83866688416893246052022-12-31T23:09:00.002+00:002022-12-31T23:09:43.500+00:00End of the Year 2022, Part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4XfgC9_Li9qwbGJJzK4npIZUEzTI05v17Ba8xAhwLPOy2vMptIDTAS_n45cx3UeL_LXjlwGywXMFX5CwXIc3XifaaEqS1mvhERf3Etw_ZcddHg4GGa5kKlC0T7RBIpTVqE6NRtXssO9xJS0OjkIEaHAEgj-9-6wn_9Yn1hIxCCxkM92hc_E7d8aJ/s640/IMG_3258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4XfgC9_Li9qwbGJJzK4npIZUEzTI05v17Ba8xAhwLPOy2vMptIDTAS_n45cx3UeL_LXjlwGywXMFX5CwXIc3XifaaEqS1mvhERf3Etw_ZcddHg4GGa5kKlC0T7RBIpTVqE6NRtXssO9xJS0OjkIEaHAEgj-9-6wn_9Yn1hIxCCxkM92hc_E7d8aJ/s16000/IMG_3258.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we go again, the last blogs of the year. I have had a varying year, a holiday to a place I had always wanted to go to, followed by some health problems which are now getting sorted out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JANUARY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVN5tPzTQ9CHJ_yND5Lm70ywpAqyYBqMHQFbdSXums3cgF6jvgrLaxxFlziAHHwbf-GtfgImMX8TjVofkEujdGNzykjchw_UJCFkprLIW4D4YcxvhhKIj85eZddzQLN9e-7cwKFogkJmsoGUNwMQI_EdHsNvKV4X1H-kiUiSmQJ45d_evFp0VFF3g7/s640/IMG_3119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVN5tPzTQ9CHJ_yND5Lm70ywpAqyYBqMHQFbdSXums3cgF6jvgrLaxxFlziAHHwbf-GtfgImMX8TjVofkEujdGNzykjchw_UJCFkprLIW4D4YcxvhhKIj85eZddzQLN9e-7cwKFogkJmsoGUNwMQI_EdHsNvKV4X1H-kiUiSmQJ45d_evFp0VFF3g7/s16000/IMG_3119.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A very moody photo of Deal taken from the pier :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1O3rcCCjv1M93ZhBw8tFa7HORN1E5zQVyHCCk3jS3GI-4wLCARNl_r92MtIt-IeAP-qF4PPHlGE4TMEpnkKD2-pOWKTb7tvRbzYUTdW0Mb6ytU0TuQMETCo7Q0yRFNEQKXnW_ALFGGTcs7ptHoZxjRTHFFB43twqQ4bsBtZvyppgDzaCHjA5lP0F-/s600/IMG_3135A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1O3rcCCjv1M93ZhBw8tFa7HORN1E5zQVyHCCk3jS3GI-4wLCARNl_r92MtIt-IeAP-qF4PPHlGE4TMEpnkKD2-pOWKTb7tvRbzYUTdW0Mb6ytU0TuQMETCo7Q0yRFNEQKXnW_ALFGGTcs7ptHoZxjRTHFFB43twqQ4bsBtZvyppgDzaCHjA5lP0F-/s16000/IMG_3135A.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Pier on a beautiful calm day in January, such a change from the first photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FEBRUARY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDRRP34dd3-WSfApQGb0BfrTo8l8dCMPfg0jwWanzYAHTc5Lo7F7bdfcOrvtlBaHU0_6WnFDjqoREnfslqKzHmyR02bypm3WczRBfuxF7nFc5Qp5sI4Hqc_SFVZjl3lgRO3k3jFHK-Mjwyqrg1Fidyb0uVSu7FbQPUs-LOXXU25fKZdoOhruvwwHw/s640/IMG_3195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDRRP34dd3-WSfApQGb0BfrTo8l8dCMPfg0jwWanzYAHTc5Lo7F7bdfcOrvtlBaHU0_6WnFDjqoREnfslqKzHmyR02bypm3WczRBfuxF7nFc5Qp5sI4Hqc_SFVZjl3lgRO3k3jFHK-Mjwyqrg1Fidyb0uVSu7FbQPUs-LOXXU25fKZdoOhruvwwHw/s16000/IMG_3195.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walmer beach in the winter sunshine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQjhgOkTXY8khM7b42utWtiRGoulJcuwnmrLdUJ5xi3rjg2FE1pRFq98OfiAYmuSdC6WpWLkzmS5AD9V_Wq62c8BbHiWjlsxhLMpnYhXL-1qsFqlGUx8NqJEYd9cfq-Huev3eAF59YOXLrKoBhRpGanh8BL1Xmk7S2OSKaN8CnlX5uciTUKXLhTug/s600/IMG_3223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQjhgOkTXY8khM7b42utWtiRGoulJcuwnmrLdUJ5xi3rjg2FE1pRFq98OfiAYmuSdC6WpWLkzmS5AD9V_Wq62c8BbHiWjlsxhLMpnYhXL-1qsFqlGUx8NqJEYd9cfq-Huev3eAF59YOXLrKoBhRpGanh8BL1Xmk7S2OSKaN8CnlX5uciTUKXLhTug/s16000/IMG_3223.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thhe River Stour in Sandwich on another bright February day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MARCH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgnsxDcm1pjRz_GuAWQn4x0HKOAuCTAtzuJXs3K9zdpZOu4fGHOGAqrNe6__0tRYfI776yyZywNsawlaAqNQ0MZ4ikuHtuWG-2wM58zGrYTubc5F0wYO4yQAoA6njm_UpIvJnNFF4Uol7EksNoCErOSR7_aSEkV6fQTM7GrqUnMhkH6kvO9Abzq8j/s600/IMG_3226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgnsxDcm1pjRz_GuAWQn4x0HKOAuCTAtzuJXs3K9zdpZOu4fGHOGAqrNe6__0tRYfI776yyZywNsawlaAqNQ0MZ4ikuHtuWG-2wM58zGrYTubc5F0wYO4yQAoA6njm_UpIvJnNFF4Uol7EksNoCErOSR7_aSEkV6fQTM7GrqUnMhkH6kvO9Abzq8j/s16000/IMG_3226.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Signs of Spring :) Russell Gardens Dover</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHTSf6z0rJuv-38gtfnJgjV3wM_sfisdUubo9_Ak-ySnL4cJdfZgXti86A2qK1r6Pzwx62EWYybtRlRHP0bkBNwl10KohY58AN5SRx0oo6tXphXuSe6zAB_vZG-zadDyY2coh2Hq4CSBblRcanZuqNvonLjmDAx25teUgb7S5QKq--7-3N9y92ezZ/s600/IMG_3253A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHTSf6z0rJuv-38gtfnJgjV3wM_sfisdUubo9_Ak-ySnL4cJdfZgXti86A2qK1r6Pzwx62EWYybtRlRHP0bkBNwl10KohY58AN5SRx0oo6tXphXuSe6zAB_vZG-zadDyY2coh2Hq4CSBblRcanZuqNvonLjmDAx25teUgb7S5QKq--7-3N9y92ezZ/s16000/IMG_3253A.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonquils, again in Russell Gardens, Dover</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">APRIL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7Qgqg96JQ0LGR8e93Xwlh43YiiYCXSFHUD8jh87n_c-3ck9pCztMEZ3GUA8NvkQUPEzDd0HzjTkCI8CNdu-e5xC6KyQKTykoHWK9eqX-2zzGCGQ9tv_DCGwiVUJPNKV5mJc1XEq9bkGUApS6rAmdbcyRB-7aaWF6p2Thjsdck8xUOPj_7mkSNM7N/s640/IMG_3307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7Qgqg96JQ0LGR8e93Xwlh43YiiYCXSFHUD8jh87n_c-3ck9pCztMEZ3GUA8NvkQUPEzDd0HzjTkCI8CNdu-e5xC6KyQKTykoHWK9eqX-2zzGCGQ9tv_DCGwiVUJPNKV5mJc1XEq9bkGUApS6rAmdbcyRB-7aaWF6p2Thjsdck8xUOPj_7mkSNM7N/s16000/IMG_3307.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to see the lambs on a nearby farm, they were so cute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBNovMqRSRoAbA8QCQDdCTMrReDAe5xLEBR0jp5ghSj_BbrmKi_0Y1DT9Xk7ASn6jvVpIr_BZvAkwmQp6OFLnThRsDzUS7f4GZZKt7AZ0Y43HqMcfasLkcZREjTlkpw-Bc3xqDcpxx_bN_1A7Uk8hgoCW-IiPGlii1Dn0AeFIs6EFJ8K-cNRDJjwo/s600/IMG_3352_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBNovMqRSRoAbA8QCQDdCTMrReDAe5xLEBR0jp5ghSj_BbrmKi_0Y1DT9Xk7ASn6jvVpIr_BZvAkwmQp6OFLnThRsDzUS7f4GZZKt7AZ0Y43HqMcfasLkcZREjTlkpw-Bc3xqDcpxx_bN_1A7Uk8hgoCW-IiPGlii1Dn0AeFIs6EFJ8K-cNRDJjwo/s16000/IMG_3352_1.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bee in one of the poppies in our garden :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfkamPVIyFLd4wNE_Or0MWYvpJxTZUcFMpECQA4N_2xoYJ7071loAEAoaph1S_-2FUcQ_9FFFzD7_DdhVKDKyfAybMGQnvn9BNmXwjnvNYv4QVd3RhY7aZVH40jg2IaoB90ayDjy7IzZkyewr39CUzua_dx6UecAXWNla18NQiaDAwMEUgTIXy0r/s600/IMG_3398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VfkamPVIyFLd4wNE_Or0MWYvpJxTZUcFMpECQA4N_2xoYJ7071loAEAoaph1S_-2FUcQ_9FFFzD7_DdhVKDKyfAybMGQnvn9BNmXwjnvNYv4QVd3RhY7aZVH40jg2IaoB90ayDjy7IzZkyewr39CUzua_dx6UecAXWNla18NQiaDAwMEUgTIXy0r/s16000/IMG_3398.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Venice, The Grand Canal. The start of our amazing holiday in the city :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ryCrZ5KpMnCjQXLr9wN8N_aJvmRGaO69_ZNWA0ROvpGjku_gWiLDbSqeZrYx3U7967FEd87s4nVcuQIbCXtn9MXP3Re5O_JL3PFyi2TJPGHAc-DtdxcYzo0_mxS4F69CRnDq8yWnM-45FvaV7LKNF9A46PIwV4R_AiC2IMBZqQeW9mwLs_JcGMWj/s640/IMG_3399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ryCrZ5KpMnCjQXLr9wN8N_aJvmRGaO69_ZNWA0ROvpGjku_gWiLDbSqeZrYx3U7967FEd87s4nVcuQIbCXtn9MXP3Re5O_JL3PFyi2TJPGHAc-DtdxcYzo0_mxS4F69CRnDq8yWnM-45FvaV7LKNF9A46PIwV4R_AiC2IMBZqQeW9mwLs_JcGMWj/s16000/IMG_3399.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rialto Bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had to have a rose for June, this one was just gorgeous :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-13874480792769770072022-12-28T14:41:00.000+00:002022-12-28T14:41:47.086+00:00Enchanted Walmer Castle <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrrfrQJj8anuv-5DxJAKFDuUKxkJF3yFd9TQF5ykHk6ymnpIrDmDEzPLYwt4etU5qFQrjijb1VgFwIgK4FNlKJKw8qxOeti6kYCGnYKNJMDY0U-LJ_5GrzKiACRLLSoS6BxofLrReErP7kfmUFL0-TeAIP2ro6O-1Gk-Otr5sy_teTeAqRcuB5ure/s600/IMG_4735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrrfrQJj8anuv-5DxJAKFDuUKxkJF3yFd9TQF5ykHk6ymnpIrDmDEzPLYwt4etU5qFQrjijb1VgFwIgK4FNlKJKw8qxOeti6kYCGnYKNJMDY0U-LJ_5GrzKiACRLLSoS6BxofLrReErP7kfmUFL0-TeAIP2ro6O-1Gk-Otr5sy_teTeAqRcuB5ure/s16000/IMG_4735.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before Christmas we were lucky enough to be able to visit the 'Enchanted Walmer' lights at the Castle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7KTqTtTOnx9-UdLr7ycWgzFYMXoPLJPTuS43aLcocwrlRBVvIbvzQq1wRCE5yWwod6GIdA-mp3bB6Xl3t_w5KEU72ikSolaRZbEtWKBJaPOm6CsCo8q7be8iP8hxYmUnVA4dJbqiO-F-G3cpGdPRbrwaEPmJaw2r4XbuNraJqQqRaJHoTa9tIGXL/s640/IMG_4687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7KTqTtTOnx9-UdLr7ycWgzFYMXoPLJPTuS43aLcocwrlRBVvIbvzQq1wRCE5yWwod6GIdA-mp3bB6Xl3t_w5KEU72ikSolaRZbEtWKBJaPOm6CsCo8q7be8iP8hxYmUnVA4dJbqiO-F-G3cpGdPRbrwaEPmJaw2r4XbuNraJqQqRaJHoTa9tIGXL/s16000/IMG_4687.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grounds were beautifully lit up :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DGISmMgaUT1aZOIAllU-KYEcI1xxUOIZC_s1WVxP9wbcLtT8pxuZI179-3XNVQD0yNaeB5OhQMAAVGJBWP3eLaYH0kY8Kg_aPXGq16lC-mHj8iEVD61dcb6dTbhj9HVCbgb5yvxk2dDs3WQsP4O_YRoAprQYhqEJ2Asl_hMT2bigy-gowDl5pOAE/s640/IMG_4688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DGISmMgaUT1aZOIAllU-KYEcI1xxUOIZC_s1WVxP9wbcLtT8pxuZI179-3XNVQD0yNaeB5OhQMAAVGJBWP3eLaYH0kY8Kg_aPXGq16lC-mHj8iEVD61dcb6dTbhj9HVCbgb5yvxk2dDs3WQsP4O_YRoAprQYhqEJ2Asl_hMT2bigy-gowDl5pOAE/s16000/IMG_4688.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fruit trees with the Castle in the background.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRExNbovqc7BRYe_kAqFFEY4seozoAzAu1UOFzfhJtnGhGAUvA3SIpdmhRvRsd-kunDi0yFnzjgkwhORf32Tkno1h6pkTThM0IOShIkpKBZEXKbWH8pZnF4ToPkQHfVvUYaYanM6dj8rAMQj5w5v2kIoqEpkjdFT2ZUFLhGtlQNAp0KFAes1cXHQq/s600/IMG_4689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRExNbovqc7BRYe_kAqFFEY4seozoAzAu1UOFzfhJtnGhGAUvA3SIpdmhRvRsd-kunDi0yFnzjgkwhORf32Tkno1h6pkTThM0IOShIkpKBZEXKbWH8pZnF4ToPkQHfVvUYaYanM6dj8rAMQj5w5v2kIoqEpkjdFT2ZUFLhGtlQNAp0KFAes1cXHQq/s16000/IMG_4689.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qxNioPKm7CKVyHbDhiInKZusbGrrXCS4tYLWKP6QzpEs-UsGBIkhCdid9nzoOwhB9zLz45SCt08CSktwPbkChGj_zGUs8htywYmRish5dy5ppAKlgGIwcPpJi0aKdapXaGGziQCKPcGogfD0R1xeCvU6xX6uY4XgGIPmT38zn6cHnTjwS2TFBLGk/s600/IMG_4690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRN1xvwPENR5cHd3iaZ_8I24NaiiDoqih42yT3HDsgpHsEl2WheIWFACGomLBm-nnVQscr1J8EnASFZi9VP_VNs7MQ5Be1mgD-HEVeAyOKsQT4to3x4IfFangrgWKw8d37PRUJSP3Q4pfoX5HwNbSvNbdhzCUH0TKau5jr2_01RW40-doOpJRjrpPw/s600/IMG_4714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRN1xvwPENR5cHd3iaZ_8I24NaiiDoqih42yT3HDsgpHsEl2WheIWFACGomLBm-nnVQscr1J8EnASFZi9VP_VNs7MQ5Be1mgD-HEVeAyOKsQT4to3x4IfFangrgWKw8d37PRUJSP3Q4pfoX5HwNbSvNbdhzCUH0TKau5jr2_01RW40-doOpJRjrpPw/s16000/IMG_4714.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Half way round were the stalls selling mulled wine, various snacks and marshmallows to toast over a fire. Just what we needed as it was a very cold night. We then carried on with our walk.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzkWA4mjSRXTsPrtDK0-Gt7pntxzcHKPPT3Ryk0i-ZJdJUmQCN4xqev5CNwD6Ju537dWD58HZA58_fcwJ_e7qfewj6f9CJ4yL0vBSW7HXcDcfecvcv2bH4elECs_c2L8I6-piUJffU6Sg6iUN2J7bBsShbr0G4sFwp1ScPtD7w2s3iODIeFr7bbJD/s600/IMG_4720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzkWA4mjSRXTsPrtDK0-Gt7pntxzcHKPPT3Ryk0i-ZJdJUmQCN4xqev5CNwD6Ju537dWD58HZA58_fcwJ_e7qfewj6f9CJ4yL0vBSW7HXcDcfecvcv2bH4elECs_c2L8I6-piUJffU6Sg6iUN2J7bBsShbr0G4sFwp1ScPtD7w2s3iODIeFr7bbJD/s16000/IMG_4720.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here be dragons!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj689LcI8JqsSM2hTydMe627p0pSSmmvk4EMIfwFZRaoUOLOQJDR26uoVD-x_9u2TcEUb9PD6s1BMgjt-BQEwopKlzKhzqiI3US7gT59OF2SKSlbg484cTd8V8sqkGrBZMHa11OdoHOCI9ayAb_cTOETQYhaXI-DQHS-gvZL4SFRZyOw6eenT52HAuo/s600/IMG_4724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj689LcI8JqsSM2hTydMe627p0pSSmmvk4EMIfwFZRaoUOLOQJDR26uoVD-x_9u2TcEUb9PD6s1BMgjt-BQEwopKlzKhzqiI3US7gT59OF2SKSlbg484cTd8V8sqkGrBZMHa11OdoHOCI9ayAb_cTOETQYhaXI-DQHS-gvZL4SFRZyOw6eenT52HAuo/s16000/IMG_4724.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't he or she gorgeous? Love the eggs :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUvFn6AplLv9u8Lst7aaoFo2g2oncYDX_vpApLuZbHU8w2TIiTUnuEWYXxeCXsWFh4qHiFXLF-bwxQrwJ-ubZfFi27uvT-D1dBEZFbOzTQ7V6oMasQWOf77Jz6lECF63j6_5gPVelQfpa8zPo1bbd8xSGp9FhjtI_zApWZexV9QMnTLEjPu1JiWER/s600/IMG_4731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUvFn6AplLv9u8Lst7aaoFo2g2oncYDX_vpApLuZbHU8w2TIiTUnuEWYXxeCXsWFh4qHiFXLF-bwxQrwJ-ubZfFi27uvT-D1dBEZFbOzTQ7V6oMasQWOf77Jz6lECF63j6_5gPVelQfpa8zPo1bbd8xSGp9FhjtI_zApWZexV9QMnTLEjPu1JiWER/s16000/IMG_4731.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful centrepiece.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5eIfFFuAvdZgqRjIaeW8kZHYIogHzWmOmsMuwgcXQZ-7LWoKR-E_JB8U7UeOyaWhYCXAcoKqQBfJlZmMKN33F4Z15jjlwyVuaYvwFTg7H7FD49M1zvM6qjqVWf6Dr-K-8o0MUDw3tMG7NMVGF6R3vucdJ5vyCZkYRjNOQI2e6IXZI4CQeGprkeN4/s600/IMG_4733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-14723935945750936912022-12-24T16:46:00.002+00:002022-12-24T16:46:25.748+00:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnPIkGqivLdH5r4SHwLMBZVcQ8ojnppeh9eVWFxD-KOsOjkXkepdMEcXKpuLTZaH6_QE0XXV1FgKfFEO6PRdZvNQm2LOcPa-5jvPZF3Za9GpKWutuGyigPyBmztjckSXiQfYThtua5JavUbT57pebD8TUry8abhsSLiZMDx3lO7EcRDY-FCrMarDi/s600/IMG_4620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnPIkGqivLdH5r4SHwLMBZVcQ8ojnppeh9eVWFxD-KOsOjkXkepdMEcXKpuLTZaH6_QE0XXV1FgKfFEO6PRdZvNQm2LOcPa-5jvPZF3Za9GpKWutuGyigPyBmztjckSXiQfYThtua5JavUbT57pebD8TUry8abhsSLiZMDx3lO7EcRDY-FCrMarDi/s16000/IMG_4620.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-87943138831602688572022-11-12T16:25:00.001+00:002022-11-12T16:25:40.621+00:00Smallhythe Place, Tenterden, Kent. Part 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-cJ2vWSj4Go_LjZw1MN6HC_czPA6rbzR0MQsbsVoLXYVltQtFBisSAKlU7yMgk3rUlf8_goGVFb7wYvhUJ31XBXt5QUeKOhWNA507mDHWRy7urR5QYidpdhzVArKHl0-0RjwpKVXfwNKef-5MhdA5cO8fiLRb8peED4yLGfVjxS4mHP0jK8py9Zd/s600/IMG_4604.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-cJ2vWSj4Go_LjZw1MN6HC_czPA6rbzR0MQsbsVoLXYVltQtFBisSAKlU7yMgk3rUlf8_goGVFb7wYvhUJ31XBXt5QUeKOhWNA507mDHWRy7urR5QYidpdhzVArKHl0-0RjwpKVXfwNKef-5MhdA5cO8fiLRb8peED4yLGfVjxS4mHP0jK8py9Zd/s16000/IMG_4604.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Smallhythe Place near Tenterden was the home of Dame Ellen Terry, a famous Shakespearean actress during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Situated in the heart of the Weald of Kent, the house was built in the 16th Century, when Smallhythe was a busy port.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGiWRBJCrBk2IoY4LU3fUKZhkJgnsLodVBomQnQiXvW5Ao0H0rTUiviWveywQUu12YbFnEfDGHrnSnuEMnAk2-M7iPACvZBIA_2_NEB8dwHrBUMVKlLTWJ_-d1P2zBGKmMx9V2-JdZKN5DEdHOXQ_k6-OuTt7JK1LTLsh0Cj04CxfqTKCyvJwevgY/s600/IMG_4606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGiWRBJCrBk2IoY4LU3fUKZhkJgnsLodVBomQnQiXvW5Ao0H0rTUiviWveywQUu12YbFnEfDGHrnSnuEMnAk2-M7iPACvZBIA_2_NEB8dwHrBUMVKlLTWJ_-d1P2zBGKmMx9V2-JdZKN5DEdHOXQ_k6-OuTt7JK1LTLsh0Cj04CxfqTKCyvJwevgY/s16000/IMG_4606.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ellen Terry bought Smallhythe Place in 1899, and lived here until her death in 1928, aged 81.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was married three times and had two children Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig. When Ellen died her daughter founded the Ellen Terry Memorial Museum at Smallhythe Place. The Museum was taken over by The National Trust in 1947.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVol01pYODB3AMYvEQRzjUW8C5JkWgvZ1Le0aS-uERrTXs-CnB-GxM3eepnpIk3i2eeocF0N5DP4QB7XlbESifnuDVnV_sjp-Z_Hg962ss2yesoB12e_FIKYDrzPP7q7tqMmrWAD8zWWsCCmRf2hYM0D6Z4VQYO7keIot2IXxQ-kae7a-JiWZFxTHD/s600/IMG_4587A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVol01pYODB3AMYvEQRzjUW8C5JkWgvZ1Le0aS-uERrTXs-CnB-GxM3eepnpIk3i2eeocF0N5DP4QB7XlbESifnuDVnV_sjp-Z_Hg962ss2yesoB12e_FIKYDrzPP7q7tqMmrWAD8zWWsCCmRf2hYM0D6Z4VQYO7keIot2IXxQ-kae7a-JiWZFxTHD/s16000/IMG_4587A.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">It is a beautiful House, inside and out with many of Ellen's belongings on show.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7nTZAjHpwZG2Xw3Tlp6v9cdjG_BKjHky_zHgmPnu-E_8Jr1j214Dbr0X1Cgv2TzNXf66gJmVAqOyYRXktcxUtmwEUXP06rF-rVjjPkT7mDsCU7KtSzMl-A8f90-KHUkjoFOo8PZUQeyX8Xd20btmTDA8VX0Zp0DL8MCOJTuDDwEVoSKmrY9D9qTe/s600/IMG_4525.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7nTZAjHpwZG2Xw3Tlp6v9cdjG_BKjHky_zHgmPnu-E_8Jr1j214Dbr0X1Cgv2TzNXf66gJmVAqOyYRXktcxUtmwEUXP06rF-rVjjPkT7mDsCU7KtSzMl-A8f90-KHUkjoFOo8PZUQeyX8Xd20btmTDA8VX0Zp0DL8MCOJTuDDwEVoSKmrY9D9qTe/s16000/IMG_4525.