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We're sightseeing today in a mystery city, and I'm so excited to be exploring the architecture here.  Summer is the height of travel season, and in years past we would forego bargain hotels in rome a faraway vacation - not this year!  One of my good blog friends toured Spain recently and  his pictures of Barcelona took me back to our travels there many years ago.  No doubt since we re all watching the Summer Olympics, you re admiring the modern structures built for the event  in London.
I ve had a long time love affair with grand architecture.  We used to travel abroad a lot before the babies were born, once I even I climbed all the stairs to the top of the cupola above St. Peters in Rome (while six months pregnant!) and the stairs to the Eiffel Tower too.  Earlier bargain hotels in rome this week, we took the kids to another famous monument and they loved it!  They've got their father's climbing syndrome, bargain hotels in rome he's always looking up and asking "How fast can we get to the top?"  :)
We try to grab a souvenir of monuments , some are small, others are art prints still in tubes waiting to be framed someday.  We've seen some iconic structures over the last 15+ years, my favorites include La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Il Duomo in Florence, and the Coliseum in Rome.
Both my husband and I enjoy architecture, and inadvertently started bargain hotels in rome collecting architectural art a few years ago. Now when we travel we specifically look for a photo, bargain hotels in rome print or piece of art we can afford that (1) is specific to that place, bargain hotels in rome and (2) is architectural in nature. Over time we hope to have a nice big gallery wall full of fun pictures and photos from all over the world.
You ve shared some beautiful pieces in this post and I ll have to go check out the sources. Since we only started recently to intentionally buy this type of art, we need to pick up pieces from places we traveled to in years past.
Gorgeous artwork! I have a fascination with late 19th/early 20th century industrial buildings, especially the ones that combined iron fretwork with stone and ferro-concrete. Early skyscrapers personify, for me, the optimism of the era, a belief that things were only going to get better. The fact that so many survive, and are still redolent with beauty, is a little encouraging!
Oh this is the perfect post for me to request help in identifying the city in an oil painting I bought recently. I tweeted a picture, but no one had any suggestions! A couple of people have suggested Sacre Coeur in Paris, but I think the ridge around the dome looks a little different. Plus the other two domes aren t visible
Hope you are having a blast in your mystery city. :) i loved everything about Greece, the Parthanon was great but I really loved the island of Mykonos The house, shops and restaurants all said come, stay for the rest of the summer and relax everything was white with brightly colored roof tops, it was amazing from a color standpoint. Maybe that was part of the reason I loved the island, it was like my decorating philosophy Work with tons of neutrals and then throw in the color, bargain hotels in rome it ll make everything feel relaxed.
What lovely photos and paintings. We were in France last week and I loved taking pictures to hang. Now I just have to pick some of the few thousand we took! It s the fun part of traveling, bringing a part of it back to your home :-)
Just beautiful artwork you have featured here, and yet again you have me inspired :) My favorite place of absolute astounding beauty and wonder, is the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare, Ireland. I ve been to Ireland countless times in my single life I d go back tomorrow!
When I met my husband, we went from dating to marriage in only 7 months. Our wonderful honeymoon was to St Lucia, although I d always dreamed of a long trip through Italy. We had three children in rapid fashion, so far-away travel has been and is on hold for a few more years. But someday, our adventures will take us to those places I ve dreamed of (Italy, Spain, Ireland, Grand Canyon, Napa and Sonoma ). Can t wait to hear about your mystery city.
I also find architecture very fascinating. When we were in Paris I seems I spent the entire bargain hotels in rome time looking up! It was practically impossible to soak in all the millions of details in the architecture!!
I love all the watercolors you posted but the building I love the most, hands down the one that makes my heart flutter every time I see it, is the Chrysler Building in NY. Its the one that makes me swoon :)
I just recently came back from around your side of the country bargain hotels in rome and grabbed a couple of San Francisco watercolor posters and postcards nothing fancy or original, but I love watercolor so much that instead of the usual magnets snowglobes I collect, I just have to have these!
If your ever on my side of the country though, my super favorite, but least known building in Chicagoland is the Bahai Temple in Wilmette (Hmm, I should feature if one of these days on my blog)! it is beautiful no matter what your beliefs may be, this is one architectural beauty you won t wanna miss there! Happy travels!
How timely is your post! The Spring in Paris print you feature bargain hotels in rome above will be perfect for a dear friend s upcoming anniversary party as they were engaged in Paris. I just snapped the print up on Etsy. Finger on the pulse, Kate!
Thank you so much for this wonderful article and this feature of artwork! You included my Paris painting and I have had many visitors to my shop and even sold one print today. I suspect this is thanks to you! I love all the other artwork you included too. Someday I would love to visit Italy and paint there!
I used to live in belgium and miss the everyday sight of Art Nouveau loveliness bargain hotels in rome interspersed with ancient castles and farm houses. I v travelled extensively in Spain, but have yet to visit Barcelona and Gaudi s masterpiece. that with the forbidden City and your two picks would make complete those longings.
I grew up in the planned community of Columbia, MD where it s all made out of ticky-tacky and it all looks just the same. Or so the song goes. I enjoyed my childhood there, but I always loved good architecture, original designs, anything different really. Now I m grown up and live in DC, where I can t walk a block without seeing a building that s visually stimulating in some way. It s very energizing, and perhaps one of my favorite things about living here.
I wouldn t say that hunger for good building design is totally satisfied yet I d really like to see