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A painting of Ellen Terry entitled ' Choosing' painted by her first husband George Frederic Watts</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxjwwMEVFp5sPYiO5JgB-6dwEffIZYMUwN-dbZLJjIzCLXocR9Pt61HcXQJI-DQODAfh4OFm-rZGkLAPx7XQt_yMohAB9SW3AY48Jc-7K2hQgj4YhqvCD7LjFzcN9_05eAuVepaqJRZGbwstsGtIzG-mhUz-vle2gAlJ9--c5PdUP77eiK8YtiMtH/s600/IMG_4530.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxjwwMEVFp5sPYiO5JgB-6dwEffIZYMUwN-dbZLJjIzCLXocR9Pt61HcXQJI-DQODAfh4OFm-rZGkLAPx7XQt_yMohAB9SW3AY48Jc-7K2hQgj4YhqvCD7LjFzcN9_05eAuVepaqJRZGbwstsGtIzG-mhUz-vle2gAlJ9--c5PdUP77eiK8YtiMtH/s16000/IMG_4530.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fireplace in the Terry Room, the frieze above the fire shows Ellen Terry in all the roles she played.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LCSAWmS3ZTvGbk-8kP8HjsJMBq9Y_smrO4aPTYdK4pR6uHbmK7arElQ2J45bjfRVOfKMPBiMJfP9H8JHlS2wZuUWMzgzsWLE0aF8_8N96l1KC1izfboFRP5f16YtmbgPR9UL_CxcNiF8X2IQ5D__VqW86yDwE_QT0lUn8ZbMj63LNrbLL5dixeKj/s600/IMG_4532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LCSAWmS3ZTvGbk-8kP8HjsJMBq9Y_smrO4aPTYdK4pR6uHbmK7arElQ2J45bjfRVOfKMPBiMJfP9H8JHlS2wZuUWMzgzsWLE0aF8_8N96l1KC1izfboFRP5f16YtmbgPR9UL_CxcNiF8X2IQ5D__VqW86yDwE_QT0lUn8ZbMj63LNrbLL5dixeKj/s16000/IMG_4532.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful work box, with Ivory and Bone sewing implements. I would love something like this!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mq2zwrdO6rgK8G_euuljg86tW1hFuJeZWx7XhPd8kVlCRlVgMDh33wMs40eXfl1Uh_16zwGwLm7c5L2WsGh8Kz_fNtqSBdMAoEa1gjfpJ1GYk2lE55oCU0xHG9wce7TZK7P2YS8eXzzOV8UgYaDw0u8UNmf7FXJAO8LFKLuI1sSxZC-JHYy-zIg5/s640/IMG_4536.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mq2zwrdO6rgK8G_euuljg86tW1hFuJeZWx7XhPd8kVlCRlVgMDh33wMs40eXfl1Uh_16zwGwLm7c5L2WsGh8Kz_fNtqSBdMAoEa1gjfpJ1GYk2lE55oCU0xHG9wce7TZK7P2YS8eXzzOV8UgYaDw0u8UNmf7FXJAO8LFKLuI1sSxZC-JHYy-zIg5/s16000/IMG_4536.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the many beautiful items on show in the house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking out towards the Front Garden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V1b4t7-NB8f8Dvko3s2toTEJd3hAHfmtvnLUAdqiNn6hHMntItjSjaZHF5v3CVCfLKEqy1qhyo577DdzhLxKk2oaDE-a70LoYaoZBY7DCFp8EnEDjiTBwaXP2dwPnuF1UBnMhtTe8O5-hXftfY-6ndlr7guEC6-I3s0RjrHoct4ho5vKqjnYt3UR/s600/IMG_4546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V1b4t7-NB8f8Dvko3s2toTEJd3hAHfmtvnLUAdqiNn6hHMntItjSjaZHF5v3CVCfLKEqy1qhyo577DdzhLxKk2oaDE-a70LoYaoZBY7DCFp8EnEDjiTBwaXP2dwPnuF1UBnMhtTe8O5-hXftfY-6ndlr7guEC6-I3s0RjrHoct4ho5vKqjnYt3UR/s16000/IMG_4546.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the other side of the hall is the Dining Room, which was probably the kitchen when the house was first built.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEDE_AAYjniuQe8TvOXWgZBwAJFfdj8NtTJYrsNjI62x6Q-qK9e4n6KUsCMBwlSp1fhvWd11SW3k-zF133SBkYdMr5k00isQvcQrPibVzhgXudlfkNdN1F6Q_gNRl9aYFfZv2R9S-01nLzMfl37ta7yfDS7K0iAesokxcmCsCZdW5c9pB7G4Zp_HW/s600/IMG_4548.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEDE_AAYjniuQe8TvOXWgZBwAJFfdj8NtTJYrsNjI62x6Q-qK9e4n6KUsCMBwlSp1fhvWd11SW3k-zF133SBkYdMr5k00isQvcQrPibVzhgXudlfkNdN1F6Q_gNRl9aYFfZv2R9S-01nLzMfl37ta7yfDS7K0iAesokxcmCsCZdW5c9pB7G4Zp_HW/s16000/IMG_4548.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More amazing items in the display cabinets.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sFdxuU2CYIzztWjVrIoOnxiyMHyNgYesKRsp5KKKB-Og87688rUMw5I8uqRecLoe_FdiDTWt6ftLp8nIuuyyGTBa4QE5_U37qyry5BkkyXYtuPbUFLKgibO4lhIrADM_LkRa90x4nfL-QRTeIMMOqKcfUyyESe5B3GOk3ijHl7nKSWblYnZytIyw/s600/IMG_4549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sFdxuU2CYIzztWjVrIoOnxiyMHyNgYesKRsp5KKKB-Og87688rUMw5I8uqRecLoe_FdiDTWt6ftLp8nIuuyyGTBa4QE5_U37qyry5BkkyXYtuPbUFLKgibO4lhIrADM_LkRa90x4nfL-QRTeIMMOqKcfUyyESe5B3GOk3ijHl7nKSWblYnZytIyw/s16000/IMG_4549.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a lovely fireplace, the setttle on the right has the date 1715 carved on it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfftqKKdQLaRZ-5fb0f5mxL08QtjuMuxY1LQPdMBoTM5Lbk-dPhXMx8kVTirTvfFpiyFshzcZLBQ65QLhEhwHM7BGM2temvrMWsx3cdxuk6tXj9c-DQbkDZ41IkVQlJNNz1drV8MD80XgNd2-1rAtDv6OX9vOhLAdKeDn-XbD7fIFKmedicPzsYf48/s600/IMG_4552.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfftqKKdQLaRZ-5fb0f5mxL08QtjuMuxY1LQPdMBoTM5Lbk-dPhXMx8kVTirTvfFpiyFshzcZLBQ65QLhEhwHM7BGM2temvrMWsx3cdxuk6tXj9c-DQbkDZ41IkVQlJNNz1drV8MD80XgNd2-1rAtDv6OX9vOhLAdKeDn-XbD7fIFKmedicPzsYf48/s16000/IMG_4552.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ellen Terry loved cats, in front of the fireplace is this lovely mat :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6OkxeP6XLSZ2DM_T6EkeEkCTUb-NlBOsKZDoRD4xGhLReHyLZEzHBHe3q0SIJs7tyNCSnjf5mS0ugTsTr1VfUYu403ESAj3ybDk1eVZ6c_A9fiULK60oCYLDPoYSYmrdwAZsj_NpxQj8r4eOa5_V9sWth59C4nhX6mY6UV7Jqy14GBzvUkHzP0R9/s600/IMG_4605.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6OkxeP6XLSZ2DM_T6EkeEkCTUb-NlBOsKZDoRD4xGhLReHyLZEzHBHe3q0SIJs7tyNCSnjf5mS0ugTsTr1VfUYu403ESAj3ybDk1eVZ6c_A9fiULK60oCYLDPoYSYmrdwAZsj_NpxQj8r4eOa5_V9sWth59C4nhX6mY6UV7Jqy14GBzvUkHzP0R9/s16000/IMG_4605.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next blog will show the upstairs of the building, including some of Ellen's costumes and the Theatre in the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-15801637511375724502022-11-12T16:25:00.000+00:002022-11-12T16:25:00.657+00:00Smallhythe Place, Tenterden, Kent. Part 2 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFWgydshFrzxU3HKeLmmwiSpmdSI5zJMUcvHaqxzt1cSQE_hRkUrDK499zPyH3gshFtjP7mDY3UfTrh-EDf6SRnmsFnzLrrs_JwLRWg2g_1jXvKHdiCdM-bk6loj7JA4K9zBlMR-F8oohOLdCPuZbpnCxkIUjGASNKgODZvuzh_aofS70K5krzOGo/s600/IMG_4573.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFWgydshFrzxU3HKeLmmwiSpmdSI5zJMUcvHaqxzt1cSQE_hRkUrDK499zPyH3gshFtjP7mDY3UfTrh-EDf6SRnmsFnzLrrs_JwLRWg2g_1jXvKHdiCdM-bk6loj7JA4K9zBlMR-F8oohOLdCPuZbpnCxkIUjGASNKgODZvuzh_aofS70K5krzOGo/s16000/IMG_4573.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the last blog I showed you the ground floor of Smallhythe Place, so time to go upstairs.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWsaKFpJrPhZoEWkzqXruW94V1lw8dlggxnMQlrDhL-ZvpzLkx8pjPMc43NFCiagbYNe_wMmUb7fQAmoLPu13C-bi8LCDNNaa3Sq7yM5FsXX8miFMHhYHv-aMY29NSZSFadG1MjYPzbAxpjaXUPsL1J_ybo6FHqCA5UVcgk4eZtQazSPzcNPvKvOq/s640/IMG_4542.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWsaKFpJrPhZoEWkzqXruW94V1lw8dlggxnMQlrDhL-ZvpzLkx8pjPMc43NFCiagbYNe_wMmUb7fQAmoLPu13C-bi8LCDNNaa3Sq7yM5FsXX8miFMHhYHv-aMY29NSZSFadG1MjYPzbAxpjaXUPsL1J_ybo6FHqCA5UVcgk4eZtQazSPzcNPvKvOq/s16000/IMG_4542.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The picture above is of Ellen Terry playing Lady MacBeth in 1888. The painting was done by John Singer Sargent in 1889. The dress is very famous as it was made using iridescent beetle shells sewn on to a crochet background. The dress itself is usually on show in Smallhythe Place but sadly it was 'on tour' while we were there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-a-tP2NkpT8efNraEdOI7b72dpK8s8pMEDB6XVrEWHjwGt2Ds98IWCw3lmI52knO0KY1EsJ0TVgvsstLwdi__Bvj2gsb9iima2XKROuLXzJNsM7zQg3VHOSiys22rGbuPHifM8U_WvjZsLZXETrFhVuqn9l4s4gWlTJtm2PwvdULJOvzngO4tDeO/s600/IMG_4561.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-a-tP2NkpT8efNraEdOI7b72dpK8s8pMEDB6XVrEWHjwGt2Ds98IWCw3lmI52knO0KY1EsJ0TVgvsstLwdi__Bvj2gsb9iima2XKROuLXzJNsM7zQg3VHOSiys22rGbuPHifM8U_WvjZsLZXETrFhVuqn9l4s4gWlTJtm2PwvdULJOvzngO4tDeO/s16000/IMG_4561.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However the headdress above was on show, and below are some examples of material used in the dress, and some of the beetle shells. 1000 shells were used in the original garment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTJDxv_mv9W9c0lZsypkbxXHyaEXAv6ZxcVF_7_BagpTW_A0L1-7H55UMJMzOiejVAB9pt0NVOazscOTXNas5BrUhZyXTrMruFrb61Yfk4hhN5z1K_IRbDMfkcXm4JjdnDoBajKnmQSimw00-iqE4C5RoXr1nRv1XthOA01X5U66C8uVC5eVGHpul/s600/IMG_4562.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTJDxv_mv9W9c0lZsypkbxXHyaEXAv6ZxcVF_7_BagpTW_A0L1-7H55UMJMzOiejVAB9pt0NVOazscOTXNas5BrUhZyXTrMruFrb61Yfk4hhN5z1K_IRbDMfkcXm4JjdnDoBajKnmQSimw00-iqE4C5RoXr1nRv1XthOA01X5U66C8uVC5eVGHpul/s16000/IMG_4562.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These items are under glass, so not easy to photograph, but they do give some idea of how the dress must look.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DArhCotwz99ewvakELaJJOEaxdZ5NDfoG9xfldsxXPXuhZe76op-skJeFKTamJn8NCjWYdl_BPm5qvHUfuWgfiIY2NpH04EBz737y5r9n07JLz_78iR7HoJc4L7GU9xFZXv1EPy667JAbCFk6nqaHiMHtvUNl1_VsabPH2zscZjMpvkWXKv1gvK2/s600/IMG_4563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DArhCotwz99ewvakELaJJOEaxdZ5NDfoG9xfldsxXPXuhZe76op-skJeFKTamJn8NCjWYdl_BPm5qvHUfuWgfiIY2NpH04EBz737y5r9n07JLz_78iR7HoJc4L7GU9xFZXv1EPy667JAbCFk6nqaHiMHtvUNl1_VsabPH2zscZjMpvkWXKv1gvK2/s16000/IMG_4563.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The photo below shows a Chinese dress alongside a beautiful dress which Ellen Terry wore as Beatrice in @Much ago About Nothing'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd4y8apDMjMupbb6FNAoOMwjoTTLFv99dxgJE-l5mLvt-G-DFJHglfpDDIxY98A1q20KKM_HybBD1rwGfllX4mbQRYxC38QENaDo-QB-jP7yMjMg7vw098aWITmG-_n6SCHwl7l082fVeuGuu7gPbH4Gnul4cSHiIupOSofnQ0MeffM2DVt0NyBXu/s600/IMG_4555.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd4y8apDMjMupbb6FNAoOMwjoTTLFv99dxgJE-l5mLvt-G-DFJHglfpDDIxY98A1q20KKM_HybBD1rwGfllX4mbQRYxC38QENaDo-QB-jP7yMjMg7vw098aWITmG-_n6SCHwl7l082fVeuGuu7gPbH4Gnul4cSHiIupOSofnQ0MeffM2DVt0NyBXu/s16000/IMG_4555.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dresses above and below were worn by Ellen Terry in her role as 'Beatrice' in the play 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Note the gorgeous shoes as well the amazing dresses </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpHGFwQ8Aj11ewktqQHsMOq2yMr6ikxpMcSA8x29HbwXrMkZNSwLvBZT0FAjDHtCcKybilf6lkArc3YUZBow1doBBRMGpEDCnmwuKG-BRU_aFixQspqmyg_g1xto9UeCUw-FOJqZCVoemXYv3PEri2KyC8I3LVHooPtYefLA14hf7mqQ_ivyvxpi1/s600/IMG_4554.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpHGFwQ8Aj11ewktqQHsMOq2yMr6ikxpMcSA8x29HbwXrMkZNSwLvBZT0FAjDHtCcKybilf6lkArc3YUZBow1doBBRMGpEDCnmwuKG-BRU_aFixQspqmyg_g1xto9UeCUw-FOJqZCVoemXYv3PEri2KyC8I3LVHooPtYefLA14hf7mqQ_ivyvxpi1/s16000/IMG_4554.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XFAsdH_dzMaG1-L725S4Ad06twlQD_6yEj5M6nzCy1WXKn1nXR23TPSKF8nXCAgrs7-Z-6UjXTR3_F2TLRjrZ3tnQl-YfF2Of5Mtas8gK7g_XJKHpj5khcv3CnQRyOzrkZtfXZmF6SOj3qDP3jlLJO8NOhRnmVuoCPziQIlMP94UmAQmqbZwjYt_/s600/IMG_4565.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XFAsdH_dzMaG1-L725S4Ad06twlQD_6yEj5M6nzCy1WXKn1nXR23TPSKF8nXCAgrs7-Z-6UjXTR3_F2TLRjrZ3tnQl-YfF2Of5Mtas8gK7g_XJKHpj5khcv3CnQRyOzrkZtfXZmF6SOj3qDP3jlLJO8NOhRnmVuoCPziQIlMP94UmAQmqbZwjYt_/s16000/IMG_4565.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the fan in this case :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIkaqPPBflqRQZCQDX52u_NnwGe7aIVOF4RiL_tLiTw4DRJ2zgzoXhAiR1yHsrPpXCM38viJ3m07dRLkaEE-A2nnoseeXhXoOh6XMHjAgnEE4MJtH-SfgTVnDHfywNtmwB79sLCYhvOOtwM6zc8G4gehIycBHo5S10pwJvFuBTJKslakooS2qqpYf/s600/IMG_4564.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIkaqPPBflqRQZCQDX52u_NnwGe7aIVOF4RiL_tLiTw4DRJ2zgzoXhAiR1yHsrPpXCM38viJ3m07dRLkaEE-A2nnoseeXhXoOh6XMHjAgnEE4MJtH-SfgTVnDHfywNtmwB79sLCYhvOOtwM6zc8G4gehIycBHo5S10pwJvFuBTJKslakooS2qqpYf/s16000/IMG_4564.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Japanese costume and below a close up of the embroidery on the coat (?) at the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnUiG15B-CSyjSPdzfzcy3DriJme4UDXQjnkouR315NScSpHStrchwt-OnLgAw1KHp2TquzSc3HvepPKkqNV0NSkHB9H-vljB9v2mZ31DUFf8J-HQqsVgr-gQzMNHVias12ZejMddTeYw8hGK_ZbtZz1FZmkfUydkz7SOkKustL5p718HzMy5XbIH/s600/IMG_4567.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnUiG15B-CSyjSPdzfzcy3DriJme4UDXQjnkouR315NScSpHStrchwt-OnLgAw1KHp2TquzSc3HvepPKkqNV0NSkHB9H-vljB9v2mZ31DUFf8J-HQqsVgr-gQzMNHVias12ZejMddTeYw8hGK_ZbtZz1FZmkfUydkz7SOkKustL5p718HzMy5XbIH/s16000/IMG_4567.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJPk77KxaDzKRTDvH_oODJglVxrN5PPiLcd5wLKFzWsaJa69ga6GWg5f2_4JdKLY25uw8C1XRg16n0ERJBp94LXx8T_8Ig6U0gQDpWGYHn_4LZvkjbPS40mwYP0XyPpgkTBRExBMmwHg2oFts6RKDIl2F6F8NxDFJ9i6ElTGqq2TVL0laJ3QsWbWz/s600/IMG_4576.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJPk77KxaDzKRTDvH_oODJglVxrN5PPiLcd5wLKFzWsaJa69ga6GWg5f2_4JdKLY25uw8C1XRg16n0ERJBp94LXx8T_8Ig6U0gQDpWGYHn_4LZvkjbPS40mwYP0XyPpgkTBRExBMmwHg2oFts6RKDIl2F6F8NxDFJ9i6ElTGqq2TVL0laJ3QsWbWz/s16000/IMG_4576.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ellen Terry's dressing table</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH98oeAG-aBU9w50Bj3hBQ0vk7-vFHeP_aSjZDLqhjRxNsGTT0BEKYiI_d_jrnC03nMpzlR4CHGCVUqKgb_2QDll_r9-t_D28L09bKDRJqobriX_Sb12L1O2gdtxP42ZAwPJN4KiI-AgH4grtlaLj9Zg33A_f3obcMfCtL4W_71TH1mh6_bqpE-SV7/s600/IMG_4578.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH98oeAG-aBU9w50Bj3hBQ0vk7-vFHeP_aSjZDLqhjRxNsGTT0BEKYiI_d_jrnC03nMpzlR4CHGCVUqKgb_2QDll_r9-t_D28L09bKDRJqobriX_Sb12L1O2gdtxP42ZAwPJN4KiI-AgH4grtlaLj9Zg33A_f3obcMfCtL4W_71TH1mh6_bqpE-SV7/s16000/IMG_4578.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A corner of the bedroom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsPYHepgYVgMi_P7tsdh2S2CVVAVAUd2XZahEi_n-sb8WfUp8215bQi-Qni1oh_vuixVqvpPEy3Le7YeS-u46UH-V4hNhYnrw6yFHUmlJzboBKMmO9-jp0GXm7KwY-CY12-1psN4mfMWicbS9N8UGcNNfsY95x_S_iRX7Vt94A_E99SkF2l-QquD_/s600/IMG_4580.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsPYHepgYVgMi_P7tsdh2S2CVVAVAUd2XZahEi_n-sb8WfUp8215bQi-Qni1oh_vuixVqvpPEy3Le7YeS-u46UH-V4hNhYnrw6yFHUmlJzboBKMmO9-jp0GXm7KwY-CY12-1psN4mfMWicbS9N8UGcNNfsY95x_S_iRX7Vt94A_E99SkF2l-QquD_/s16000/IMG_4580.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bedroom showing the bed and dressing table.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LZeBIXvCXflRFWq43lNLnpFjBYSvJLchOc71uIZI_sCJDN2AIwZqoS5dRcYqtWPaoWU3c8WIpr4eWg757aDoRbAeWNi-M7jjXTHr-WnM05fPvjmH1p1KXu812y3SZjyZrg9QM0xbFUN-jzeAyWcXw-u8nxuIS5DJf3frfqQBduFZcUamGv_MUF4f/s600/IMG_4584.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LZeBIXvCXflRFWq43lNLnpFjBYSvJLchOc71uIZI_sCJDN2AIwZqoS5dRcYqtWPaoWU3c8WIpr4eWg757aDoRbAeWNi-M7jjXTHr-WnM05fPvjmH1p1KXu812y3SZjyZrg9QM0xbFUN-jzeAyWcXw-u8nxuIS5DJf3frfqQBduFZcUamGv_MUF4f/s16000/IMG_4584.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another selection of lovely pieces, mainly Oriental pieces.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVuPsu-K4K1QDJ2PCLOolkCoC4gLfkLwMDVB7oJIWHOz45iE4cG9WRFEu_OC1SxiqCaNfVac1KTfeTCL6dhUgThVOTihQMbfUtSnOj-YGM18btSWkRRAwm9KWW3iJhi-eTpjJRzIVLWzMRzilMRfehqbQsOHvaUBOecLOJtdYXjJCRyAq48I4dH4Z/s600/IMG_4592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVuPsu-K4K1QDJ2PCLOolkCoC4gLfkLwMDVB7oJIWHOz45iE4cG9WRFEu_OC1SxiqCaNfVac1KTfeTCL6dhUgThVOTihQMbfUtSnOj-YGM18btSWkRRAwm9KWW3iJhi-eTpjJRzIVLWzMRzilMRfehqbQsOHvaUBOecLOJtdYXjJCRyAq48I4dH4Z/s16000/IMG_4592.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a refreshing cup of tea in the tea room we walked through to the theatre which is housed in a barn. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRYhNfrnPSFr0Gy0L_a7yQ5J30z9vjQ7TJoWcxQOY_6L2I_ghHccdrsYZOe6W6fMG58zqtnGPRdVbNK39G4Trf9J3nfSf_-GgpVJBMiCWkl9-A6C9w-oNOCqcllcxw-SnYTlJAKw7lXqvDN64pOz8pNF22K_hBke03nhOsQYR8dCMi5OjiJ5DNJTY/s600/IMG_4591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRYhNfrnPSFr0Gy0L_a7yQ5J30z9vjQ7TJoWcxQOY_6L2I_ghHccdrsYZOe6W6fMG58zqtnGPRdVbNK39G4Trf9J3nfSf_-GgpVJBMiCWkl9-A6C9w-oNOCqcllcxw-SnYTlJAKw7lXqvDN64pOz8pNF22K_hBke03nhOsQYR8dCMi5OjiJ5DNJTY/s16000/IMG_4591.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a lovely theatre, it is still used for plays etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all had a fantastic time on our visit, and I am sure that if we walked round the house again we would spot lots of things we missed on this visit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The National Trust have done a fantastic job preserving this house and contents. I think we will be visiting there again :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-66685829073930318812022-07-27T22:10:00.000+01:002022-07-27T22:10:03.809+01:00Venice - the last photos :)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZt0OWNs8G4d_8R-aVMg6EO5ywVbGaIM9Qwj3AtvdZN5iruFRyCTx9xhjG3GzGXHcczGnM7ocavcXoaJdG627x0kuNnACziTFU7ZsDQSyAY-yqdoguM6wM5eBNFkwBjMtuDv3MIG7H7Jr6abWKMR2H5byPqzN5DL23G_jxNluZ92YeTxdmZwyFN5B/s600/IMG_3971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZt0OWNs8G4d_8R-aVMg6EO5ywVbGaIM9Qwj3AtvdZN5iruFRyCTx9xhjG3GzGXHcczGnM7ocavcXoaJdG627x0kuNnACziTFU7ZsDQSyAY-yqdoguM6wM5eBNFkwBjMtuDv3MIG7H7Jr6abWKMR2H5byPqzN5DL23G_jxNluZ92YeTxdmZwyFN5B/s16000/IMG_3971.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos that didn't fit into any of the other blogs, and one special place that we managed to visit just before we flew home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSI6GvSyY8DPYGpn2uOleA8aTuEOXxzZTDANdliViYXSvk3-XjVp9dwzrZ9-MY7Zf-Au124wpLbHMREN09VRpXPvT_p0ZFccSL1ML7w0u9M61u6JvjpN7B9bTgyycUK8FvM1luWcCtDueJ2heJR4-qvtJN9rekjicX5LnTpz0VM41KXgpbuk4cvnX/s600/IMG_3505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSI6GvSyY8DPYGpn2uOleA8aTuEOXxzZTDANdliViYXSvk3-XjVp9dwzrZ9-MY7Zf-Au124wpLbHMREN09VRpXPvT_p0ZFccSL1ML7w0u9M61u6JvjpN7B9bTgyycUK8FvM1luWcCtDueJ2heJR4-qvtJN9rekjicX5LnTpz0VM41KXgpbuk4cvnX/s16000/IMG_3505.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This church was opposite the Opera House, this was part of the art festival that was going on while we were in Venice. I believe that the light installations are meant to represent the fact that the roof of this church had collapsed at some time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCLUlqu_2WfN4dEFsfUPAIoN-xKNOOgJSQgeSYfij86UH7x23TtDUadGQ48D9Vmw3eHCX5TIPEq4sdwre8F_vkf6ipV37MUWTEDAgAoxF1NZdcGYi6U6YpZmc2-ZW4KWHk6JOvEXVyk_ZXv2cJCJBiDZDYL9JatMCA6UHHG5UP53yj_Yohnyn3zwP/s600/IMG_3638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCLUlqu_2WfN4dEFsfUPAIoN-xKNOOgJSQgeSYfij86UH7x23TtDUadGQ48D9Vmw3eHCX5TIPEq4sdwre8F_vkf6ipV37MUWTEDAgAoxF1NZdcGYi6U6YpZmc2-ZW4KWHk6JOvEXVyk_ZXv2cJCJBiDZDYL9JatMCA6UHHG5UP53yj_Yohnyn3zwP/s16000/IMG_3638.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't usually do photos of food, but I had to include this. We had this fantastic lunch on the Island of Burano, all seafood, so tasty! Can you see the baby squid? It tasted amazing, all of it :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a-EnDBuFC-K78YB8IL_wPFJJHYV_2s7h9uQwjyRhPC0j911OO0X9F8htdIoAurOg1JwgcJCGC90PrItYeKs-8RzfmSonNa4R670kktk12x4GoasfIhn_J1XTygXgiI-B7icKk1L_U8IEJhb7aPnFQMH3-T7Li8UeQ032o6RSAK8cVvwWKu7jxG4w/s640/IMG_3958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a-EnDBuFC-K78YB8IL_wPFJJHYV_2s7h9uQwjyRhPC0j911OO0X9F8htdIoAurOg1JwgcJCGC90PrItYeKs-8RzfmSonNa4R670kktk12x4GoasfIhn_J1XTygXgiI-B7icKk1L_U8IEJhb7aPnFQMH3-T7Li8UeQ032o6RSAK8cVvwWKu7jxG4w/s16000/IMG_3958.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our visits to the Doge's Palace and the Basilica we were waiting to meet my son, and were heading in the direction of our Airbnb. We passed a Hotel where a young lady was inviting people to go into the hotel for drinks. We decided that that was just what we needed so we followed her into the hotel. She asked if we would like to sit indoors or outside? Thinking there must be a tiny courtyard we asked to go outside. We were led through the dining room to a large sliding glass door which in turn led to a tiny alcove containing a table and two chairs right on the edge of one of the canals!! It was amazing sitting there watching the Gondolas pass by and just enjoying the peace and quiet. Apparently this tiny space is usually reserved for special occasions, like couples getting engaged. We were so lucky to be able to spend an hour or so sitting there :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY2SBDl2l1RISkFCXo0D7MIUA4NugPL4w6qe--IhJc5Ros4090W6wi9eSZ25jqrmS98qhyLr6bQfEDVxOh0yGKRMb8kjPgpo7Qae9lDCeSQiRearLI3TmkoXeOAFol8xcothgi_IpLuxYjmXhLfvNXgYWN-TPuA0pJvTdgQjXIZyYBl4al-q_JYq6/s600/IMG_3959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY2SBDl2l1RISkFCXo0D7MIUA4NugPL4w6qe--IhJc5Ros4090W6wi9eSZ25jqrmS98qhyLr6bQfEDVxOh0yGKRMb8kjPgpo7Qae9lDCeSQiRearLI3TmkoXeOAFol8xcothgi_IpLuxYjmXhLfvNXgYWN-TPuA0pJvTdgQjXIZyYBl4al-q_JYq6/s16000/IMG_3959.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gondolas passing by :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlVq2Yx-kMnCtsrphbYn7vvN7g-umxj_ISJIeiIBK_WXaaTI2IAA1RziNN94jxf-6n1ejJHBeDF9--QMuf2BxyVa83_GWqXK1eG7ZlBA-IcdOKSepjBs3heWAUZoPGvwjJ_hfC93zMQm0ztPthxo1hDFIvezGAPdiZvE8Gzym6ZZ8QaMhvIjORU9r/s600/IMG_3971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlVq2Yx-kMnCtsrphbYn7vvN7g-umxj_ISJIeiIBK_WXaaTI2IAA1RziNN94jxf-6n1ejJHBeDF9--QMuf2BxyVa83_GWqXK1eG7ZlBA-IcdOKSepjBs3heWAUZoPGvwjJ_hfC93zMQm0ztPthxo1hDFIvezGAPdiZvE8Gzym6ZZ8QaMhvIjORU9r/s16000/IMG_3971.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gorgeous reflections :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q0sde7NmoQPJcoJoWsHigvGA4IjpSM1qzDrRXVWpYQV7iq-1-WBMu13KjggNsJtOMcQNSHYJ01B_XgM4bQ_RzG4ite1CInUBmJ6jl-GDZ6dN6bSoR9ss4SsAmwZcsgBN4kNjmHK0H4JaozoYobn8U4-y4xKZ5U1XNR6x_61tVMoxdZQNKaToPueS/s750/IMG_3974.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q0sde7NmoQPJcoJoWsHigvGA4IjpSM1qzDrRXVWpYQV7iq-1-WBMu13KjggNsJtOMcQNSHYJ01B_XgM4bQ_RzG4ite1CInUBmJ6jl-GDZ6dN6bSoR9ss4SsAmwZcsgBN4kNjmHK0H4JaozoYobn8U4-y4xKZ5U1XNR6x_61tVMoxdZQNKaToPueS/s16000/IMG_3974.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from the alcove :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The photos below were taken by my daughter :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DyKgMlQeINmH9Lt_ZUtcnmQ2EKzhrtZG68xl3A5XIBru78s-MINHK_XS-VienRO6aYXxN9CxSqBwpHHAnzRP_b-snt9y-ZN2RAPxhSE4Lu3c5A06hk-I8JTTqj28prvH-q1gfUw9MjjOAB_axYDiAk2HrsLy4przMCfBE4h3BQqDwIrISz2dkMJB/s600/Image%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DyKgMlQeINmH9Lt_ZUtcnmQ2EKzhrtZG68xl3A5XIBru78s-MINHK_XS-VienRO6aYXxN9CxSqBwpHHAnzRP_b-snt9y-ZN2RAPxhSE4Lu3c5A06hk-I8JTTqj28prvH-q1gfUw9MjjOAB_axYDiAk2HrsLy4przMCfBE4h3BQqDwIrISz2dkMJB/s16000/Image%20(1).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our last morning and it was raining :( We had a yummy breakfast in a local cafe then set off to see if we could find our way to the Libreria Acqua Alta (the bookshop of floods). This bookshop is famous for the steps behind the shop made of books, as shown above. The books that were used to make the steps were sadly ruined in a flood, such a shame to see the ruined books, but they have made the bookshop famous. </div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O8rAzzzVQeQyQ8rLG8CpGS2c-T9nP_1dVGEIge0oMbEtI9NDj9RM8M4zS4JiAidamtNIAgoWNaLPQJfrArhTTK4W93TA4vVUVZcpO8ZLJT9qtKZjWW4t1YrgbT-dz55q0tNrFyUsvNeNbHxpqtjJXtMH34FYLGJ-5PhxiCwI6MdWfU4vel9OoJZT/s598/Image%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O8rAzzzVQeQyQ8rLG8CpGS2c-T9nP_1dVGEIge0oMbEtI9NDj9RM8M4zS4JiAidamtNIAgoWNaLPQJfrArhTTK4W93TA4vVUVZcpO8ZLJT9qtKZjWW4t1YrgbT-dz55q0tNrFyUsvNeNbHxpqtjJXtMH34FYLGJ-5PhxiCwI6MdWfU4vel9OoJZT/s16000/Image%20(4).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bookshop's own Gondola, alongside the Fire Escape notice!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU7lZhGjO_fWwx5KtoJT6QGLbYaYKEjCOCfqQHL7ZYvdV5NzZT7q4hY9YB6tFmIM4zh2wr-IENTjogaPuVJmwxeEi8fHaPywruaJQ6C0loPsiBP2YFK6snZW0Jc6ZKprZoZsmTiKkAPKA7i-Sd31fLElr5HA-LHpvf5ZCfRMW6ouK9WfhmcqmkCLU/s640/Image%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU7lZhGjO_fWwx5KtoJT6QGLbYaYKEjCOCfqQHL7ZYvdV5NzZT7q4hY9YB6tFmIM4zh2wr-IENTjogaPuVJmwxeEi8fHaPywruaJQ6C0loPsiBP2YFK6snZW0Jc6ZKprZoZsmTiKkAPKA7i-Sd31fLElr5HA-LHpvf5ZCfRMW6ouK9WfhmcqmkCLU/s16000/Image%20(5).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Books on display in tubs and boats, this is in case there is another flood, as these wooden vessels will float!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNmQa4z22LSX1hnsg8uJMlret7rfKsg761_z8MHhOfRzthMjjq1hxE2hqxWHAH7Si2XYK8e-YbhwFpyWSsMSIv3FD1pXQ2Xd6hMLmIvQva0g7uT4s6JscsUUKuR8JDpUPl_4QvSUJ3dpArtrZ5zKWb5ufaftFF6yLhwBIjaFllb0mad3Vw4yO239E/s640/Image%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNmQa4z22LSX1hnsg8uJMlret7rfKsg761_z8MHhOfRzthMjjq1hxE2hqxWHAH7Si2XYK8e-YbhwFpyWSsMSIv3FD1pXQ2Xd6hMLmIvQva0g7uT4s6JscsUUKuR8JDpUPl_4QvSUJ3dpArtrZ5zKWb5ufaftFF6yLhwBIjaFllb0mad3Vw4yO239E/s16000/Image%20(6).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bookshop is also famous for its cats, this one was the only we saw but he looked very capable of looking after the books and the shop :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimGa4-qK4RFdwM7LdhcRhiNvE_Utl5011YirTxk7cIIsfwKhtOi2InVOIs1_xwI-jIo7azttOufmIgNIdT0IQhhG5qRnNv-bLWSwA-LM50rHEGeuddVE84MnGeJB9qIxUwUdVz1zfpMWHL_Ftw-1z7nnC-3uuwSMDKPLlaGMJWsqD40c8mYSl8f7X/s640/Image%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimGa4-qK4RFdwM7LdhcRhiNvE_Utl5011YirTxk7cIIsfwKhtOi2InVOIs1_xwI-jIo7azttOufmIgNIdT0IQhhG5qRnNv-bLWSwA-LM50rHEGeuddVE84MnGeJB9qIxUwUdVz1zfpMWHL_Ftw-1z7nnC-3uuwSMDKPLlaGMJWsqD40c8mYSl8f7X/s16000/Image%20(7).jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Books stacked in a Gondola so they will float if there is ever another flood.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaXt6OnpGYP7TOLvIL-5-1adoIpOv-9xmzujpm3sSkStSNnZXq72Z9XVkqHAMEsGOQvX2JAz7kZmWzX_IHefpaZVXxwkWcf76j_Dk3VSjgb8ZRQ04vxEl4qj7ZaojWRi-znBH-G-jUUw-kdx833UxXNLNl65NiI99zfn_67JkaQHDkQi3rbQUABtS/s600/Image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaXt6OnpGYP7TOLvIL-5-1adoIpOv-9xmzujpm3sSkStSNnZXq72Z9XVkqHAMEsGOQvX2JAz7kZmWzX_IHefpaZVXxwkWcf76j_Dk3VSjgb8ZRQ04vxEl4qj7ZaojWRi-znBH-G-jUUw-kdx833UxXNLNl65NiI99zfn_67JkaQHDkQi3rbQUABtS/s16000/Image.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">After our visit to the Bookshop we made our way back to catch the Vaporetto to the Airport, I think you will have been able to see that we had a fabulous holiday :)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB2NSrMmUKK3lBXSWXZ7diaclpZQFZEf7QzGtOY2vk5NieBw291rIhWzPW347loKg7yezB3QYxywIipOG6xbzEq4bIh6K6ylVTiQqDDzo7yMRtlGT9z1uq35AEe9aaTATJYoeAJoLbFRrYp4pyQ8gdtTutu9S5X9iDGRTmbTZ7HnV16grVMscVD-v/s600/IMG_3976.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB2NSrMmUKK3lBXSWXZ7diaclpZQFZEf7QzGtOY2vk5NieBw291rIhWzPW347loKg7yezB3QYxywIipOG6xbzEq4bIh6K6ylVTiQqDDzo7yMRtlGT9z1uq35AEe9aaTATJYoeAJoLbFRrYp4pyQ8gdtTutu9S5X9iDGRTmbTZ7HnV16grVMscVD-v/s16000/IMG_3976.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Just a couple more photos - The Rialto Bridge at night, and below the Grand Canal as seen from the Rialto Bridge.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQRtZWEuZ5nqlvFWj7ciJpEl3NstBNu3ijinroQziHHfa1kPu0rj5VQj6AeTDcCztJ1gvPJ552KVUyocYiq7i_0UJRc_TNFhdj7Fr_GGUXosp_Slq5BXPA0dhIyAtpKFczSX4euwW1yUze6l1M7KKbyVKxTUPx1NxWfA_IF5IL4mDmv3ZiUGhHR4N/s640/IMG_3978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQRtZWEuZ5nqlvFWj7ciJpEl3NstBNu3ijinroQziHHfa1kPu0rj5VQj6AeTDcCztJ1gvPJ552KVUyocYiq7i_0UJRc_TNFhdj7Fr_GGUXosp_Slq5BXPA0dhIyAtpKFczSX4euwW1yUze6l1M7KKbyVKxTUPx1NxWfA_IF5IL4mDmv3ZiUGhHR4N/s16000/IMG_3978.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Farewell beautiful Venice, I hope I will be able to visit you again one day :)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-78616299748832423142022-07-09T21:09:00.000+01:002022-07-09T21:09:49.550+01:00Venice - The Horses and some amazing views :)<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Y1NPa7K8Sg5ORG6U3edHHpgndhDsCWSbL_Dmc8GkrbYmgqWnQOH4e2P3eTieez1WRxFP5_p5Nq3oY1HPV0lqbxTkLaVKYXsanw1VH8hv-KtY5fzghEGqK4Qcx-H1U1kL5bHnn58FkUtKwAGO7pmcHQWTOBI6fb_5CxeCBJ3Z2asL20u2cMmcgls/s600/IMG_3873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Y1NPa7K8Sg5ORG6U3edHHpgndhDsCWSbL_Dmc8GkrbYmgqWnQOH4e2P3eTieez1WRxFP5_p5Nq3oY1HPV0lqbxTkLaVKYXsanw1VH8hv-KtY5fzghEGqK4Qcx-H1U1kL5bHnn58FkUtKwAGO7pmcHQWTOBI6fb_5CxeCBJ3Z2asL20u2cMmcgls/s16000/IMG_3873.JPG" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original bronze horse statues that stood on St Mark's Basilica for centuries. These horses were captured from Constantinople in 1204, and were put in place on the loggia of St. Mark's Basilica at that time. They were looted by Napoleon in 1797 and it is thought they were mounted on the Arc De Triumph in Paris, but were returned to Venice in 1815. They stood in place from then until 1979 when they were moved into the Museum in the Basilica and replaced by exact copies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nzehZaufJcRVcUDax1PVAcpmYO8icFGTEJXZt1pOUt9_PJ4l5-dy_w4o69UlexiP0g1fWRIPxEQJ_MtJsRAHtbUR23iUoL1EE0SwD6SrUVzFOE92-kBOJjxsLdEFPTbE2jR7otVug0C75vwK9urffVzWSS1nzG2cQpGbuhDp8PisWtoErdzRyxWm/s600/IMG_3869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nzehZaufJcRVcUDax1PVAcpmYO8icFGTEJXZt1pOUt9_PJ4l5-dy_w4o69UlexiP0g1fWRIPxEQJ_MtJsRAHtbUR23iUoL1EE0SwD6SrUVzFOE92-kBOJjxsLdEFPTbE2jR7otVug0C75vwK9urffVzWSS1nzG2cQpGbuhDp8PisWtoErdzRyxWm/s16000/IMG_3869.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first sight of these amazing statues :) I was so pleased to see them up close!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9CbAa5eaRDOUE3bpojHDuNzXSUhG59bLajnC85oAJo2mihqX0hhhZ6_U3SaQQVY8eiaoip3WodixGsR8Q0VkvkHPFLuc3BK2L1HGCeTdoCyTXRDb9OBHV_PrC_e8sVMxHoIQEVFb3Xtw2yH6c1ldEeLCwnI9COpuZ4tqsBFtlty8ndFOl0_nKAky/s750/IMG_3871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9CbAa5eaRDOUE3bpojHDuNzXSUhG59bLajnC85oAJo2mihqX0hhhZ6_U3SaQQVY8eiaoip3WodixGsR8Q0VkvkHPFLuc3BK2L1HGCeTdoCyTXRDb9OBHV_PrC_e8sVMxHoIQEVFb3Xtw2yH6c1ldEeLCwnI9COpuZ4tqsBFtlty8ndFOl0_nKAky/s16000/IMG_3871.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one really caught my eye, he is so gorgeous :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXb5AgodyAPY3kDWbzHOiDM5XYVg4v8n6bGpIzrIh43crcl63vBGrO7LlzSjlxv3XXrTQzVfuroZ4dnCOLit7IMErkWgSjGQKwUjB0Zm0rJ22gAZFJxmzJqYWct94Oz6PInf9vFDO5M-plAcT6OFw59XhgFigp_T_ZJpQ4Y9rzaXP4vU62PCxwKoOW/s600/IMG_3874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXb5AgodyAPY3kDWbzHOiDM5XYVg4v8n6bGpIzrIh43crcl63vBGrO7LlzSjlxv3XXrTQzVfuroZ4dnCOLit7IMErkWgSjGQKwUjB0Zm0rJ22gAZFJxmzJqYWct94Oz6PInf9vFDO5M-plAcT6OFw59XhgFigp_T_ZJpQ4Y9rzaXP4vU62PCxwKoOW/s16000/IMG_3874.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They all actually look like they are having fun :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jSbnF66WfvCrpA6menXBKg8PSUu6HjfNLvkK3xq4pluTGrnRZmPOEZUQwNTELqMKTrOb9kDybi-k61Vr168BCO_85RkqX9kykK2O5W2QmHqyKrlC_tGHRcZo--e4TWPxh0TV-4lnBfLX4Y0u7a545wIPgByJSZY-ZPW93ZLdam21e5UANAwsqoyb/s600/IMG_3875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jSbnF66WfvCrpA6menXBKg8PSUu6HjfNLvkK3xq4pluTGrnRZmPOEZUQwNTELqMKTrOb9kDybi-k61Vr168BCO_85RkqX9kykK2O5W2QmHqyKrlC_tGHRcZo--e4TWPxh0TV-4lnBfLX4Y0u7a545wIPgByJSZY-ZPW93ZLdam21e5UANAwsqoyb/s16000/IMG_3875.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUth6gowqZwRRx9AKlANkat-VlTdPBhYVO_wx2hL0hBT_EOIyso_NPqlAgIPweQyjYqA9OeCvUjdV6RgqRLsmeYSB1SRg7gzbL37Qc1Px-o4X_mzsT9kTdl5QinP-GA15JSD1bvEuIkZpTUSbyfMz124pDPRvTceLYR4lR7B_qxqf7HbKrgB9dLzv1/s600/IMG_3886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about this for a view of St.Mark's Square? So lovely to get up high to get some photos :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpONQfc-eY7qklmc6lMKi8f9jDpkiwk5v8UmsUmlqGuKRTyIbbF8_qpp22_2F2qY0tBw60mpcM2uV7hHcqyo6qjM_BATeLxJ99VsWS-YuqlVqyaOSGMXJMuWoo8mGEw364MHuJBm3aeCU3DpsUm3lSDyvNl-t3yWztNAm_AgxkiLWdtncGua9pTJD/s600/IMG_3903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpONQfc-eY7qklmc6lMKi8f9jDpkiwk5v8UmsUmlqGuKRTyIbbF8_qpp22_2F2qY0tBw60mpcM2uV7hHcqyo6qjM_BATeLxJ99VsWS-YuqlVqyaOSGMXJMuWoo8mGEw364MHuJBm3aeCU3DpsUm3lSDyvNl-t3yWztNAm_AgxkiLWdtncGua9pTJD/s16000/IMG_3903.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauc83dPa2gtQAlllQSsPExSKEINeJpqHPW3_97LeLYUOZZEUxcOD4B8pS_ncxxNo-WkvDNJBxhggxHh6urAXwFJ45ZxRBoX-frxaacY5rWwm8myOSsU0gVelUUCbX2dBe50UeCgfJfElPpMzPwQTXDo-TXB6XNixey2ENsRZujy6U8rEKV0qS4Teq/s600/IMG_3922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (the Library) opposite the Doge's Palace</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdyDPnucBLL9WPDE5dlW0he4V9a9yn4Gs6Tl7SX1Xh7Myrb0dXlYk8-wzW5xryRT_HfB5q_muq2mFJ8_1pLVC3vftTqzU4qYYMrNajecXpUHicyZ-ncTwMbzxdzOYVxEY4M4evcsPMqakiecsmQ07bXAqVoNNIkKhVrm9FK5MKBhwmoNE1DQZx54Z/s600/IMG_3928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdyDPnucBLL9WPDE5dlW0he4V9a9yn4Gs6Tl7SX1Xh7Myrb0dXlYk8-wzW5xryRT_HfB5q_muq2mFJ8_1pLVC3vftTqzU4qYYMrNajecXpUHicyZ-ncTwMbzxdzOYVxEY4M4evcsPMqakiecsmQ07bXAqVoNNIkKhVrm9FK5MKBhwmoNE1DQZx54Z/s16000/IMG_3928.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the horses, they are beautiful :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBynDlgytQJsDGO3vG4LpS_Dyb4JSo6RYptgKWX9QaMfNXLgeaMS_krASJpR1wFnHCIvy7R8GLCTcjz458s3VIS3vxUYU5fJvWqnm3VO5B85d2CGAynef8zfbvpfYOnMMc3YAalTpvXk7mHN3zAtj1d6u--TS4s8m7kKTKlJLD_gzBtbKvof7jaEO/s600/IMG_3930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBynDlgytQJsDGO3vG4LpS_Dyb4JSo6RYptgKWX9QaMfNXLgeaMS_krASJpR1wFnHCIvy7R8GLCTcjz458s3VIS3vxUYU5fJvWqnm3VO5B85d2CGAynef8zfbvpfYOnMMc3YAalTpvXk7mHN3zAtj1d6u--TS4s8m7kKTKlJLD_gzBtbKvof7jaEO/s16000/IMG_3930.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqmYzES1HeiH7cZlEwf0QI8dV1ZYZcPdvRUI-iWUKSUuaWV1IIpuxa5L25ag7dkAWDff1hWfvu_9zuhVM_-siYUSUQ8FeJ-F3Ba_cw_Y3DmYAtVtAXSK3dn_F0-LHLExAID-X4Cu4FrdWuS586n0shr65OIm-G_JLvP1mAJuNkSEi0uxddOyGRDWF/s600/IMG_3932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Astrological Clock </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQNjh5GH5hdrn5DTIxeZBfxrRd2fRXdMwQKhVTclY1s7ZJolDduG1OrF9Ap-jwIh7yk3a09CAKGkLapSeCTd76JCKD6nph_A6KfMIjsdDGg9o-d5ilk6LuvxgGVPC_nmKD5Mw7K5kV1XBYF93oIXtus6G7xrvhQM7gJKOyClAqZIb0sf7PZEFJbVR/s640/IMG_3935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQNjh5GH5hdrn5DTIxeZBfxrRd2fRXdMwQKhVTclY1s7ZJolDduG1OrF9Ap-jwIh7yk3a09CAKGkLapSeCTd76JCKD6nph_A6KfMIjsdDGg9o-d5ilk6LuvxgGVPC_nmKD5Mw7K5kV1XBYF93oIXtus6G7xrvhQM7gJKOyClAqZIb0sf7PZEFJbVR/s16000/IMG_3935.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That view again, amazing :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbN9fDCA2r_B7GNPS7-_CTwnK4SqL6zb7StvpKGsRBel9J1GlMQm9P-Hh1zHtcVe871I39Oh2Mno7siTbePS4D_pVn1pDi_jFtBuztH5Y6Hj9aJiem1BVhnlfKkruHSG_VWrCUDvHJhvhdGpwJgFvoxn4QBKmDA5VyzPEe4JpIK0x2oYgoN3bDttj/s600/IMG_3950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbN9fDCA2r_B7GNPS7-_CTwnK4SqL6zb7StvpKGsRBel9J1GlMQm9P-Hh1zHtcVe871I39Oh2Mno7siTbePS4D_pVn1pDi_jFtBuztH5Y6Hj9aJiem1BVhnlfKkruHSG_VWrCUDvHJhvhdGpwJgFvoxn4QBKmDA5VyzPEe4JpIK0x2oYgoN3bDttj/s16000/IMG_3950.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a really good day out, the next day we flew home, but we still managed to fit in a bit more sight seeing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-57547891873490371902022-07-01T22:35:00.001+01:002022-07-01T22:35:51.027+01:00Venice - St Mark's Basilica<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnOjHokuxQzpGPfVdaJJgZpj4dNuEgFKPrKekbpqeH6NE41XfPrWsVcExkCwP5_HX_i01XJqIXyi_PkzUnZwu7hX_vXL-5DBOAQwt3URHt6Pko_YYU2-oNvYGZcooszQO-cP2MaF9lzU0hqEjopfp8eVP2-DNrznbJVVMb8jbVTK7pclYMcHxp2xW/s600/IMG_3535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnOjHokuxQzpGPfVdaJJgZpj4dNuEgFKPrKekbpqeH6NE41XfPrWsVcExkCwP5_HX_i01XJqIXyi_PkzUnZwu7hX_vXL-5DBOAQwt3URHt6Pko_YYU2-oNvYGZcooszQO-cP2MaF9lzU0hqEjopfp8eVP2-DNrznbJVVMb8jbVTK7pclYMcHxp2xW/s16000/IMG_3535.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Mark's Basilica, time to go inside :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfzwFTDsB3NrkkyJ1dUI_T-JckHqZg-ymDyD4nPAfHFCFoR5XpbXHYmQEtS4IhKDIr67alq8YSyvITaAUmJ7BNDaoMYZSzv8WcAjvkzDmwID9O9Z2PLyLsYjwoZK2Ie2nilkRotoFib4lg-dVuhh7WP6Oe88mc4uxZYBad1GKyYCTUqu2fBnjZRZS/s600/IMG_3821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfzwFTDsB3NrkkyJ1dUI_T-JckHqZg-ymDyD4nPAfHFCFoR5XpbXHYmQEtS4IhKDIr67alq8YSyvITaAUmJ7BNDaoMYZSzv8WcAjvkzDmwID9O9Z2PLyLsYjwoZK2Ie2nilkRotoFib4lg-dVuhh7WP6Oe88mc4uxZYBad1GKyYCTUqu2fBnjZRZS/s16000/IMG_3821.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first sight of this amazing building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw79lQwjSV1vihCxTHmXBu6-nECUEE_y-_VwOF-WQzfCAUTHJv6UTXG6fEBmJwqXMy-rgmTwegXcN7SMc6cEScSBwlrhM9qoCP1sKJEZlhU4ccBT7xSWFWyXnYM6nHzn2mYAuh3imEcliA2ezOwRVmZBrsdyBi6W485MEQVITtk1zZGGClgkdVi6pL/s600/IMG_3822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw79lQwjSV1vihCxTHmXBu6-nECUEE_y-_VwOF-WQzfCAUTHJv6UTXG6fEBmJwqXMy-rgmTwegXcN7SMc6cEScSBwlrhM9qoCP1sKJEZlhU4ccBT7xSWFWyXnYM6nHzn2mYAuh3imEcliA2ezOwRVmZBrsdyBi6W485MEQVITtk1zZGGClgkdVi6pL/s16000/IMG_3822.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The entrance to the Basilica, the ceiling mosaic tiles are made from 24ct gold leaf fused onto glass! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRtRIgTc9srwzBbVNOjzUNyeLU_lg9gsr7Tna8YpMgrjKLxXKZzSkIVztCFkiPNn0yP2oVfa6-eM1NMCDnvdAf8r9Se31ob_rr-iL50al0vQu7o7OytsMM0JWbPSN_F6v5jIoH-k35HFZaOfrVl7djvDHQEPNq_ITTvdyRgM7NvUtzVGisTpE1d6l/s600/IMG_3824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRtRIgTc9srwzBbVNOjzUNyeLU_lg9gsr7Tna8YpMgrjKLxXKZzSkIVztCFkiPNn0yP2oVfa6-eM1NMCDnvdAf8r9Se31ob_rr-iL50al0vQu7o7OytsMM0JWbPSN_F6v5jIoH-k35HFZaOfrVl7djvDHQEPNq_ITTvdyRgM7NvUtzVGisTpE1d6l/s16000/IMG_3824.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the view as you enter the main part of the Basilica.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7iCdfYvxqkUzYZj8OIMW0C-186pPg42B2yRf601mq9DeR0CCHrDwkJ6gAOvw8twoIiqrQn6nqOXrd9sVuHQ7QYX_AegyytMwIayelLpTmoK2Ny5dNNKWC4O49y0NriLEK5KwbM4CcuD8J7fPrW47cOF2RmBOBtSaaysINFo9BcMpSzyOLXTMJL5n/s600/IMG_3851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7iCdfYvxqkUzYZj8OIMW0C-186pPg42B2yRf601mq9DeR0CCHrDwkJ6gAOvw8twoIiqrQn6nqOXrd9sVuHQ7QYX_AegyytMwIayelLpTmoK2Ny5dNNKWC4O49y0NriLEK5KwbM4CcuD8J7fPrW47cOF2RmBOBtSaaysINFo9BcMpSzyOLXTMJL5n/s16000/IMG_3851.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A small side chapel in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo6ShkuMIWYineFdDZkrCm4LKYQAFzcpt1BMjJ5pVAzgGx6HX72MDggpQ-j54G1JDiA4_tGV1aQq9YX2Qt3lkzDF6plF2BcRDMB89FTIL4mW8qUScB2g4wsIDUoTDsUNQGZrDGO9Eq4C6LL0cU_vRVyU-ucY9_N9O9_sDNv3TkAaPa0NEZl4uc4nk/s600/IMG_3858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo6ShkuMIWYineFdDZkrCm4LKYQAFzcpt1BMjJ5pVAzgGx6HX72MDggpQ-j54G1JDiA4_tGV1aQq9YX2Qt3lkzDF6plF2BcRDMB89FTIL4mW8qUScB2g4wsIDUoTDsUNQGZrDGO9Eq4C6LL0cU_vRVyU-ucY9_N9O9_sDNv3TkAaPa0NEZl4uc4nk/s16000/IMG_3858.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking towards the main altar, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L2CtMpYi402vAJRkBzexmJUvD-C-2m-_jHyNtE4MxFW3Q9lc1z34g_okVc_eLutPVJZbx9GtoN_fdBSCXsnT4D0-xDjr1bQcL0c9CqUir6lqJ__rXxvTqImcNrP8TcFo2QbWkiX7kfMOqlV1YKdnGYPPKI1aH_PqbqhUulCcg2Y-OASAmmq3iqvG/s600/IMG_3831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L2CtMpYi402vAJRkBzexmJUvD-C-2m-_jHyNtE4MxFW3Q9lc1z34g_okVc_eLutPVJZbx9GtoN_fdBSCXsnT4D0-xDjr1bQcL0c9CqUir6lqJ__rXxvTqImcNrP8TcFo2QbWkiX7kfMOqlV1YKdnGYPPKI1aH_PqbqhUulCcg2Y-OASAmmq3iqvG/s16000/IMG_3831.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ceiling mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in the semi dome of the apse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e2YJwte9jQUhx6ZyTxjko2T7irSzU1xMXACjL_RZDGmTj-8_3k4dw91FteBuLLt8q7kqwgKcxlwdbZtcVh38slPrbwbiGHqN5X_XdgH3fz9_tXmRoww22PqXs_3jZ-wgpO0TrmvGvQWtAK8xyiqq_gG_5b4o5HvqaAOXmybvtmaCZVQpH_Kxmq0e/s600/IMG_3845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e2YJwte9jQUhx6ZyTxjko2T7irSzU1xMXACjL_RZDGmTj-8_3k4dw91FteBuLLt8q7kqwgKcxlwdbZtcVh38slPrbwbiGHqN5X_XdgH3fz9_tXmRoww22PqXs_3jZ-wgpO0TrmvGvQWtAK8xyiqq_gG_5b4o5HvqaAOXmybvtmaCZVQpH_Kxmq0e/s16000/IMG_3845.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Approaching the main altar.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBotRBimkCiJ7ZP0FsW9hnzBr154KZOPI7iJjUyUp9qD397cn_qYveEY_KOt9QDw5xF5LAYvFnMsORXPCjUjYboK6wSoRluEVkqaMIawNQPy0yEol5k5njZkz0xVvfmnCPNEjHAaz5HYeD5XhG-cLIsI-QhurcW_d2e0ZO3na5uGvwrTQ2FkDPSHd/s600/IMG_3848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBotRBimkCiJ7ZP0FsW9hnzBr154KZOPI7iJjUyUp9qD397cn_qYveEY_KOt9QDw5xF5LAYvFnMsORXPCjUjYboK6wSoRluEVkqaMIawNQPy0yEol5k5njZkz0xVvfmnCPNEjHAaz5HYeD5XhG-cLIsI-QhurcW_d2e0ZO3na5uGvwrTQ2FkDPSHd/s16000/IMG_3848.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Mq76q-r-AM7YqVn9TNXS3X3BZO4AidpfJ1h388isSljuHZlwwCRRGf6fx12ZaRWjnl2wGJKLFzRkvZcaO12yCIrZ_-mvY51htCeU03F4Qjnnr_JM22gSPZyAx13BBp8kITdnB5pYVk_K9v1hnTIeM6LYyO8NkQEWyqgCMCFTG-e1Suwi5V54i3B6/s600/IMG_3840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking round to the Pala d'Oro (the altar retable)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RbG5zUA2NCziT9SyOQuzXY7ccca-Q6kFEPJ3kP8gn9Ch1yf_Brl2-tA7UEGA2bQ2nAAbCjafwafClNcopRvmPJGTxwYej1z7EEPEJkrb5v_gaFBOASb6lhbVWia7OToMwLJq1ZH7aCYSczanO4j-fdLufiVz1L8Hqt6LDncgXzRA_Hjp0xatqsSX/s600/IMG_3839.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RbG5zUA2NCziT9SyOQuzXY7ccca-Q6kFEPJ3kP8gn9Ch1yf_Brl2-tA7UEGA2bQ2nAAbCjafwafClNcopRvmPJGTxwYej1z7EEPEJkrb5v_gaFBOASb6lhbVWia7OToMwLJq1ZH7aCYSczanO4j-fdLufiVz1L8Hqt6LDncgXzRA_Hjp0xatqsSX/s16000/IMG_3839.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...to see this wonderful sight, 1927 precious gems and stones mounted on gold, finished in 1105.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIyML2VEwDMqvDDxLRacLRuO1M-QHq6dSWqta0uKWwssbOqvpw7m6Q7YpRzrKOG3g2NS1u68ESdoehf8imWcXVJJ223UA1dguwp5JtSX5q6qLVYx6W3bDwmYY0WzaBMgoWXk3ChshpY940CpgghV55PPd67pFrKJWhCXmhJov6dycnpchuw9huUse/s600/IMG_3836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIyML2VEwDMqvDDxLRacLRuO1M-QHq6dSWqta0uKWwssbOqvpw7m6Q7YpRzrKOG3g2NS1u68ESdoehf8imWcXVJJ223UA1dguwp5JtSX5q6qLVYx6W3bDwmYY0WzaBMgoWXk3ChshpY940CpgghV55PPd67pFrKJWhCXmhJov6dycnpchuw9huUse/s16000/IMG_3836.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A detail from the Pala d'Ora, a truly amazing piece of work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A last look up to one of the domes :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFAH3EckJs56dZSlk49427nh6FwI3CwInSHTZgvUa52BgfVcbcjuft7nhn2_II4l-NKU76QkqmWTEh3YWOM9iw7jb4GnxSqDQxeaCer9Wex1I0B0FM_b-_H0ekSAbfcm0VxOI8bQYibPHROy4x89KPwxrqCs13SNu7jrwr2tACgfrWyKf4pCSQfVr/s600/IMG_3953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFAH3EckJs56dZSlk49427nh6FwI3CwInSHTZgvUa52BgfVcbcjuft7nhn2_II4l-NKU76QkqmWTEh3YWOM9iw7jb4GnxSqDQxeaCer9Wex1I0B0FM_b-_H0ekSAbfcm0VxOI8bQYibPHROy4x89KPwxrqCs13SNu7jrwr2tACgfrWyKf4pCSQfVr/s16000/IMG_3953.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally some examples of the marble floors in the Basilica.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-1QBVUHOwwEiqSAAMEgj3GYOEbuFRrsqBTzPnfX4qQY04IR_cCjolsWOC6guYqKrWe7rTLq3QTVT4pnRffFudBS2lCP5Q2NAara1rYbPM-_4dfGRxRa_hKcB8ZSPDe1xLsKLg54ijB84DmbrBm3bx970CswvBJWmoWT4NLiCglRjARL5tJ22NhUF/s600/IMG_3954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-1QBVUHOwwEiqSAAMEgj3GYOEbuFRrsqBTzPnfX4qQY04IR_cCjolsWOC6guYqKrWe7rTLq3QTVT4pnRffFudBS2lCP5Q2NAara1rYbPM-_4dfGRxRa_hKcB8ZSPDe1xLsKLg54ijB84DmbrBm3bx970CswvBJWmoWT4NLiCglRjARL5tJ22NhUF/s16000/IMG_3954.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwWXl0-zkbd7kkn5RjnH4vZqPo0D5Y-9K3_F7mR-pLGfqr2AKw6-oeJkSR_ekyrTLbsesCoOxE5hCqEjUnsFCUILq5QGQd--k6dzX94Eps7mdsoCKTYqmckGbahjJ7F84toSn_ooiFMXwMCsnpfyS8qv7F2H0z1-J5mDtVXx36Qf_n7_yW9n_ZpSP/s600/IMG_3955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next blog we finally get close up to the horses :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-4866653798526150072022-06-26T21:29:00.000+01:002022-06-26T21:29:14.524+01:00Venice - St. Mark's Square<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWfibjWAJvwbEoeAzVIhg24keoAt_TXVcOI0W4aVkbi8wQk92KxhLyLrp_dvLixj_vtDWnxjMepD1YN5hi49J0mn4FCaQf89uyyTr99ZxaxmBCWqR3DAvinkcw54qN_UC2TuQ5IpXSFLoUPIAXHZLrSow2C3aVtX4xpY3_T-smid4vFFW6-jV7085/s600/IMG_3453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWfibjWAJvwbEoeAzVIhg24keoAt_TXVcOI0W4aVkbi8wQk92KxhLyLrp_dvLixj_vtDWnxjMepD1YN5hi49J0mn4FCaQf89uyyTr99ZxaxmBCWqR3DAvinkcw54qN_UC2TuQ5IpXSFLoUPIAXHZLrSow2C3aVtX4xpY3_T-smid4vFFW6-jV7085/s16000/IMG_3453.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful St Mark's Square in the spring sunshine, early enough in the day that there weren't too many people around :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XgHI_h5ANpxdy-_63H8v3w_2c046TUdnZitS5GY6KFBaAwkT2PZfA12GLmEBBr3L21hhZE4ILVtpwbG2SEAF2VCqYQvim27-WRYyCk6n2_AgeUG_H47nyr5rFeQyC0nd5EQbD3fk8i_MyPJj4kzk5lVQuJT_2c7HQzKSvyufQu1sWxFW2cfnmsy8/s600/IMG_3448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XgHI_h5ANpxdy-_63H8v3w_2c046TUdnZitS5GY6KFBaAwkT2PZfA12GLmEBBr3L21hhZE4ILVtpwbG2SEAF2VCqYQvim27-WRYyCk6n2_AgeUG_H47nyr5rFeQyC0nd5EQbD3fk8i_MyPJj4kzk5lVQuJT_2c7HQzKSvyufQu1sWxFW2cfnmsy8/s16000/IMG_3448.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Approaching the square.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcTDKDsfuDdspC9gZn2FNL-_1hZfsTZPwhiozv25j8yFEDszymRvHZyRNPsPLF3Q0uMX56LwxfeYZuAD-Z5Zxxs8zMwbwBIP4CU8DliQbn4k0q4hTZV-iY41yZpatSYrHFTCzl6MlxaeyTD4xeiJMPQKYF807T4K62SU37tTDrM0YdANf7bXUj5Av/s600/IMG_3457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcTDKDsfuDdspC9gZn2FNL-_1hZfsTZPwhiozv25j8yFEDszymRvHZyRNPsPLF3Q0uMX56LwxfeYZuAD-Z5Zxxs8zMwbwBIP4CU8DliQbn4k0q4hTZV-iY41yZpatSYrHFTCzl6MlxaeyTD4xeiJMPQKYF807T4K62SU37tTDrM0YdANf7bXUj5Av/s16000/IMG_3457.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Square is very impressive, and is a lot bigger than I thought it would be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkjG0H6J5xvOg3cBJdhBWsqeehXiBvTSr0yfCRODXaAbu7wvbdJq6udCOtnkabpYtF2Sqh4eEAhI8gltTUa6WkuorhsfWusp1b6TojFK0VfL8mz2VOEwi5zRhPZw5vus_C3VLRsYH1U5uusScRRiPBm7rgOBbWuH0srzIGtvzyyoJ1-R5mosLaXop/s640/IMG_3536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkjG0H6J5xvOg3cBJdhBWsqeehXiBvTSr0yfCRODXaAbu7wvbdJq6udCOtnkabpYtF2Sqh4eEAhI8gltTUa6WkuorhsfWusp1b6TojFK0VfL8mz2VOEwi5zRhPZw5vus_C3VLRsYH1U5uusScRRiPBm7rgOBbWuH0srzIGtvzyyoJ1-R5mosLaXop/s16000/IMG_3536.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the cafe's in the square, apparently very expensive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpBo2-jyhbJhx1Izx91tYDDVwFQHCpXcweK4yfLmnsSu1711LsQjFdIYqgOAQ9MwxhffqsiKv9YJfnWJCam9QghnyTnwidqeQn6lOdAtcawN0bhsZAAW7_yiqL3UQRrRa0TDMVi55qbxUFZcKJvMVZMrhMrWmGJYzicBvnzzxjG2QtsuOpeH3Vfk4/s600/IMG_3541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpBo2-jyhbJhx1Izx91tYDDVwFQHCpXcweK4yfLmnsSu1711LsQjFdIYqgOAQ9MwxhffqsiKv9YJfnWJCam9QghnyTnwidqeQn6lOdAtcawN0bhsZAAW7_yiqL3UQRrRa0TDMVi55qbxUFZcKJvMVZMrhMrWmGJYzicBvnzzxjG2QtsuOpeH3Vfk4/s16000/IMG_3541.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Astrological Clock tower in the square. Originally built in 1496, it has seen many restorations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1CGGFA1QemMNz9QVjCdZFYOtMjUONwKjtSBLc6z_6btlX2OFepH_TsQMp6Ur8MMHphY9pk55wApuLdF1B9OTdlpgp7Tl3bWBU_5zumElGCTrM436RveLbB-kCutffjUZSizKN2ed3QSCzhXHuvT_C8rBC9QmLB0LfYX8Hmc-MQifglRYvHJAJick/s600/IMG_3542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1CGGFA1QemMNz9QVjCdZFYOtMjUONwKjtSBLc6z_6btlX2OFepH_TsQMp6Ur8MMHphY9pk55wApuLdF1B9OTdlpgp7Tl3bWBU_5zumElGCTrM436RveLbB-kCutffjUZSizKN2ed3QSCzhXHuvT_C8rBC9QmLB0LfYX8Hmc-MQifglRYvHJAJick/s16000/IMG_3542.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above the clock is a large statue of the winged lion, symbol of Venice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBc6TEDLfawKiwBGWJY0UTnwPjQjKg4jLAYY3f4Z_E4X7QVcQbbHmdm_hT1053cxY6fRxv8DoLERNsPsVRNhuEQCzbpAjl3w1mWN811SOL2Z9lWzB9M5D98T0dAxIEyLwfMvf0iKGMLC4QwP0HZSqiTA-H036ocCiKTC0-HmIhGoAAM9Uk_wUU5fQ5/s600/IMG_3533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBc6TEDLfawKiwBGWJY0UTnwPjQjKg4jLAYY3f4Z_E4X7QVcQbbHmdm_hT1053cxY6fRxv8DoLERNsPsVRNhuEQCzbpAjl3w1mWN811SOL2Z9lWzB9M5D98T0dAxIEyLwfMvf0iKGMLC4QwP0HZSqiTA-H036ocCiKTC0-HmIhGoAAM9Uk_wUU5fQ5/s16000/IMG_3533.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St Mark's Campanile (bell tower) next to the Basilica. You can climb to the top, but we didn't have time, maybe next time..... :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PSv6IVJQj538D06LznDdpq3EgHRfjmgC_4RIV2ji1DbKfz0A1rz24DowMXHkArrBI_vv5qZLrof991h8Vewg_W-s843q1619QnlDHasTPROTVcB-4NAzRhfX5-F-Adt1sxNI-8CfUlAfNMv8yeIPeb5LAIUL0r6PfxZUmU8-Spcn9tpVJUAbCuZ/s640/IMG_3535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83PSv6IVJQj538D06LznDdpq3EgHRfjmgC_4RIV2ji1DbKfz0A1rz24DowMXHkArrBI_vv5qZLrof991h8Vewg_W-s843q1619QnlDHasTPROTVcB-4NAzRhfX5-F-Adt1sxNI-8CfUlAfNMv8yeIPeb5LAIUL0r6PfxZUmU8-Spcn9tpVJUAbCuZ/s16000/IMG_3535.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St Mark's Basilica, sadly the front was undergoing building works, but it is still a beautiful building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC5-uoX-Ln-fjgmen2g8QZas9dRSFrlXyautijG2coQ5Wunf81jXwUJR0HNvU5PzOuvall19YxTgGneLwwYYFp1zAvDh4KGbhkSO3fty5g5oqYqUrxGJPWts37l4BAsdK_D79N_NKyUYKsXaiEztB_OnaAa4T5cUYW_tzf98IDoN6svjNYpX6VBTi/s600/IMG_3538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJC5-uoX-Ln-fjgmen2g8QZas9dRSFrlXyautijG2coQ5Wunf81jXwUJR0HNvU5PzOuvall19YxTgGneLwwYYFp1zAvDh4KGbhkSO3fty5g5oqYqUrxGJPWts37l4BAsdK_D79N_NKyUYKsXaiEztB_OnaAa4T5cUYW_tzf98IDoN6svjNYpX6VBTi/s16000/IMG_3538.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The horses - apparently these are replica's erected in 1979. I have always wanted to see these, and read before we went to Venice that the original horses were in a museum in Rome. This is not true, the original horses are in the Museum in the Basilica. There will be photos in a later blog :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO50Be3L2JsGNqakUCd-y5L0wIwuBro7REeH0xl7FiCnE2BLEGqOV_ilO_ls5Ve1YHXyUegfJi5KvC1Fb1K4tqgoLKUND5SpCoqAEm6ClZudXnlqqRAk5TdOSm8JPtB1jT6pNSAM19IM9cL7rjAbMV7H2KONDRWF5SwSefzN3Cg05B47loaQpecXP/s600/IMG_3543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO50Be3L2JsGNqakUCd-y5L0wIwuBro7REeH0xl7FiCnE2BLEGqOV_ilO_ls5Ve1YHXyUegfJi5KvC1Fb1K4tqgoLKUND5SpCoqAEm6ClZudXnlqqRAk5TdOSm8JPtB1jT6pNSAM19IM9cL7rjAbMV7H2KONDRWF5SwSefzN3Cg05B47loaQpecXP/s16000/IMG_3543.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they lovely?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtv-a8rDe4PxmOpPgWSUHB7sgr0Rt54t8qEuTUdVKqRhU4JdSt5M4ygajGxigi4zaF7LyZuk0xG6YJch0-JWGqgL2KemUrjo5AEsPOdWjj0K5oUOAN7DGc3a6Ua-HoARDWb171UsYBLOb1R_I83IjKit0VicEO7xQwkSMkue9pzgwp5xZdXC1RSSu/s600/IMG_3544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtv-a8rDe4PxmOpPgWSUHB7sgr0Rt54t8qEuTUdVKqRhU4JdSt5M4ygajGxigi4zaF7LyZuk0xG6YJch0-JWGqgL2KemUrjo5AEsPOdWjj0K5oUOAN7DGc3a6Ua-HoARDWb171UsYBLOb1R_I83IjKit0VicEO7xQwkSMkue9pzgwp5xZdXC1RSSu/s16000/IMG_3544.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxV827BU292wfnrPCvroKFtU7sP-3jmJHJmUwkE-RcOlZp-Cdb_TY0eOrIQXaIu0E41sSwMMij8MLWDHud6Xp_HClcPy57Velx3xvlUyxCcUgpI8FKdqkpz652hYYJfKmQPipOBLBiBZ01s8v1MAwxBPllLL62txbcQm4RSOD2pB6t2WwMFT6gKZg/s600/IMG_3545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxV827BU292wfnrPCvroKFtU7sP-3jmJHJmUwkE-RcOlZp-Cdb_TY0eOrIQXaIu0E41sSwMMij8MLWDHud6Xp_HClcPy57Velx3xvlUyxCcUgpI8FKdqkpz652hYYJfKmQPipOBLBiBZ01s8v1MAwxBPllLL62txbcQm4RSOD2pB6t2WwMFT6gKZg/s16000/IMG_3545.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the top of the Basilica...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqT1UtGjbUPRG0eJsnC24HP_6yD0TWlPXm6_7QD9EF-GdYwIC_P1-OPbSnCeZO5zD0qBRGxRv5bb-n7-P7ivsB0p_wapqwnQXDOJH-jrKu5Y_w27JOzSnXMBmP_GbWOlxDxwl5ymyHGbNW08PSf3YBF-GjhjyqNWURpqIAwCtU3gQ3EO3TZPyEcL-/s640/IMG_3547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqT1UtGjbUPRG0eJsnC24HP_6yD0TWlPXm6_7QD9EF-GdYwIC_P1-OPbSnCeZO5zD0qBRGxRv5bb-n7-P7ivsB0p_wapqwnQXDOJH-jrKu5Y_w27JOzSnXMBmP_GbWOlxDxwl5ymyHGbNW08PSf3YBF-GjhjyqNWURpqIAwCtU3gQ3EO3TZPyEcL-/s16000/IMG_3547.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">....complete with angels, and topped with the statue of St Mark.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEVB5FQMSmrwhB6YpqrwJ2Hv1kE52fe2904I3QfTdqjbOtIygFehOryKt2yWqXtf2N6Y42H3-PaPHls-6gfezEhdl3KTiyrjSp3GxrWNTUxJaJ5SDvHriOb0PVmPTvRqfd46KOVtWRUdqiX09NKXUZjUiLdRKlwkYqkMnWWqxf6eBbay6I7UWC2mJ/s600/IMG_3556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEVB5FQMSmrwhB6YpqrwJ2Hv1kE52fe2904I3QfTdqjbOtIygFehOryKt2yWqXtf2N6Y42H3-PaPHls-6gfezEhdl3KTiyrjSp3GxrWNTUxJaJ5SDvHriOb0PVmPTvRqfd46KOVtWRUdqiX09NKXUZjUiLdRKlwkYqkMnWWqxf6eBbay6I7UWC2mJ/s16000/IMG_3556.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a lovely marble lion to the side of the Basilica, apparently there are two, the other one must have been hidden behind the building work fences. They were made in the 17th Century.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next blog is about St Mark's Basilica.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-71534527634469352692022-06-21T22:45:00.000+01:002022-06-21T22:45:18.884+01:00Venice - The Doge's Palace, the New Prisons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKKroQod4X4OCqE2I7XPO7glgDtQ7gmC5OwgJe38uk-tHVodOTvMJ5RGemP2r5hKGB4Xn_CJk0jfAJ8_m351DQEeW4eAz-JEJXHu6WYJ_m331hxk64HJlr9a-vCliV5I8QW0RSA95H4-CurflM-VzK5Ac6lnWBUMBGJSK5EbrU4ON8KLA5OyMcD5C/s600/IMG_3565B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKKroQod4X4OCqE2I7XPO7glgDtQ7gmC5OwgJe38uk-tHVodOTvMJ5RGemP2r5hKGB4Xn_CJk0jfAJ8_m351DQEeW4eAz-JEJXHu6WYJ_m331hxk64HJlr9a-vCliV5I8QW0RSA95H4-CurflM-VzK5Ac6lnWBUMBGJSK5EbrU4ON8KLA5OyMcD5C/s16000/IMG_3565B.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bridge of Sighs, leading from the Doge's Palace to the New Prisons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We left the sumptuous rooms In the Palace , passing through some plainer rooms including the Court Rooms, and on to the prison cells. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUExr6kVexqklaHJSCnqqSk06GXARzkgKqDrZV1gixUZ4XtVo781dN3jEHl0axnyYIl7y9pAM5hcU1nzPJcSqMsKW74PREhHXPmeTmAGJwie_ThlJejSj98Fu3xpJBp12p8FOTHjFN7fqgtw71GzScX-SAcUswltlPkDvkWjFgKOivFqsosns8pT3e/s640/IMG_3767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUExr6kVexqklaHJSCnqqSk06GXARzkgKqDrZV1gixUZ4XtVo781dN3jEHl0axnyYIl7y9pAM5hcU1nzPJcSqMsKW74PREhHXPmeTmAGJwie_ThlJejSj98Fu3xpJBp12p8FOTHjFN7fqgtw71GzScX-SAcUswltlPkDvkWjFgKOivFqsosns8pT3e/s16000/IMG_3767.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crossing the Bridge of Sighs on the inside. It is believed that the bridge got its name from the prisoners passing over the bridge on their way to the cells on the other side of the canal, and sighing as they had their last look at freedom. There are two passages crossing the bridge, one for entering the prison, the other one for leaving the prison, this view looks inland, the Doge's palace is on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-WiwRBIvxSWExN9qmQ7fi4gFurr3bU6id87F-0VOFuqsKxz01tulbwvrtClR4WtGpO_XmM1UV6u3Jidbo8LHzOKjn_vpMONgEmZXayf-OkszP1mQW6lSA4YDC-5RGIP_ZhEjcJMV4VKL61nSCY1AbObDuaZUR_YDAoCrrAxxEl0tULuVECuGhwiB/s600/IMG_3771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-WiwRBIvxSWExN9qmQ7fi4gFurr3bU6id87F-0VOFuqsKxz01tulbwvrtClR4WtGpO_XmM1UV6u3Jidbo8LHzOKjn_vpMONgEmZXayf-OkszP1mQW6lSA4YDC-5RGIP_ZhEjcJMV4VKL61nSCY1AbObDuaZUR_YDAoCrrAxxEl0tULuVECuGhwiB/s16000/IMG_3771.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the first cells we saw, imagine being incarcerated here with many other people.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0MugaxNEjANhUTcl4pukoqfmJGBpIsuDxcdOeMnIg-fCIvmN8b0i-vDDQXFEtnTdXBRJd2xO-QT5D-3UFyci7LfHH1VlqEwKNUwY2kLuxOar3-k9kqSvthbjVcK3tYcEARue_xKEDXT34tyYvGWfUfLIrj_MdSpiOgBuBYJd0RsRhTVvpNEJBtsx/s600/IMG_3772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0MugaxNEjANhUTcl4pukoqfmJGBpIsuDxcdOeMnIg-fCIvmN8b0i-vDDQXFEtnTdXBRJd2xO-QT5D-3UFyci7LfHH1VlqEwKNUwY2kLuxOar3-k9kqSvthbjVcK3tYcEARue_xKEDXT34tyYvGWfUfLIrj_MdSpiOgBuBYJd0RsRhTVvpNEJBtsx/s16000/IMG_3772.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new prisons were built to relieve the overcrowding in the original prison inside the Ducal palace. The buildings were started in 1563 to provide better conditions for the prisoners. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aiNrVfaq6trjVX88Z8nJz8WDD70MdShfkSKPL7750DQlwLV3VJm0DmGC7jCy70r0fm5vgQMaB99Et3UzamUTuh1gtcZyISi1uDeYQVAVEJtl_icc5ixkhjm6rE78akDBOolJ7q52eya-ZqSIY4Qur4HAlCzrL0wEW4J5Pq8wrN1RyVN39sUZpgF_/s600/IMG_3774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aiNrVfaq6trjVX88Z8nJz8WDD70MdShfkSKPL7750DQlwLV3VJm0DmGC7jCy70r0fm5vgQMaB99Et3UzamUTuh1gtcZyISi1uDeYQVAVEJtl_icc5ixkhjm6rE78akDBOolJ7q52eya-ZqSIY4Qur4HAlCzrL0wEW4J5Pq8wrN1RyVN39sUZpgF_/s16000/IMG_3774.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was fascinating walking through the passages, but there is definitely a strange atmosphere. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very old, very tiny doors, who knows what lies behind them?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZUwb00ViTuMJQGbLl9cVaHyPoz2a3QcybVqJlUkpzHfkNUyBHWUd4XtQXmzQE9bhtmpf9yQzy-8QlSEmSQlfNyqtXZt6ddhXOjHmg1NervRosFCXaqjef0uXcAs8yIieM-2HEimyD4tMa4xb2E0PftU8MyB2nVYHqrr5eLAS45iZ3AeQ9JOtm_tA/s600/IMG_3781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZUwb00ViTuMJQGbLl9cVaHyPoz2a3QcybVqJlUkpzHfkNUyBHWUd4XtQXmzQE9bhtmpf9yQzy-8QlSEmSQlfNyqtXZt6ddhXOjHmg1NervRosFCXaqjef0uXcAs8yIieM-2HEimyD4tMa4xb2E0PftU8MyB2nVYHqrr5eLAS45iZ3AeQ9JOtm_tA/s16000/IMG_3781.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above and below are photos of just some of the amazing doors to the cells. Imagine these doors closing behind you knowing you wouldn't be free for a very long time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHkgtYlzrtAWELg7CCv9K2wR2z5g7abrPziSdnqYk-x9JV0jj4wJGNrGM6_W_Mjkt8Fxc-KhroxpM2CViuzZskUcwSr2Mx8gTsRWeSs_QfnG-zTGiqWJzdGhdRlBJJnHg7wC8RYxoRHQ9SEznq3ib72EHfSQH46eZJYAzbpEcKd0ld96zxsZ603fh/s640/IMG_3782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHkgtYlzrtAWELg7CCv9K2wR2z5g7abrPziSdnqYk-x9JV0jj4wJGNrGM6_W_Mjkt8Fxc-KhroxpM2CViuzZskUcwSr2Mx8gTsRWeSs_QfnG-zTGiqWJzdGhdRlBJJnHg7wC8RYxoRHQ9SEznq3ib72EHfSQH46eZJYAzbpEcKd0ld96zxsZ603fh/s16000/IMG_3782.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbu_pjz1zTedLOq-g3ltHOzgKqIi53U6jur80jxxOK2I26ib-QAOngMEeBqaSaWWZi4G25Hp2ZHL3trkezCRkPt7ofOvwTEBaz33mYk8YkmFBi7sWi4QywIy_RAsIRPl1J3m2apkJKWhmjOQWUSOTV8ptzL8t08k4tws3v6ZWBRJWlvapdkPS_HWT/s640/IMG_3783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaving the prison by the Bridge of Sighs, using the second passage, this time the view from the windows were of the Grand Canal</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nWV9MY9bxPAgYB-erHxdpt5fkvwziXGveu6R7mGNS2sxbNgf61sP77_OjILNDboq-VHYCU9wZ0YgZslgXtWS4_Qf9MkVTTDI4pyU8kUWDdKlBbfGr9bCrSfaK85cKw4nQtiH42Xk1nGk2BKxTo03hYDECqV4hRaoelQ4yor0nNMtoPp4G9rkAciS/s600/IMG_3789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nWV9MY9bxPAgYB-erHxdpt5fkvwziXGveu6R7mGNS2sxbNgf61sP77_OjILNDboq-VHYCU9wZ0YgZslgXtWS4_Qf9MkVTTDI4pyU8kUWDdKlBbfGr9bCrSfaK85cKw4nQtiH42Xk1nGk2BKxTo03hYDECqV4hRaoelQ4yor0nNMtoPp4G9rkAciS/s16000/IMG_3789.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKfOdD3x1uL8ibg1BKCohU6xvf2e_t4SO6LLXym7HLFnu8YZU16ktIhPQ8yQVurMmNunBAOcLu2P2-7Tk8Z-cMB8RCPSLz1OLP1sJGR1TO3BQZkPfACJiwdc_WeWHhuXHMOfJqxsZzTbINli9YW4R7O5y-Cuvzr2L2Pf-c3M0Ix7SyfrIWQiRR3i-/s16000/IMG_3791.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our visit we met Joe for lunch then headed back to St. Marks Square for our visit to the Basilica.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More about that in the next blog :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-12876233216978523752022-06-16T22:54:00.000+01:002022-06-16T22:54:29.634+01:00Venice - the Doge's Palace, the Doge's apartments and the Institutional Chambers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBEzHPBlXTqEuWW4JNpWlQalIL2l1joC93sBjAz0JH5d8uPx9htfKXzT1pLI4ayFkIJryFs-CEIrQLlKIfySOUT21iMhjfyrYsmFcJVjZextGPuGX_aX6hZK5f9i5LBQ9plFBoZlvDzxFvVWNTJeaWNscbatzkVWVNG0YQc6RWMvfzKHOGQrKlbXW/s640/IMG_3912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBEzHPBlXTqEuWW4JNpWlQalIL2l1joC93sBjAz0JH5d8uPx9htfKXzT1pLI4ayFkIJryFs-CEIrQLlKIfySOUT21iMhjfyrYsmFcJVjZextGPuGX_aX6hZK5f9i5LBQ9plFBoZlvDzxFvVWNTJeaWNscbatzkVWVNG0YQc6RWMvfzKHOGQrKlbXW/s16000/IMG_3912.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking towards the Grand Canal from the roof of St Mark's Basilica, the Doge's Palace is on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had one full day left in Venice so we decided to visit both the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica. We started at the Doge's Palace in the morning, my daughter had pre-booked our tickets so we didn't have to wait in the long queue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3ci0ox72NlX3rR7htT-jtftJZUHOKdkiW8azk0VSJN5Ey3RZFZWXfrgsTxPNDBuj6bFFdR5dLkWF0YOy6svfHjoSIiRcs25uyu4tGgLq5JaM9-1UoPBBhJLNdcM61SkKEEkQ0WW6MohAEj6LGGDbzv_t7UyflCHya03yvlm8unKHNzcJKw-0doeX/s600/IMG_3692.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3ci0ox72NlX3rR7htT-jtftJZUHOKdkiW8azk0VSJN5Ey3RZFZWXfrgsTxPNDBuj6bFFdR5dLkWF0YOy6svfHjoSIiRcs25uyu4tGgLq5JaM9-1UoPBBhJLNdcM61SkKEEkQ0WW6MohAEj6LGGDbzv_t7UyflCHya03yvlm8unKHNzcJKw-0doeX/s16000/IMG_3692.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An impressive entrance doorway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYv8JoLVETFD5uskCYiPsT7Fahk0XA4AWp3ogdGDCiSHOT0fsQffZW21T90Euncxg-DEVaj2TzPu_WIsyWtOwhVeg4JR8Ph0C90BolSqSTQD1R03-r1PhsdcFsixroGPvC7fUse2rctg5fUmiCURygtz_1JyqaenqtuN76aZ8fQA5Wd7cT7zTpkJb/s600/IMG_3693.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYv8JoLVETFD5uskCYiPsT7Fahk0XA4AWp3ogdGDCiSHOT0fsQffZW21T90Euncxg-DEVaj2TzPu_WIsyWtOwhVeg4JR8Ph0C90BolSqSTQD1R03-r1PhsdcFsixroGPvC7fUse2rctg5fUmiCURygtz_1JyqaenqtuN76aZ8fQA5Wd7cT7zTpkJb/s16000/IMG_3693.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lion of Venice :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The buildings linking the Palace and St. Mark's Basilica</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89VjPcuu5wYMYjTwlhAAvmMTlNNsT_lnJZURbof37LzRBFQa9YVClS3t0nTmrCZwzssYavM6vBB8Tf4n-9TZ5CJmknkqQWPa6u1VBfXwFejUTYXd31-ce9rHpBkPMJax_H-hFshOnNJpHXwUJT4nnR062g9q0D5ppSuH9ZSkw9BG-tokdSwsJGZTy/s600/IMG_3700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89VjPcuu5wYMYjTwlhAAvmMTlNNsT_lnJZURbof37LzRBFQa9YVClS3t0nTmrCZwzssYavM6vBB8Tf4n-9TZ5CJmknkqQWPa6u1VBfXwFejUTYXd31-ce9rHpBkPMJax_H-hFshOnNJpHXwUJT4nnR062g9q0D5ppSuH9ZSkw9BG-tokdSwsJGZTy/s16000/IMG_3700.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't have any pre conceived ideas about the Palace, so it all came as a wonderful surprise ;)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8LLTwsfHZsGB3p4nGEAAiv4JKXiQEStuvsDanltt5meDwGGu-j17NQkDyBtqivelN4m0xYcOdFTrvVHveGO_vSvPF656kMXjF4-mPT4jM5wFUB___XEaekIHv_wCy5ljHSTvTQm-HGQg7IjYOTCUWHjtokLSw4lC5Fzm78KKQp39mlO4FczRgBoX/s600/IMG_3702.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8LLTwsfHZsGB3p4nGEAAiv4JKXiQEStuvsDanltt5meDwGGu-j17NQkDyBtqivelN4m0xYcOdFTrvVHveGO_vSvPF656kMXjF4-mPT4jM5wFUB___XEaekIHv_wCy5ljHSTvTQm-HGQg7IjYOTCUWHjtokLSw4lC5Fzm78KKQp39mlO4FczRgBoX/s16000/IMG_3702.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lion's Mouth post box, used for anonymous denunciations.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eupzakYTnCE0t8EFVsBMGT91-Aq4KbsmcEIq1DpmM7SKYC1cd1TsWKatkju6tKyKLtmpokkrkv2JV3sCRmBsQUXG-GOmk_Fqq5Njjlw7XrBV_wg_r28GQLMBBmewFhiXddBCDbW_m_VVH5ItU9U-XnVySj9YecMCTUCjrIM-QgsFckh32FKgXjZC/s600/IMG_3714.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eupzakYTnCE0t8EFVsBMGT91-Aq4KbsmcEIq1DpmM7SKYC1cd1TsWKatkju6tKyKLtmpokkrkv2JV3sCRmBsQUXG-GOmk_Fqq5Njjlw7XrBV_wg_r28GQLMBBmewFhiXddBCDbW_m_VVH5ItU9U-XnVySj9YecMCTUCjrIM-QgsFckh32FKgXjZC/s16000/IMG_3714.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Everywhere we looked there were amazingly decorated walls and ceilings, each room we passed through was more magnificent than the one before.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh5B2a8tbLk4OX-0J7IMJmDfMhSGiXx49cNKV73JgUMKigTkSTG1XSO4fxe8hlu6JEwXQsnOUEPEmq3x3Z_cOJMOKd54KSCOmKPX3RMZkB6fXLUMRbEcvUeEpTzKMtxdt-J7cyPWF8LyH4E66xmAvCWQF988TZyUQQzr07RWVR6W_387Z-AJB4rRN/s600/IMG_3715.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOWRT-5Arf1Sjyjj9OAmX37V-XM-XIqJUo-vU22JQCaMOjcMEJFm9mg0iZKHUS2sw1FDcoNkiuLSuYlStuQ5CPuchXgSa5-QdYuXRfoTQk930tUEEOcPWb_-y42M1s7HFe2M7L_lh8JMmNd0cGJiZxUpu6FQYqMhXg2aVZVHjSXLo6jFOI33sHhIP/s16000/IMG_3724.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each room had a different purpose, the laws of Venice and the government of the city were all decided here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP3LTz69GlpI_BYiF9NRncjsSyiAYi0yO1XbK-qGgCzYlr83DwvkHqodN4aXwN16IDvYbaKn4OnYiFOHj2PYtGo6q2dhW26vSWZI6b3qD-i9mVWvYmCZy_PDmv4C8cpEBJGGvOfg9COVjCsTyqGfmK3ZfsPQ-Hg8V55-c5AW81gICje-bHABzy8ed/s600/IMG_3723.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP3LTz69GlpI_BYiF9NRncjsSyiAYi0yO1XbK-qGgCzYlr83DwvkHqodN4aXwN16IDvYbaKn4OnYiFOHj2PYtGo6q2dhW26vSWZI6b3qD-i9mVWvYmCZy_PDmv4C8cpEBJGGvOfg9COVjCsTyqGfmK3ZfsPQ-Hg8V55-c5AW81gICje-bHABzy8ed/s16000/IMG_3723.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The painting behind the Doge's Throne is the longest canvas painting in the world - Il Paradiso by Tintoretto, which was started in 1588.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2XwVmwXsDDaaPHRYR248ymV0eRoLmQSj6ddHWY_vMvuAsTGNkzeYIaAmOEVHBeLoDgzd34okWKOYM3HUVzTQOD92BvC5rYdmpPjbsNL0pr4KCLBB2PEM9FeMa6jzUopU1y8l6S4XkKdTAFNwN14O16ZdxxBVelB9htllGH-88lOiLwLux3YZ7L3c/s600/IMG_3762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2XwVmwXsDDaaPHRYR248ymV0eRoLmQSj6ddHWY_vMvuAsTGNkzeYIaAmOEVHBeLoDgzd34okWKOYM3HUVzTQOD92BvC5rYdmpPjbsNL0pr4KCLBB2PEM9FeMa6jzUopU1y8l6S4XkKdTAFNwN14O16ZdxxBVelB9htllGH-88lOiLwLux3YZ7L3c/s16000/IMG_3762.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After visiting the New Prisons, (more about them in the next blog!) which are situated on the ground floor we entered the courtyard again, the Giant's Staircase can be seen in the centre of the photo.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM3bZ8D4qTa4WtwZC-a6opXmQiulPxAM3sZu7dw5WVyUXbCEHpBD09WOBQ-BAU6Adhpyt5uy28yQmnbkX54S-LsMF6FB_zd4R-t8oRrupCKjQ7YeX1wDkt31osfH2Lejp6kqzu7wcOXrtcpp3VBmwFysiH2Vi6aBvakS7MuCCdT9I4o0vWiSXIVNc/s600/IMG_3800.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM3bZ8D4qTa4WtwZC-a6opXmQiulPxAM3sZu7dw5WVyUXbCEHpBD09WOBQ-BAU6Adhpyt5uy28yQmnbkX54S-LsMF6FB_zd4R-t8oRrupCKjQ7YeX1wDkt31osfH2Lejp6kqzu7wcOXrtcpp3VBmwFysiH2Vi6aBvakS7MuCCdT9I4o0vWiSXIVNc/s16000/IMG_3800.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Theodore and the dragon. St Theodore was the original Patron Saint of Venice. When the relics of St Mark were taken to Venice in 828, St Mark became the Patron Saint of the city. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yKlCsvvB5rA3mtSAr7PZnrViPtg3Cj0XAx8YrGgwGB7XXXYNfUH4o1MYxHN8KX5C0sHyvlHxQQsGpItdPJ2rLLXN3VVlZI9eGPAWXKZ0nmFlQXnYAqXFxw0W6rcUyp-2djWT_OQVenHJvRh4SMpw5H54jCRh3TbPlJcf_Ru4uf7NbqjZWXMziqfY/s600/IMG_3806.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yKlCsvvB5rA3mtSAr7PZnrViPtg3Cj0XAx8YrGgwGB7XXXYNfUH4o1MYxHN8KX5C0sHyvlHxQQsGpItdPJ2rLLXN3VVlZI9eGPAWXKZ0nmFlQXnYAqXFxw0W6rcUyp-2djWT_OQVenHJvRh4SMpw5H54jCRh3TbPlJcf_Ru4uf7NbqjZWXMziqfY/s16000/IMG_3806.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Giants Staircase, with the statues of Mars the god of war and Neptune the God of the sea.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZevvBRyRJmV_EcwiN8Y0xSIsZPWNUIV75Sfno7atWspvNST6kmuaue8G1Q7h7kPZlcokDzo25_18WAkHLlM-hAan13WkcovuvDBncrrP-ZG8aOm85T8-ZlBmAXVnHiUU9ZEYFx4Q9qH9gIMMiU3g0NJOU9AiqsEZCI-DzLBXsGrktfNGG42qz3Un/s640/IMG_3811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZevvBRyRJmV_EcwiN8Y0xSIsZPWNUIV75Sfno7atWspvNST6kmuaue8G1Q7h7kPZlcokDzo25_18WAkHLlM-hAan13WkcovuvDBncrrP-ZG8aOm85T8-ZlBmAXVnHiUU9ZEYFx4Q9qH9gIMMiU3g0NJOU9AiqsEZCI-DzLBXsGrktfNGG42qz3Un/s16000/IMG_3811.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The sculpture of the Doge Francesco Foscari kneeling before the winged lion of Venice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Also in the Doge's Palace are rooms where courts were held and justice meted out. The Bridge of Sighs and the New Prisons are on the ground floor, the next blog will cover these.</span></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-11856113971218362642022-06-12T22:22:00.000+01:002022-06-12T22:22:38.036+01:00Venice - Torcello<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxEgM7kSyKr3bq8OLl0QmTpwtkVOLGzsB3Rjpz2d7ZzdjHK3vF_d5PiZ-iUzpQVMvY3KUyeMCu6hZDcKmKJy55D5dRvMH0QSi_KsvmugG_DZdj_qCidZhijg3cWifHPARWd0XsCi8YswLTMm3qiWEnAwXh0XzG8HAG4v3d-Vdqf-BRL3fre66hmtD/s600/IMG_3673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxEgM7kSyKr3bq8OLl0QmTpwtkVOLGzsB3Rjpz2d7ZzdjHK3vF_d5PiZ-iUzpQVMvY3KUyeMCu6hZDcKmKJy55D5dRvMH0QSi_KsvmugG_DZdj_qCidZhijg3cWifHPARWd0XsCi8YswLTMm3qiWEnAwXh0XzG8HAG4v3d-Vdqf-BRL3fre66hmtD/s16000/IMG_3673.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Torcello, the last of the Islands that we visited. Sadly we only had 45 minutes on the Island, which was just enough time to walk into the centre, have a quick look round the Cathedral and get back to the boat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_THxjtdge8wcxiN9tLtQMSS4x6dPUkiw4d1x1GrY9Isvpt7JiYEFzJErlbJxtoMxjV8kEf--j5CpJaK4wlg7XyQKVQV3WKG9bdHQOGfU4EZYlEKlGk6rLQX2Ur8oMYFH5-_M7_doAD6vZP11UE9xJ6o7T04BghKR7Zeqim73Q-0Dx3BYOVreTopL/s640/IMG_3663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_THxjtdge8wcxiN9tLtQMSS4x6dPUkiw4d1x1GrY9Isvpt7JiYEFzJErlbJxtoMxjV8kEf--j5CpJaK4wlg7XyQKVQV3WKG9bdHQOGfU4EZYlEKlGk6rLQX2Ur8oMYFH5-_M7_doAD6vZP11UE9xJ6o7T04BghKR7Zeqim73Q-0Dx3BYOVreTopL/s16000/IMG_3663.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are less than 10 people living on the Island now, but in its years of importance its population was estimated to be between 20,000 - 30,000. The population was decimated by the Black Death during Medieval times, and has declined ever since.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI1isfBTfbb4mnzP-fqxzkmCRlET7Wzq5476ja4-vH9_fxWlKscNDyXQQaQ4wlc6dM7OuSlG7YlhhwFIIUx7t_O1PJ4ykDBTqTkKpqMg3Yzee8PlVIR71cYHnGrglMBE5csfwBuR_4rsSiwpgJsiCrqsq0aXet3ZcZaF-1f9gbGySJatTz8acJG4y/s600/IMG_3664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI1isfBTfbb4mnzP-fqxzkmCRlET7Wzq5476ja4-vH9_fxWlKscNDyXQQaQ4wlc6dM7OuSlG7YlhhwFIIUx7t_O1PJ4ykDBTqTkKpqMg3Yzee8PlVIR71cYHnGrglMBE5csfwBuR_4rsSiwpgJsiCrqsq0aXet3ZcZaF-1f9gbGySJatTz8acJG4y/s16000/IMG_3664.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The island is very beautiful, we all would have liked to spend more time there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNsb5XfAXnetHEBEbd9oVrcCuxXnm4TBuedXaIM6Ln2gPO9vwi36goWP98owEE-PqfNDksBu28xDiCEozUhoFCiYl3Y6IX5e-ObwmsUnFM-9kSqaNFqotVdMWpD11PtVKrZOdyQwGUZEmBhyRelgexgMqGfMMCaAYcPe54aF8CoBVAHeW2QqUHN_B/s600/IMG_3666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNsb5XfAXnetHEBEbd9oVrcCuxXnm4TBuedXaIM6Ln2gPO9vwi36goWP98owEE-PqfNDksBu28xDiCEozUhoFCiYl3Y6IX5e-ObwmsUnFM-9kSqaNFqotVdMWpD11PtVKrZOdyQwGUZEmBhyRelgexgMqGfMMCaAYcPe54aF8CoBVAHeW2QqUHN_B/s16000/IMG_3666.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Devil Bridge, so called because there are no hand rails. I didn't venture up there, but Alice and Joe did. It is wider than they thought it would be.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuTUUZ9gmmI9kTvQK-Ha7vlzK_4sctrh8WzoubT4JdXPiiONiNbSoaAC1x98MKlD83Pr6MeDC9gyQFbSoZOiuqXQMy2Z-miGy9Uhx-BA8wMA7lF2miTPcLNE16IIFKaCgp_6qqjFh8sCkl-26u7IUHq2NZHrK0d3H4TiSMQh_ZG--etQ2-MIg9nB5/s600/IMG_3672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuTUUZ9gmmI9kTvQK-Ha7vlzK_4sctrh8WzoubT4JdXPiiONiNbSoaAC1x98MKlD83Pr6MeDC9gyQFbSoZOiuqXQMy2Z-miGy9Uhx-BA8wMA7lF2miTPcLNE16IIFKaCgp_6qqjFh8sCkl-26u7IUHq2NZHrK0d3H4TiSMQh_ZG--etQ2-MIg9nB5/s16000/IMG_3672.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Local buildings, looking lovely in the sunshine :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKK0twL_xX74mr7mYJF6dfNZ0ZHj8SC3tldw3Zq7SdAZA8Quqg88_A3Jzzg1So9i0TtP8b6mpIs6BYKlTyTpXF5v9GuViXuG3pIMGZINMipd1bpwZPmBBq7pgwSWDnCb721r2Lz-ZxC8z5gKZ0JSJGwhiN6Y__KzTSCHeW3DojGV0Dm62gMoFe5rx/s640/IMG_3675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKK0twL_xX74mr7mYJF6dfNZ0ZHj8SC3tldw3Zq7SdAZA8Quqg88_A3Jzzg1So9i0TtP8b6mpIs6BYKlTyTpXF5v9GuViXuG3pIMGZINMipd1bpwZPmBBq7pgwSWDnCb721r2Lz-ZxC8z5gKZ0JSJGwhiN6Y__KzTSCHeW3DojGV0Dm62gMoFe5rx/s16000/IMG_3675.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, originally founded in 639. It has many beautiful mosaics, including an amazing mosaic of The Last Judgement. Sadly we were not allowed to take photos in the Basilica. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-x451s50JPon5uSULc7WgrCEOeqv_H5VWBgeUm19X2Vj4LzIIoTgxtY3Wt9siCTsORPH95Jgsdo5LWh_-y_pa6GfHD61py8uWSawgcvNxRRar4BrbJZbFrnOI93Ab1WTyLN5OY27ITKj1wQQzXl20dZVFd_dmSr7kFJuVc4K_LU1JOx43FLS3gh3m/s640/IMG_3676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-x451s50JPon5uSULc7WgrCEOeqv_H5VWBgeUm19X2Vj4LzIIoTgxtY3Wt9siCTsORPH95Jgsdo5LWh_-y_pa6GfHD61py8uWSawgcvNxRRar4BrbJZbFrnOI93Ab1WTyLN5OY27ITKj1wQQzXl20dZVFd_dmSr7kFJuVc4K_LU1JOx43FLS3gh3m/s16000/IMG_3676.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The remains of the Narthex or porch</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju26iRLHVXLm0wjjSTYRDc_TEp3Sd343C_dgMsmkZN_w4coy-NGpRJvfvJTmB70b_AIYHZq6k_UFEM8guR_ypJ_V6jyruLRPOiQ6RwBKNXuJzwgFHi6RFs9GJNJmzwuUmvHLMG0ev67tlV37yUgjD6Ep9cNoQjKWly4zy8fAI4mp9QyFmpiBol9-RE/s640/IMG_3674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju26iRLHVXLm0wjjSTYRDc_TEp3Sd343C_dgMsmkZN_w4coy-NGpRJvfvJTmB70b_AIYHZq6k_UFEM8guR_ypJ_V6jyruLRPOiQ6RwBKNXuJzwgFHi6RFs9GJNJmzwuUmvHLMG0ev67tlV37yUgjD6Ep9cNoQjKWly4zy8fAI4mp9QyFmpiBol9-RE/s16000/IMG_3674.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">It was a shame that we didn't get longer on the island, there were more buildings in the Basilica area which would have been lovely to look round. But we were pleased that we had seen the island, albeit very briefly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-21911613383167339972022-06-10T23:04:00.000+01:002022-06-10T23:04:33.130+01:00Venice - Burano<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsWz4FvUKLzWGQwC7dZUJtCl8CPeMNLgdXYX5LiPPi_te_i9lrAGkHjbxRieF82qkCw_znsQ4HDFXlOTgtQD75lrTWD3d6zzlCNXnnAVs8Lecs28Y2-vSldZuG2SrZ7AcYj4p7iaU2DyuUZiYbAZKOpQaYttatFwiQjlsYBP6_mwMCjbwgwQs54zK/s600/IMG_3632.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsWz4FvUKLzWGQwC7dZUJtCl8CPeMNLgdXYX5LiPPi_te_i9lrAGkHjbxRieF82qkCw_znsQ4HDFXlOTgtQD75lrTWD3d6zzlCNXnnAVs8Lecs28Y2-vSldZuG2SrZ7AcYj4p7iaU2DyuUZiYbAZKOpQaYttatFwiQjlsYBP6_mwMCjbwgwQs54zK/s16000/IMG_3632.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Beautiful Burano, the island of colourful houses and lace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvnwAtZ0qee1cUAisBkfya190bm1JiGfzCtHSLTOR-BNkqFTsoeBa8e0wU48udAYgCqGw5aNnzTpvjSGFFK9wXdjJtPqo5Q6CEs5DzkFFzokJh54CDm2drQbhAB7qKgeNv7msRJ10lyBxcBZ5wWpmTmYiI683esjMNFZDfDFmk-kiwsOzC9wmnI7l/s600/IMG_3596.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvnwAtZ0qee1cUAisBkfya190bm1JiGfzCtHSLTOR-BNkqFTsoeBa8e0wU48udAYgCqGw5aNnzTpvjSGFFK9wXdjJtPqo5Q6CEs5DzkFFzokJh54CDm2drQbhAB7qKgeNv7msRJ10lyBxcBZ5wWpmTmYiI683esjMNFZDfDFmk-kiwsOzC9wmnI7l/s16000/IMG_3596.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were lucky enough to get a seat outside on the boat again for the journey to Burano. This ruined building is one of the first things you see as you approach the Island. I think it is the remains of a Religious Centre.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7vc2aSf2y_tFhI7ksKrr_KcoXxvn6NDAgo7ovFInSy_nicf7Blla6pF0zgkN6bctXPvf4WefkoLyb6kK21tvNSrRuhJxXJLhVAOotdLX_a-xFINYMD4k78MWB7wHoC3bq62xOBRosJZ6rQtmu8C4Do3Obzh0T6ukOjx4_vzK9HyRsIrw4QjxrMO2/s600/IMG_3604.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7vc2aSf2y_tFhI7ksKrr_KcoXxvn6NDAgo7ovFInSy_nicf7Blla6pF0zgkN6bctXPvf4WefkoLyb6kK21tvNSrRuhJxXJLhVAOotdLX_a-xFINYMD4k78MWB7wHoC3bq62xOBRosJZ6rQtmu8C4Do3Obzh0T6ukOjx4_vzK9HyRsIrw4QjxrMO2/s16000/IMG_3604.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Oh look, some of the famous coloured houses :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3hyKL_7YFtE-whVpucwlO99yRDMj9zYhSFQjQqE48-VYO4auLAB44o1Mo9igV1P7b4C9VTtmWpnVfvjH7OC_5unHt4FsAHD5nfMAPuv3w1Ziv5aD6Vrm1Nbu-r5s6V3y5Kt3fsyUh_u_D4EwirDQEtqhWZGsUol6CAxW4qnYO_Nc1rq_sUcanoTW/s600/IMG_3606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3hyKL_7YFtE-whVpucwlO99yRDMj9zYhSFQjQqE48-VYO4auLAB44o1Mo9igV1P7b4C9VTtmWpnVfvjH7OC_5unHt4FsAHD5nfMAPuv3w1Ziv5aD6Vrm1Nbu-r5s6V3y5Kt3fsyUh_u_D4EwirDQEtqhWZGsUol6CAxW4qnYO_Nc1rq_sUcanoTW/s16000/IMG_3606.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Burano is a beautiful, peaceful place, which we all fell in love with :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83WfWpT1b0OVsuHqwb3urgh-L0aoXRRs0KcAdab-fV-x4pu2p1zF4GpNAOIKsXKmJNpwJ02d7QGlXHzC0RNL9pCP67hA5GH5zcqymM1bfctV5E2H3BRythPnQih9q5Zvay6iSGMmDhhTNQjKldTFoaJLajdzNHg5bJIh8yn6-6hC0abxngB9sT5yc/s600/IMG_3609.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83WfWpT1b0OVsuHqwb3urgh-L0aoXRRs0KcAdab-fV-x4pu2p1zF4GpNAOIKsXKmJNpwJ02d7QGlXHzC0RNL9pCP67hA5GH5zcqymM1bfctV5E2H3BRythPnQih9q5Zvay6iSGMmDhhTNQjKldTFoaJLajdzNHg5bJIh8yn6-6hC0abxngB9sT5yc/s16000/IMG_3609.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arriving at the Island we passed many beautiful colourful houses, the houses are supposedly painted in bright colours to help the fishermen find their way home when the fog is bad on the Lagoon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv1ffSP3vuqh9ZobdrwTJvoP5BqeppDymg1fdjAyaiYMLhqMeWYxYfjdSnDeXRvGjes8dJqqcQONLI2l9nFQqxuJeorLNB9bLuuiUP63i1ckyW47aR2jyCX7dUi4I06S3CSPjVqecWqUYHYp9UzsGUFloGs7iZYwqe2s0rebfknuN4qSM-dL3_0AD/s600/IMG_3610.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv1ffSP3vuqh9ZobdrwTJvoP5BqeppDymg1fdjAyaiYMLhqMeWYxYfjdSnDeXRvGjes8dJqqcQONLI2l9nFQqxuJeorLNB9bLuuiUP63i1ckyW47aR2jyCX7dUi4I06S3CSPjVqecWqUYHYp9UzsGUFloGs7iZYwqe2s0rebfknuN4qSM-dL3_0AD/s16000/IMG_3610.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, the church tower really does lean that much :) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABXD09Ge9bLoYu0UXzahYvs3jP40ipEh9PHeVkS3sJuK_ZUqYsoL_r1ln1JIK7J77QmBDNXXNXK1A_6bPU1N3JSsmjK8qxDVRcG98rX_cyx3jkmZJA1eC7Cb-9yH4wjnVea4POwdVrlgf_BYX_i7u4cMsLUuPXF5tqUVouNmiKdxLpzVoz0PweqrA/s600/IMG_3620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABXD09Ge9bLoYu0UXzahYvs3jP40ipEh9PHeVkS3sJuK_ZUqYsoL_r1ln1JIK7J77QmBDNXXNXK1A_6bPU1N3JSsmjK8qxDVRcG98rX_cyx3jkmZJA1eC7Cb-9yH4wjnVea4POwdVrlgf_BYX_i7u4cMsLUuPXF5tqUVouNmiKdxLpzVoz0PweqrA/s16000/IMG_3620.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So pretty everywhere you look :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hMaCuJE0CzsRRl2S4KTuNPIUz5DZ6HaHEletvgWxmdiBwSORa0fhbs4tKj5ZgzUS4zAGZofaH6VKfWWuccYBhX2Rgg5uskFR2ab54U4jKVIp2LtgYBUydVyAr-xsFSOJyKK8hL0CN-By9STtmug58-zr7ICUS9PMKsDGCiWgzesTHIGQmBBlP_ak/s600/IMG_3621.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hMaCuJE0CzsRRl2S4KTuNPIUz5DZ6HaHEletvgWxmdiBwSORa0fhbs4tKj5ZgzUS4zAGZofaH6VKfWWuccYBhX2Rgg5uskFR2ab54U4jKVIp2LtgYBUydVyAr-xsFSOJyKK8hL0CN-By9STtmug58-zr7ICUS9PMKsDGCiWgzesTHIGQmBBlP_ak/s16000/IMG_3621.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACnzAEjJ1gnimZ0YEtwhklmAtjoEercy8Cw7hRDhwOKE_Xw7_iv6TQShS-37kZo4STYqxt84MLYeVXNjH4eR6SSygFKx18StTj9mlHy5ulkwCeVqOSpSfVpswzX--130s_QGBB9Kxe9euSL0I73niMx2xsBQSMumEqm_896WGLwdUY4llKrDbVTzT/s600/IMG_3622.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked along the canal side just enjoying seeing all the colourful sights, and also looking for somewhere nice to have lunch. We found a beautiful restaurant right beside the canal and enjoyed a really lovely lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSuUZTX9wwNQNxOBJKrfTEjf_kEvYnaJAsid_AhtqZmnKsRjrn6AIeYfnbvzTMtJcsjwg5lEIfCa4vz1W8aMultI1kZtW4w6eI0rFCEJBnRgMzJRPbBQNqq32TN9LI3T6vko3u8TqMUV0TQ6AVOlCwp4tSp8c6ZTwVjVbBiUBqQhe1pg59PIHtdov/s600/IMG_3633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSuUZTX9wwNQNxOBJKrfTEjf_kEvYnaJAsid_AhtqZmnKsRjrn6AIeYfnbvzTMtJcsjwg5lEIfCa4vz1W8aMultI1kZtW4w6eI0rFCEJBnRgMzJRPbBQNqq32TN9LI3T6vko3u8TqMUV0TQ6AVOlCwp4tSp8c6ZTwVjVbBiUBqQhe1pg59PIHtdov/s16000/IMG_3633.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely houses lining the canals</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRksHsyb7jxn-eDlk0-NjaD3UtKQGLi2itOSEirge__va01JLDVz70vSMkw3tUOZI9If7EKL6JhaDfb8eHzdbP9dMDiZcONDLqzEgCihBQ2UqwHFO0BZi_UZHnXYkirwqrpG_RQbju2yNEHgNWMMF5Wfq1UDnLaT8inXaRC09yhrZWTuapB3skAfnn/s600/IMG_3643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRksHsyb7jxn-eDlk0-NjaD3UtKQGLi2itOSEirge__va01JLDVz70vSMkw3tUOZI9If7EKL6JhaDfb8eHzdbP9dMDiZcONDLqzEgCihBQ2UqwHFO0BZi_UZHnXYkirwqrpG_RQbju2yNEHgNWMMF5Wfq1UDnLaT8inXaRC09yhrZWTuapB3skAfnn/s16000/IMG_3643.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One reason I was interested in Burano was the lace. Being a lace maker myself I really wanted to see some Burano Lace. Above are some examples of lace made on Burano, I make bobbin lace, Burano Lace is needle made lace, different from bobbin lace, just as beautiful, and very time consuming to make. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmIATUt9whEm5Ax9PSiT4IBmSCUlJkomoJc30sxKMuBBlH4-2POm_nquYn8Gvw3ZuqJHeni1NaTZHlQ7X-AcLDD63mX4yrVH1JkIY3BdVFOGro8pPlaEawtfDMvAje1UZdAB8W6pGFEjneqC9LxTJHq5H-SdQYhStLdKZSOMElp_sFbAs9CbeAQL0/s600/IMG_3644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmIATUt9whEm5Ax9PSiT4IBmSCUlJkomoJc30sxKMuBBlH4-2POm_nquYn8Gvw3ZuqJHeni1NaTZHlQ7X-AcLDD63mX4yrVH1JkIY3BdVFOGro8pPlaEawtfDMvAje1UZdAB8W6pGFEjneqC9LxTJHq5H-SdQYhStLdKZSOMElp_sFbAs9CbeAQL0/s16000/IMG_3644.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking across the canal towards the Lagoon :) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT8Qm8njxVfAGmx_ikZUz62f3LpATsbowyuLlxK1FoFyiwkQpNfSPylhepcwTT8-IXepYuq5xobXrrNHx53wye3P1C_3mrdJ515bPtR3phsC7gtvtE2peI1I8UB0Fx0SL2szSXlnjA2vSOMdsUr5cc2AYW2MazJjLZldTridGR4uyFEIxwlsOWURh/s600/IMG_3647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT8Qm8njxVfAGmx_ikZUz62f3LpATsbowyuLlxK1FoFyiwkQpNfSPylhepcwTT8-IXepYuq5xobXrrNHx53wye3P1C_3mrdJ515bPtR3phsC7gtvtE2peI1I8UB0Fx0SL2szSXlnjA2vSOMdsUr5cc2AYW2MazJjLZldTridGR4uyFEIxwlsOWURh/s16000/IMG_3647.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1m0oNrevwtDAFE4DmlZh07DfH63CJAYDw_WXG3-r9-rmRQbWLTbzXTkaJot5nlC4Ms001W6R3ALs3mvVJghwkdUYMyvkkJk0S4f_a06PO6_PUZ9tZ9HvgCmd_KRK3yRj9Ks9FwSj8bEWejcKZsIhXICCNxl6Uf7mFTn9keOAfN99QIVtyoUbmHAZw/s600/IMG_3648.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More lovely colourful houses as we leave Burano to travel to Torcello, the last and smallest island we visited.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-36371918363068643732022-05-30T14:16:00.000+01:002022-05-30T14:16:00.826+01:00Venice - Murano<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaJqKjY_SS8UuI-eUSV7U9KTD_-ySv32XFx-J52zpenTXsjhnuxSWICtLBuA-Obz9Kw5mTzxuxlGDOs00ZNrJghVe-6YaThQPg5ice_p9UDh9QtGMgPOrIEZmVucicvtpC4EuwPm5Xsl4blc7meRDB4eRHVDyAFNnpBhWxieVtg8cBDbEADbejRYT/s600/IMG_3584.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaJqKjY_SS8UuI-eUSV7U9KTD_-ySv32XFx-J52zpenTXsjhnuxSWICtLBuA-Obz9Kw5mTzxuxlGDOs00ZNrJghVe-6YaThQPg5ice_p9UDh9QtGMgPOrIEZmVucicvtpC4EuwPm5Xsl4blc7meRDB4eRHVDyAFNnpBhWxieVtg8cBDbEADbejRYT/s16000/IMG_3584.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Murano - the first of the Venetian Islands that we visited on the same day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We booked an organized trip for the Islands, which proved to be a really good idea. We all gathered at a meeting point on the Grand Canal, from there we walked to where our boat was moored and set off across the Lagoon. It took about 30 minutes to get to the Island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmiTLiE30lCkXW9J8zhRNdvXCpFalFwTf1BSo6WePiRDNJP4T9Mquh9Vy4vHxxOFAgfgGLpBBNeDrri1twqm8PhAoGJ23PjVsH3oFWizV4tSYgrhyEvfUf_ZSAZ6BtpxaLpi7OzTGHVl0t4wcJAmjloyZKToeESIJf4ZoW1hYG1ykbHhSTWz9DSqc/s600/IMG_3567.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmiTLiE30lCkXW9J8zhRNdvXCpFalFwTf1BSo6WePiRDNJP4T9Mquh9Vy4vHxxOFAgfgGLpBBNeDrri1twqm8PhAoGJ23PjVsH3oFWizV4tSYgrhyEvfUf_ZSAZ6BtpxaLpi7OzTGHVl0t4wcJAmjloyZKToeESIJf4ZoW1hYG1ykbHhSTWz9DSqc/s16000/IMG_3567.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Murano is known as the Glass Island, and the glass produced there is just beautiful. We were treated to this glass blowing demonstration when we left the boat. I had seen glass blowing before but Alice and Joe had not. It is fascinating watching a Master Glass Blower at work. In the photo above the Glassblower is blowing the body of the vase shown below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6Mw2vQ0Y6TBTmo1_ftBcLchylQBrs-Rsvk5zztF1euYwQRvtsb-NzMYF_RHCpHgvui3imeldfuq4rbwUksWJ5zqxUtfPH-juCkJ9S60SU3GIwNyEq4I-5e-5BHm4DLHUZ2KzwkWXTecW-JJbJixBtJGNG_W9O-hTNOZGcr24aWt-Dyz45ILiLlox/s600/IMG_3570.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6Mw2vQ0Y6TBTmo1_ftBcLchylQBrs-Rsvk5zztF1euYwQRvtsb-NzMYF_RHCpHgvui3imeldfuq4rbwUksWJ5zqxUtfPH-juCkJ9S60SU3GIwNyEq4I-5e-5BHm4DLHUZ2KzwkWXTecW-JJbJixBtJGNG_W9O-hTNOZGcr24aWt-Dyz45ILiLlox/s16000/IMG_3570.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The finished vase above, and a rearing horse which the glass blower made in literally 90 seconds! That is what you call skill. We all very much enjoyed the display and the visit to the Glass Factory afterwards :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2idrygQ5F9SGpAniBDktsRTMWetx9Nj1646JAnoYZ1CUOHz9rkH8aaRe7gMIyr0bH0PMoqhEqF7zbdLJfY4fH36LRyrrUtRGMimIimM2_K6S7EbCSN0YHHFNolnmuhlmwvwA861hh4XmnTPW3f9ZIaVTF2y9rq3RR54OBWo2GyBawFNlE1nfV-4V/s600/IMG_3573.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2idrygQ5F9SGpAniBDktsRTMWetx9Nj1646JAnoYZ1CUOHz9rkH8aaRe7gMIyr0bH0PMoqhEqF7zbdLJfY4fH36LRyrrUtRGMimIimM2_K6S7EbCSN0YHHFNolnmuhlmwvwA861hh4XmnTPW3f9ZIaVTF2y9rq3RR54OBWo2GyBawFNlE1nfV-4V/s16000/IMG_3573.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then made our way to the main canal, and browsed the lovely shops.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see the weather was beautiful :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZjB21HnA_QVFltbcu1HqYumhrS4RnWTmbVFM4s-YNK555fFbTSkfhvTWRSlKEz3vs1DGMeuDzO66I2C2hll7hUibsGqvPkk2FDBFDPYHN_nGzhRJKAJA_Z-Hu_RYnxjf33XMTadFt0I7teir3ECwGbQGsjZDtG2DSh-vmXsjpEnDnTv96F8ATbI8/s600/IMG_3582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZjB21HnA_QVFltbcu1HqYumhrS4RnWTmbVFM4s-YNK555fFbTSkfhvTWRSlKEz3vs1DGMeuDzO66I2C2hll7hUibsGqvPkk2FDBFDPYHN_nGzhRJKAJA_Z-Hu_RYnxjf33XMTadFt0I7teir3ECwGbQGsjZDtG2DSh-vmXsjpEnDnTv96F8ATbI8/s16000/IMG_3582.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is lovely seeing boats, not cars!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1Xckkxe1VSVAdkrpbekuvOMoxbwSS76MXxpiuqwknJU0TAiOG_cYAm09zTAsdjJBiqBk7quIpzvTCefq9cnLB9L5opVkV62MT-o5rUggCqbEn89Y8L09MEp3dlIJUUALn3FSUZsa69O3wzxSO_6R-m4VV8aGimBcc4bFCLfO9BXv95Lj-IiRdzoR/s16000/IMG_3589.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">As we left Murano Harbour we saw this lovely lighthouse.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTbR99ivRKju-jtZlUk63Z4Am7UHtay28JCSlmwRVryqO8_lodXqonsE_tumjl1YQcqW6eXUIByWKPjfhMIETPFz9KxtkSfc67KUWdvSTMcxkqhCVvBC-u9n23o4YItVHW00GGA6BCByDLLj1O4YCWRtMdFtv8zW9Bsl4Fzwx2ifdmy9goqg7N4gJ/s600/IMG_3591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTbR99ivRKju-jtZlUk63Z4Am7UHtay28JCSlmwRVryqO8_lodXqonsE_tumjl1YQcqW6eXUIByWKPjfhMIETPFz9KxtkSfc67KUWdvSTMcxkqhCVvBC-u9n23o4YItVHW00GGA6BCByDLLj1O4YCWRtMdFtv8zW9Bsl4Fzwx2ifdmy9goqg7N4gJ/s16000/IMG_3591.JPG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A few more views of Murano, taken from the boat. We managed to get a seat outside on the upper deck of the boat for this part of the journey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8klhQgNPdm4-Pvd50TA9YrwQYGwO90rZNdipL37ZNmm1BpFg2MxeXPWIxys0JFpajqawYNeczKOVOfKjz7wAgTT5DZr9gULYq-EHbJ1DxBejK5XqgHiaacKApvobVIo1omd-tvQYvNb5qMyXcuSOYzWf876b8MRPQKgEKjMecmKg-P4MjfoswMIk/s600/IMG_3592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8klhQgNPdm4-Pvd50TA9YrwQYGwO90rZNdipL37ZNmm1BpFg2MxeXPWIxys0JFpajqawYNeczKOVOfKjz7wAgTT5DZr9gULYq-EHbJ1DxBejK5XqgHiaacKApvobVIo1omd-tvQYvNb5qMyXcuSOYzWf876b8MRPQKgEKjMecmKg-P4MjfoswMIk/s16000/IMG_3592.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaving Murano behind us, we were off to Burano next :) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNXW1WiF7-E7IxEIwlMr0aoEARFfjfewJBRV0zTS9V0Ky1_SyfW6ynipSRm2hSOwt2rYgN4ESUBMgJ4JST0S-2OPfMxAp078-5sD_JAszHCRz97OeOOIm1y9UJ6LDxLlxj71-kQWAlCtlG-earWS4CE2gPf8F7EjLgoZTNq6pkX7Le7AZCvWUpC2W/s640/IMG_3593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNXW1WiF7-E7IxEIwlMr0aoEARFfjfewJBRV0zTS9V0Ky1_SyfW6ynipSRm2hSOwt2rYgN4ESUBMgJ4JST0S-2OPfMxAp078-5sD_JAszHCRz97OeOOIm1y9UJ6LDxLlxj71-kQWAlCtlG-earWS4CE2gPf8F7EjLgoZTNq6pkX7Le7AZCvWUpC2W/s16000/IMG_3593.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-55438855640464933342022-05-28T17:56:00.001+01:002022-05-28T17:56:37.667+01:00Venice - meanderings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixpjQ6-fp24XD5iNVI-nb3SXJ-ozucxSbaZ8OgW-6QCV56WvCJEZ_aShYXzAwhCsPFGNmMYYN8TWphqrqxOP1HLtb_NjY1-sPuwOR6PN3HRTSUNsawF67feECYuJIZ0mPppNydaSqRDdVXuO-PwfEquKejdpOKRNlTs83v0iIWagbsQXOEPUBidOZ/s600/IMG_3480.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixpjQ6-fp24XD5iNVI-nb3SXJ-ozucxSbaZ8OgW-6QCV56WvCJEZ_aShYXzAwhCsPFGNmMYYN8TWphqrqxOP1HLtb_NjY1-sPuwOR6PN3HRTSUNsawF67feECYuJIZ0mPppNydaSqRDdVXuO-PwfEquKejdpOKRNlTs83v0iIWagbsQXOEPUBidOZ/s16000/IMG_3480.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As mentioned in the last blog, we decided to just wander around and see what we could find. We found a lot of Canals, but they are so pretty we all took lots of photos :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5RoOO4t7gi9Uh31h3Mk2s6Go-hDvKfzMSVKItmUgYWig2JLAXZR4t0zBBWwO7rojC_400C00uEXbjSNNnIH3S2Wh2STZn8CzTNDt9RPkUJJh6x8hiLyB5qgGJbsMluMVy4BWgOpjV-nGxRwvjyBRRN7afwloXAEhfdvqtBZ8KLLq-FLHLYix6G_Q/s600/IMG_3482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5RoOO4t7gi9Uh31h3Mk2s6Go-hDvKfzMSVKItmUgYWig2JLAXZR4t0zBBWwO7rojC_400C00uEXbjSNNnIH3S2Wh2STZn8CzTNDt9RPkUJJh6x8hiLyB5qgGJbsMluMVy4BWgOpjV-nGxRwvjyBRRN7afwloXAEhfdvqtBZ8KLLq-FLHLYix6G_Q/s16000/IMG_3482.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have no idea where any of these canals are, we just crossed bridges and went where we felt like!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one has a canal name, the building on the right turned out to be the Opera House, La Gran Teatro La Fenice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2DYqwelw4UXO2-t7ANcLBIfF4IyRGAc0mAE7-dZTciX2Y2_C2RRwcxMHkjUUNBt02ScTpa3xuwRYfakR4wlEBeVSNRkdA_CMzREDPJI74X3mvYNOSfvwLG3gYZcy68JFR2BMUjOud0e1pALYzxLC1gDRrjV78Lu6u9C3do-ODJAjuj-w8ZZsJuoh/s600/IMG_3494.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2DYqwelw4UXO2-t7ANcLBIfF4IyRGAc0mAE7-dZTciX2Y2_C2RRwcxMHkjUUNBt02ScTpa3xuwRYfakR4wlEBeVSNRkdA_CMzREDPJI74X3mvYNOSfvwLG3gYZcy68JFR2BMUjOud0e1pALYzxLC1gDRrjV78Lu6u9C3do-ODJAjuj-w8ZZsJuoh/s16000/IMG_3494.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelFBa7AOdbpwICJAeBPX3dPAeVEtZG_kUPZjkngdwsxk6yvL6HJA4S4FBmmZTHtcgRTpg0axz-ZY1C_BDcpzvsOHrQC6U1vbVjdVKozbnBk_B6-md0xB47PYNfeV0NlGbECCWDY_xn75W3zNO1_hcaRA9S551Q1ePcqKgFMGXlPYIVMitZ3i3R8JK/s600/IMG_3522A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelFBa7AOdbpwICJAeBPX3dPAeVEtZG_kUPZjkngdwsxk6yvL6HJA4S4FBmmZTHtcgRTpg0axz-ZY1C_BDcpzvsOHrQC6U1vbVjdVKozbnBk_B6-md0xB47PYNfeV0NlGbECCWDY_xn75W3zNO1_hcaRA9S551Q1ePcqKgFMGXlPYIVMitZ3i3R8JK/s16000/IMG_3522A.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Gran Teatro La Fenice from the front. This is a world famous Opera House, we didn't go inside but there are plenty of photos of the interior on the internet. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcaj7HrjzQm_ybRXdn6tRMhoYe6Lqeq4EdVZ_-mNicvlAl-n7BGPRPBNIAbVvzLBi02kuPkHEstkskIxeww7U-PBouvxsFzHluXoAmrNN4WTe3JN6vZUGyLiAK1XvzF7EWw-fIJAIDu44oaXAqAwlpjDMqHZsnbTWVJ8cdfbjn8kNAwVA8QhsavFN/s600/IMG_3496.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcaj7HrjzQm_ybRXdn6tRMhoYe6Lqeq4EdVZ_-mNicvlAl-n7BGPRPBNIAbVvzLBi02kuPkHEstkskIxeww7U-PBouvxsFzHluXoAmrNN4WTe3JN6vZUGyLiAK1XvzF7EWw-fIJAIDu44oaXAqAwlpjDMqHZsnbTWVJ8cdfbjn8kNAwVA8QhsavFN/s16000/IMG_3496.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This lovely sign was round the back of the building. La Fenice means The Phoenix. The sign looks very old but that might not be true as the building was destroyed by fire in 1996 for the third time in its history, leaving only the exterior walls (and this sign?) intact. The Teatro was rebuilt and re-opened in 2004.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2lCCH52nCkZW3K9j9IhLCzqjenLx0zestBcdwBPAl8nk1oq6zj5gBACINGKCVdO-jLVErOpcASwttqJ20kdXwKu9tcGRNLzL99lnwZKJp76krkqXrLJiIObE29OU6QVZUM5Qldc8cc0chtYRDXBiy6a8XtcAzlWAlKwUL83Qdt9fj7I_-nELtH-n/s600/IMG_3502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2lCCH52nCkZW3K9j9IhLCzqjenLx0zestBcdwBPAl8nk1oq6zj5gBACINGKCVdO-jLVErOpcASwttqJ20kdXwKu9tcGRNLzL99lnwZKJp76krkqXrLJiIObE29OU6QVZUM5Qldc8cc0chtYRDXBiy6a8XtcAzlWAlKwUL83Qdt9fj7I_-nELtH-n/s16000/IMG_3502.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a lovely Hotel near to the Teatro, my daughter spent a night here after my son and I flew home, as she stayed in Italy visiting friends.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We finally found ourselves back in St Mark's Square, It was a shame that the front of The Basilica was covered, but I am sure the repairs being done were very necessary.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZrrIr0Y7VJ1xd_4nhDHaochhCp288Ki4PQVZ4w9SisXIgKQXNceGjY6RBV6pfdA-KUAp7WRkrbaKXqy34-B67ap1gh3BIoU1IsUh1bqPfoNvro_52ST5kODJ_kR4h3lQFv2n_swGfILnt-jmDt7elOObEBUhn8Muxva2i7V7bHEHaEfFcTFdiQj-/s600/IMG_3538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZrrIr0Y7VJ1xd_4nhDHaochhCp288Ki4PQVZ4w9SisXIgKQXNceGjY6RBV6pfdA-KUAp7WRkrbaKXqy34-B67ap1gh3BIoU1IsUh1bqPfoNvro_52ST5kODJ_kR4h3lQFv2n_swGfILnt-jmDt7elOObEBUhn8Muxva2i7V7bHEHaEfFcTFdiQj-/s16000/IMG_3538.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The four horses captured from Constantinople in 1204. These horses are actually replicas, but we had the chance to see the originals later in the week. More about them in a later blog :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORefKAZUG2MvXJ0GFwsZFGaR8BGz7n9v2P1vzqz1Dk4ItIp7kTaAGGvT3nuoap-zMHlmF_vDAqTdLn1cXnZ1sNfNjuEvFuFEUIpG2eR1EuTEqHmTAMN0l4VJdyFhGpcBtKi3zgoGFau0jRo8Yy5QWC4Upg_RO54VfC1iwPXTqca0jabLIuBi33PVP/s600/IMG_3557.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORefKAZUG2MvXJ0GFwsZFGaR8BGz7n9v2P1vzqz1Dk4ItIp7kTaAGGvT3nuoap-zMHlmF_vDAqTdLn1cXnZ1sNfNjuEvFuFEUIpG2eR1EuTEqHmTAMN0l4VJdyFhGpcBtKi3zgoGFau0jRo8Yy5QWC4Upg_RO54VfC1iwPXTqca0jabLIuBi33PVP/s16000/IMG_3557.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everywhere you turned there were opportunities for amazing photos :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMg4p2fsp8N3mXUQHAuhfjMeowYKulnlEtangOm6b--no73rHCUDoJ3UGMnpJ1ODzR9726CA7bvKaYNWgHMMEXe2BkSpHbjcy7_4NygvS4fJwnkU-pIH2OBZBFIRrJnQrP_N7Tt1RrD4ovPohEiX-DkJJX-mbOHSo4IxaNXC0yvKiEY7GZ8eBFzZg/s600/IMG_3559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMg4p2fsp8N3mXUQHAuhfjMeowYKulnlEtangOm6b--no73rHCUDoJ3UGMnpJ1ODzR9726CA7bvKaYNWgHMMEXe2BkSpHbjcy7_4NygvS4fJwnkU-pIH2OBZBFIRrJnQrP_N7Tt1RrD4ovPohEiX-DkJJX-mbOHSo4IxaNXC0yvKiEY7GZ8eBFzZg/s16000/IMG_3559.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdALgjnuT2V96VmWdwRCqKRUgB4ifpq-M6XyQ5pqiDCdLp5kuY3Uh1NqsWwZQPyI_ywAY3BYVIJ8pWFwzeW02Kw-cn70h9tRsEu7ufH-AKCnYqMhI-v24Apcr9goqrHxXdnpzgUdNf2h47vl81HhxHLLEfLAKGLBsru2RL_JTzTuRJbxgfyHnUNOvn/s600/IMG_3561.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdALgjnuT2V96VmWdwRCqKRUgB4ifpq-M6XyQ5pqiDCdLp5kuY3Uh1NqsWwZQPyI_ywAY3BYVIJ8pWFwzeW02Kw-cn70h9tRsEu7ufH-AKCnYqMhI-v24Apcr9goqrHxXdnpzgUdNf2h47vl81HhxHLLEfLAKGLBsru2RL_JTzTuRJbxgfyHnUNOvn/s16000/IMG_3561.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't see many cats, but this one lives in a Stationery shop near where we were staying.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj-A0HnlMBJu4nrBp-oTMQj5Lp9_VA7GNjXNqYb_vwxmzY-qz58falntW0EuaGzJ1DgSn0QQCRogspQ6-1a38qyz0EuOmvKlzTth_A3zI54UwJEaOm0N96vlCYZ9GLR6nFuvuHSBvQez8XAkJlGNfyp9jvZG4FeUALacIMNBP9TCHH0hmZsGdMz05/s600/IMG_3563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj-A0HnlMBJu4nrBp-oTMQj5Lp9_VA7GNjXNqYb_vwxmzY-qz58falntW0EuaGzJ1DgSn0QQCRogspQ6-1a38qyz0EuOmvKlzTth_A3zI54UwJEaOm0N96vlCYZ9GLR6nFuvuHSBvQez8XAkJlGNfyp9jvZG4FeUALacIMNBP9TCHH0hmZsGdMz05/s16000/IMG_3563.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful buildings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-r3AUQOQjt2KYqvpU1io2KmtOkYGkJBg_xZy16sMYUiOjJmrATnmMXG-efMtHL7DNYA6BgPjBIUgBT9D0WxWXRbqVWMM5zTFSCR3cMlx08sSq2jBwSaXk1xuG-z5TgUQczGKe3s3aUc7DtJb5wC0b9iolL4c5C6ALZ6jPcl2StuhzBlfH665BUiH/s600/IMG_3564.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-r3AUQOQjt2KYqvpU1io2KmtOkYGkJBg_xZy16sMYUiOjJmrATnmMXG-efMtHL7DNYA6BgPjBIUgBT9D0WxWXRbqVWMM5zTFSCR3cMlx08sSq2jBwSaXk1xuG-z5TgUQczGKe3s3aUc7DtJb5wC0b9iolL4c5C6ALZ6jPcl2StuhzBlfH665BUiH/s16000/IMG_3564.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bridge in this photo is the famous Bridge of Sighs, the building on the right is the Doge's Palace. We visited the palace on our last day, more of that in a later blog.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YsehH7JEWZbbfBOema18FwENhqZHR8UIBDr8tRTyTgDleM9W3JFOA9pYMkYRLTNjS9Dpq0FVkNIG6tgw3hBocVctO2CK651pUnF6djBNqCW-GR9JFIStZ02Ppcm0ucoiTelKGlKSZsesNPdAS9xDyQZHMp0C_CE_QAJCMH9qIlClCz8VyKh3lwC/s600/IMG_3566.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YsehH7JEWZbbfBOema18FwENhqZHR8UIBDr8tRTyTgDleM9W3JFOA9pYMkYRLTNjS9Dpq0FVkNIG6tgw3hBocVctO2CK651pUnF6djBNqCW-GR9JFIStZ02Ppcm0ucoiTelKGlKSZsesNPdAS9xDyQZHMp0C_CE_QAJCMH9qIlClCz8VyKh3lwC/s16000/IMG_3566.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a lovely time just wandering round the Calli's </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our lovely daughter tracked down and booked a boat trip to the Islands for the following day, the next blogs will be about them :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-56948219639257632372022-05-26T16:32:00.001+01:002022-05-26T16:32:48.111+01:00Venice - our first full day <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj045IK1GqpmQzzigvuGuaTY73yLhl0ZfIupg1uRgS4o1gjoUqyLrx0uU-fBe0XYuPdAIecUk0_mSXO4OyONpWc0ZjXMpdrBRcjUtnhgx0qqLi2YtW7k7GLzMD7E4Ogj9A0o9xuw2ega77fAPHcgZXCf8IvEH-N-KtLC8WxNUJPWyTxWL0LWMDZWnpx/s600/IMG_3558.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj045IK1GqpmQzzigvuGuaTY73yLhl0ZfIupg1uRgS4o1gjoUqyLrx0uU-fBe0XYuPdAIecUk0_mSXO4OyONpWc0ZjXMpdrBRcjUtnhgx0qqLi2YtW7k7GLzMD7E4Ogj9A0o9xuw2ega77fAPHcgZXCf8IvEH-N-KtLC8WxNUJPWyTxWL0LWMDZWnpx/s16000/IMG_3558.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A golden sea horse decoration on a Gondola.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ-AMqawXwH1H8AfSQ4Y-vzJDSFOnr45TgoS4bHQdep82Y2nY0jo-7hd8w68uV_98dna6iwyIY4tB0xwkdMwcIOB8bDwNSnEyQFDjLSCfza75JSqNWq_JMJnGzxtp16NIxd-ZA6DU0_mmUucjZY8SY-j3jOniDDqQ6BigvwKIst29YLM2Al3IBCCX/s600/IMG_3440.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ-AMqawXwH1H8AfSQ4Y-vzJDSFOnr45TgoS4bHQdep82Y2nY0jo-7hd8w68uV_98dna6iwyIY4tB0xwkdMwcIOB8bDwNSnEyQFDjLSCfza75JSqNWq_JMJnGzxtp16NIxd-ZA6DU0_mmUucjZY8SY-j3jOniDDqQ6BigvwKIst29YLM2Al3IBCCX/s16000/IMG_3440.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from our bedroom window :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlv9UWszgfx7GlajiMT_GmmPyi1J4K_6HYPXRGJ7AdZx-xL_SKeDngd7R8KjrvEy5ifn2EIqSBJAor55dp8watt-E8QEKsuuBCfCfywmPMg5RD225JZNbn4KKWNNBLKj4Lq63ZibSYa7fHX68rS44AIT0yIAzwHT-JjsGm-qvXoS3t1PL5tIA_i-I/s600/IMG_3447.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlv9UWszgfx7GlajiMT_GmmPyi1J4K_6HYPXRGJ7AdZx-xL_SKeDngd7R8KjrvEy5ifn2EIqSBJAor55dp8watt-E8QEKsuuBCfCfywmPMg5RD225JZNbn4KKWNNBLKj4Lq63ZibSYa7fHX68rS44AIT0yIAzwHT-JjsGm-qvXoS3t1PL5tIA_i-I/s16000/IMG_3447.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had booked into a glass making experience at 10.00 so we got ourselves ready in good time so we could find where we had to go. I had to take the odd photo or two on the way..... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI4oOua1pheE6cywL-iAlTJUnVdIS28vKDWUQGo9xdEK1_EwBPjD4cUP79xh_6a_FKPRcuS7dTE_60gc4zFhgnlgK9Ev0yBXmjQZBLDh6yRFpxgmIX9dptXgVDwr5ooT1BsYGCYX6ReoQqr7u2WbmGmnHAimDpY5m_JJJNB35WDG0CdwpdZ98ZhdB/s600/IMG_3454.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI4oOua1pheE6cywL-iAlTJUnVdIS28vKDWUQGo9xdEK1_EwBPjD4cUP79xh_6a_FKPRcuS7dTE_60gc4zFhgnlgK9Ev0yBXmjQZBLDh6yRFpxgmIX9dptXgVDwr5ooT1BsYGCYX6ReoQqr7u2WbmGmnHAimDpY5m_JJJNB35WDG0CdwpdZ98ZhdB/s16000/IMG_3454.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About 5 minutes walk from our accommodation we found ourselves in St Mark's Square, what an amazing sight! As it was early there weren't too many people about, and much to our surprise HIM's Wicked Game was playing full blast from the stage that can be seen on the left of the photo. As I really like HIM's music I thoroughly enjoyed it!! We found out a couple of days later that the Square was used for a Graduation Ceremony, what an amazing place for such a ceremony. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There will be a lot more about St. Mark's Square in a later blog :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2TMHeyLTRKzRAsapBeO44Or7PnNq6KploNlexxt4K5BwXzfUgBFfrVF1RePEP1tsbXawrnLptms4wxnq1xd5DCakfKuPJvhDcoszUySL6DdZgfhV7fd3_1gl1NglB0IFQ4oNwP5MQNORnDnmm3RlE6HuAoLveX0h0LIMizMnGMfmjsyMF6oVSHaN/s600/IMG_3462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2TMHeyLTRKzRAsapBeO44Or7PnNq6KploNlexxt4K5BwXzfUgBFfrVF1RePEP1tsbXawrnLptms4wxnq1xd5DCakfKuPJvhDcoszUySL6DdZgfhV7fd3_1gl1NglB0IFQ4oNwP5MQNORnDnmm3RlE6HuAoLveX0h0LIMizMnGMfmjsyMF6oVSHaN/s16000/IMG_3462.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty canals everywhere :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXDUq82lcU55Fv0MOsQdbapKPTf8MQ-2J87WNnmZU1GVW358yKgF5UmI8FV7MwIDgkB6JbLVW7JbuP3493xcWkH191qYBF0OgA8wJS-zjuuy1RayDIPlnF2N-3OzHqlaAWomE5sqop0yPwnEW-hDUGd9I7Gbfa6MzKvpWbNsZw0jLs4uvpjDfPwlO/s600/IMG_3463.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXDUq82lcU55Fv0MOsQdbapKPTf8MQ-2J87WNnmZU1GVW358yKgF5UmI8FV7MwIDgkB6JbLVW7JbuP3493xcWkH191qYBF0OgA8wJS-zjuuy1RayDIPlnF2N-3OzHqlaAWomE5sqop0yPwnEW-hDUGd9I7Gbfa6MzKvpWbNsZw0jLs4uvpjDfPwlO/s16000/IMG_3463.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA50iGOTVWDNiUyhCmK6p1btK8O1hypyfhpchGyMIeI2prsIQw8AlwcWjsFJujSU54zms7ScmnTDiUjXpoDiYmjgT1-VqxVM9rhm7SSmPT5iUxWQxEtap5nMxtoubUuSUP4sKn1t1MVENwwnjmA7hwlaigUciw3I3-KSatKuTR4IF-I4IkVRHWYcPE/s600/IMG_3464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA50iGOTVWDNiUyhCmK6p1btK8O1hypyfhpchGyMIeI2prsIQw8AlwcWjsFJujSU54zms7ScmnTDiUjXpoDiYmjgT1-VqxVM9rhm7SSmPT5iUxWQxEtap5nMxtoubUuSUP4sKn1t1MVENwwnjmA7hwlaigUciw3I3-KSatKuTR4IF-I4IkVRHWYcPE/s16000/IMG_3464.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found the address and had a very enjoyable 2 hours making our own glass momentos of our visit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhut7jU7Fm6XCOnI5zRDA9A5Bt7gDozPjucUGC88BsXCELkyep475bAcIghnu-lKxGT6o8_3fkqM8gPqzGb3Q6jAzfdF_lgvdwBAz72BSR8RMYk1JDzwVCHXQC3Nudkf7kNzGYGhJxmOaNRumj8cz0266xzI6jpaO51fxQlr83CRuy08idH8okcgcow/s600/IMG_3996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhut7jU7Fm6XCOnI5zRDA9A5Bt7gDozPjucUGC88BsXCELkyep475bAcIghnu-lKxGT6o8_3fkqM8gPqzGb3Q6jAzfdF_lgvdwBAz72BSR8RMYk1JDzwVCHXQC3Nudkf7kNzGYGhJxmOaNRumj8cz0266xzI6jpaO51fxQlr83CRuy08idH8okcgcow/s16000/IMG_3996.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a glass 'penny' and a black cat</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXKcfBUI2O3inWjwgOgA5Y4p1UIpb_WVwLq2NM3VhoXK_vAElCv1iLCcxe0mvaUPbbXzONlnHhQAcE3Nlquah_Tp4_TnHk1_HNsBVjsUzS3zRUuBPVHldklUiouqtBaIy8GFEyfv7EydCXMFu2NutSIwofM7PlBD7BwBHPkccHZKjLRr5pPImWzoN/s640/IMG_3997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXKcfBUI2O3inWjwgOgA5Y4p1UIpb_WVwLq2NM3VhoXK_vAElCv1iLCcxe0mvaUPbbXzONlnHhQAcE3Nlquah_Tp4_TnHk1_HNsBVjsUzS3zRUuBPVHldklUiouqtBaIy8GFEyfv7EydCXMFu2NutSIwofM7PlBD7BwBHPkccHZKjLRr5pPImWzoN/s16000/IMG_3997.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The caterpillar was made by my son, my little black cat even has whiskers, but I forgot to give him eyes...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLdMHw4ppbb-ZYynRneS8axhUWACpDUSHYkbf-gLo6x8T83hKUtyYDnrA8FM6nKYA6ARQ-YEkdjURtv65zFO6RJ3IoUZrjDUuHDEsdKz08H1kd_3GnIXuH8xhcPO8ao2Xg1fuAKPM4OUA9XjTpYXcwjmVpXrAfv_LCJgTFtNo5HALIoqLWcqzLoq5/s600/IMG_3998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLdMHw4ppbb-ZYynRneS8axhUWACpDUSHYkbf-gLo6x8T83hKUtyYDnrA8FM6nKYA6ARQ-YEkdjURtv65zFO6RJ3IoUZrjDUuHDEsdKz08H1kd_3GnIXuH8xhcPO8ao2Xg1fuAKPM4OUA9XjTpYXcwjmVpXrAfv_LCJgTFtNo5HALIoqLWcqzLoq5/s16000/IMG_3998.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at least he has ears and a nose!!! We all thoroughly enjoyed our time and I am proud of my little cat :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRY3UTdMN6nG4tWA-M2gJ48RG6YG8P7gi7UaCfiS8FBMYFw-LeRd03g_xXQCnqnSYtDn75w3fPUucny24z8tp_o5vhmB_Om4BwF9hsBoDi-c_jA4sgTpXDlsnjzEdRqLFginP_MzGW8Ddj0wxwffFLZvcEGHr0OwnmFjBzGMdVQh2GHGA9mK_zZ187/s600/IMG_3468.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRY3UTdMN6nG4tWA-M2gJ48RG6YG8P7gi7UaCfiS8FBMYFw-LeRd03g_xXQCnqnSYtDn75w3fPUucny24z8tp_o5vhmB_Om4BwF9hsBoDi-c_jA4sgTpXDlsnjzEdRqLFginP_MzGW8Ddj0wxwffFLZvcEGHr0OwnmFjBzGMdVQh2GHGA9mK_zZ187/s16000/IMG_3468.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our glass making event we found a lovely restaurant in a nearby square. We had a leisurely lunch enjoying the food and sun while we decided what to do next. We had intended to travel to one of the Islands but decided to have the afternoon just wandering through the streets and alleyways, and leave the islands until the following day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVkXSlcg_Q_LNkGyMRWL5yftp2CtPd0JOUldrK4b0ekhLSIzz2hp6AeoADSiNiA6SnlbC6oWeyku3hV3erJBCW_r9PI06B02kxqCnYPl9EgafzXu74B4ol76eR_C0BwKSCrogvcDSDlelXXQv3rIYd3yGrO23k6E4c8X2H1myG4sIP_C9KUfsBT8A/s600/IMG_3477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVkXSlcg_Q_LNkGyMRWL5yftp2CtPd0JOUldrK4b0ekhLSIzz2hp6AeoADSiNiA6SnlbC6oWeyku3hV3erJBCW_r9PI06B02kxqCnYPl9EgafzXu74B4ol76eR_C0BwKSCrogvcDSDlelXXQv3rIYd3yGrO23k6E4c8X2H1myG4sIP_C9KUfsBT8A/s16000/IMG_3477.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the many alleyways in the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The afternoon meanderings will be in the next blog :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7939009967831769693.post-65054901331611455452022-05-21T18:40:00.000+01:002022-05-21T18:40:14.135+01:00Venice - at last :)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGUf8HJVjz_3-SDwfWCVH0d1-MJJ4clPxce4FqNxTfRACsuWeJkzE0E2t4_USDmZYIoLzu-IGX1QhRnsVh-09u-ERIOosIR9kKoCEcp0DO97YnV1GZQlJqLi_aYjbRFjL-sRUw5OCltDt5aE2tiJB38htDbazmKn_SvrQiRQagLmmL2luxquIF-Rn/s600/IMG_3399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGUf8HJVjz_3-SDwfWCVH0d1-MJJ4clPxce4FqNxTfRACsuWeJkzE0E2t4_USDmZYIoLzu-IGX1QhRnsVh-09u-ERIOosIR9kKoCEcp0DO97YnV1GZQlJqLi_aYjbRFjL-sRUw5OCltDt5aE2tiJB38htDbazmKn_SvrQiRQagLmmL2luxquIF-Rn/s16000/IMG_3399.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have always wanted to visit Venice, my two children have said for years that one day they would take me there. The one day finally came at the beginning of May :) We had a totally amazing time, Venice was everything I thought it would be and more. This is the first of a series of blogs that I will share, I hope it won't get boring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYadabZF83MbXkJ-nrgkx3EDMLvqFTJvXUvqPxT4Zx3kLob7QZTYgJ7mScbKd6Ym3OBnXY2117U0AtzJid8mzyDtSnouW_DV73YNAgQdsCKr30N_uFvsyV0kCGD4EaXOOgmC4w2cz490KH2YJ6yD7GW2m-AMbaG-p5PVasxs3-J99xXoGS9aol4IQi/s600/IMG_3386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYadabZF83MbXkJ-nrgkx3EDMLvqFTJvXUvqPxT4Zx3kLob7QZTYgJ7mScbKd6Ym3OBnXY2117U0AtzJid8mzyDtSnouW_DV73YNAgQdsCKr30N_uFvsyV0kCGD4EaXOOgmC4w2cz490KH2YJ6yD7GW2m-AMbaG-p5PVasxs3-J99xXoGS9aol4IQi/s16000/IMG_3386.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Alps, photo taken from the plane on the journey out to Venice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE16EBpHW7DEZ_Uf5nUm0EhqHDoekTu4zLdwXrQFcZ09CRXCf5jGEz7yutrAPgrQYOpvQAhQQbkm5-i67ZElNTWgwRkS1nw2MowTFhF9RfiSqJQiBKH5j4aPc9KPKw7VJDuA8ZYD01bv1xaObpDKPJY2U_j_nEfVQPB4uPSuTOxp9Kn2FAOgE_vsxh/s600/IMG_3400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE16EBpHW7DEZ_Uf5nUm0EhqHDoekTu4zLdwXrQFcZ09CRXCf5jGEz7yutrAPgrQYOpvQAhQQbkm5-i67ZElNTWgwRkS1nw2MowTFhF9RfiSqJQiBKH5j4aPc9KPKw7VJDuA8ZYD01bv1xaObpDKPJY2U_j_nEfVQPB4uPSuTOxp9Kn2FAOgE_vsxh/s16000/IMG_3400.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rialto Bridge, our first proper sight of this beautiful city.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eaBxWdXxvGE_AHbWrc3nHMwaZjYyZzktMn8WO-T6EMufrW39ZrI8K6DDvgiF635Fnb7zS_E58sRIwn5TNuknSvn6wamsq4-b8zUqQtTj4NRwEQdxGBT-tVva7sv60RVm7R4cUMNd_BQZA0vQDaI4SaXU9cwCqG0wInVXwvKidhCUsY32voL4GINr/s600/IMG_3403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eaBxWdXxvGE_AHbWrc3nHMwaZjYyZzktMn8WO-T6EMufrW39ZrI8K6DDvgiF635Fnb7zS_E58sRIwn5TNuknSvn6wamsq4-b8zUqQtTj4NRwEQdxGBT-tVva7sv60RVm7R4cUMNd_BQZA0vQDaI4SaXU9cwCqG0wInVXwvKidhCUsY32voL4GINr/s16000/IMG_3403.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing architecture everywhere you look.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOZDH62b4HSo8Z6zjT6IXzNO-YaPaP7XJpyXdvQgaArYj6ntjsl0TO19g2RrCtm_kBd0gLadcD6gVvg2Sr_ahQ7MQncv6WJh9qOb-VZ-HzEXGGQWlxGiSR5f321QTnkHpeKxa-Bp5Os_VhhDCgeDZFiTkTRk0q2BRxoDZdefhG3_Rb0UzT2dQxz-b/s600/IMG_3411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOZDH62b4HSo8Z6zjT6IXzNO-YaPaP7XJpyXdvQgaArYj6ntjsl0TO19g2RrCtm_kBd0gLadcD6gVvg2Sr_ahQ7MQncv6WJh9qOb-VZ-HzEXGGQWlxGiSR5f321QTnkHpeKxa-Bp5Os_VhhDCgeDZFiTkTRk0q2BRxoDZdefhG3_Rb0UzT2dQxz-b/s16000/IMG_3411.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful White Egret perched on boats on the Grand Canal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5CracNrRHaGq0cWngWXfYzkj56KHFJ_SDosTfJdpPOfvggIojVbdIHROuwORtUFMedNZrBBAQmM5W6KDUVC453T72JpJ23lxh0M6EmSwoKG835zc1dgyTstoOC0d0XqRXrFldvr0qc7niOy4rcjFz8tvUze3E23kT42PKb5bJjWn6zJzidxfiKSb/s600/IMG_3414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5CracNrRHaGq0cWngWXfYzkj56KHFJ_SDosTfJdpPOfvggIojVbdIHROuwORtUFMedNZrBBAQmM5W6KDUVC453T72JpJ23lxh0M6EmSwoKG835zc1dgyTstoOC0d0XqRXrFldvr0qc7niOy4rcjFz8tvUze3E23kT42PKb5bJjWn6zJzidxfiKSb/s16000/IMG_3414.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Grand Canal looking lovely in the sun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v19ClSXV-ffrVhTAU3SJb4MXiRTzHmEqQ9CpbECQMA_GhQy9-iqjZSV4M8rPk8Z4SsSfAHHi24YmEYBSpQTt0TRwUe1yHh0OnXrrJObM44P5PpAmkuoCEi0tNIPyf0jBKb7Zdpa03jdtpvxRX_hzXnxFU11zNRH0xy5A7SeAfvLzKHXDDGlBgVYG/s600/IMG_3417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v19ClSXV-ffrVhTAU3SJb4MXiRTzHmEqQ9CpbECQMA_GhQy9-iqjZSV4M8rPk8Z4SsSfAHHi24YmEYBSpQTt0TRwUe1yHh0OnXrrJObM44P5PpAmkuoCEi0tNIPyf0jBKb7Zdpa03jdtpvxRX_hzXnxFU11zNRH0xy5A7SeAfvLzKHXDDGlBgVYG/s16000/IMG_3417.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first of very many very photographic canals that we saw.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UMkRKQga8w_Lc0SX9OgUrbKQbQ36fHFHlFtOit6kILKSU8exsPQUkmzofiS89pj3R4PLS3s07mKICbEbQcaELa_2LpZyVqZt2VREiCADUJt2SAir8TrcEqkgM33E2-cpK6nWMaF-5pfrbdtMbzOkuzdaKB4wYZlBJAgB7x6dISK1S29DhCubYJJ0/s600/IMG_3418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UMkRKQga8w_Lc0SX9OgUrbKQbQ36fHFHlFtOit6kILKSU8exsPQUkmzofiS89pj3R4PLS3s07mKICbEbQcaELa_2LpZyVqZt2VREiCADUJt2SAir8TrcEqkgM33E2-cpK6nWMaF-5pfrbdtMbzOkuzdaKB4wYZlBJAgB7x6dISK1S29DhCubYJJ0/s16000/IMG_3418.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had rented an Airbnb so we set off with our suitcases, over the Rialto Bridge. We got lost, but we found this lovely square with a very inviting Restaurant in the corner, so we stopped and enjoyed our first Italian meal, and a few drinks to give us strength to carry on to our Airbnb. The food was just amazing, just what we needed. Suitably refreshed we carried on looking for our accomodation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5ZLPWvDzpvkYV9XQR1FBcawpziccOxCAXefw-vSg7C0ktGeaBelmxh40jHa_ONK2h565JPutoSZAiJX7zYpstvOqzpOYGpHf0H4qWnUfdjjwPXLEa9cyLt0RbQ3LHbobh9JfCUWVXP_-0tfz5s9eQgBX1Q5qMRSaESinfIVc4g5cSJ9QxdOGo-TI/s600/IMG_3419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5ZLPWvDzpvkYV9XQR1FBcawpziccOxCAXefw-vSg7C0ktGeaBelmxh40jHa_ONK2h565JPutoSZAiJX7zYpstvOqzpOYGpHf0H4qWnUfdjjwPXLEa9cyLt0RbQ3LHbobh9JfCUWVXP_-0tfz5s9eQgBX1Q5qMRSaESinfIVc4g5cSJ9QxdOGo-TI/s16000/IMG_3419.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the gorgeous Church in the Square.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO-UswTf38im0Akw3mwCe47rQdwGOg9oX2iQxhdsLha_MyXUDmLAPWILqp5HPOsflU-M81NAHBfanQnd8CVfC_yTH-Ht3qZCAo31-Iy0F_5TXbt2j53MMlG6gubA_PKZwIE37N-FATk8yvTWuezYkfMwSUHPnqatMFlu3aSGOY5NIpAbLoi2cvJfE/s600/IMG_3420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO-UswTf38im0Akw3mwCe47rQdwGOg9oX2iQxhdsLha_MyXUDmLAPWILqp5HPOsflU-M81NAHBfanQnd8CVfC_yTH-Ht3qZCAo31-Iy0F_5TXbt2j53MMlG6gubA_PKZwIE37N-FATk8yvTWuezYkfMwSUHPnqatMFlu3aSGOY5NIpAbLoi2cvJfE/s16000/IMG_3420.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back the way we had come, but it was fine, we loved the street scenes we saw.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx1pxHdzNXuL0Mpo5BjH-gsY4nHvtLTntTh3M1dJguWngo-hOEpTULuqXxjfEWCH6hrcrj8rrr2MJldySOPidpc-rCWvMbFMmROeKo_CPvC3XOGQFCFSaWhCE0xvoj4JIi7w6XmjqMaW2C98qoMUqKjjTO1YdlWdB0VW4FI4BAa8ZsRID5CgyHhUl/s600/IMG_3436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx1pxHdzNXuL0Mpo5BjH-gsY4nHvtLTntTh3M1dJguWngo-hOEpTULuqXxjfEWCH6hrcrj8rrr2MJldySOPidpc-rCWvMbFMmROeKo_CPvC3XOGQFCFSaWhCE0xvoj4JIi7w6XmjqMaW2C98qoMUqKjjTO1YdlWdB0VW4FI4BAa8ZsRID5CgyHhUl/s16000/IMG_3436.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back over the Rialto Bridge at dusk, and on to our Airbnb, which was half way between the bridge and St. Mark's Square. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More adventures to come soon :)</div><br /> <p></p>Poppy (aka Val)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16587141292168333896noreply@blogger.com1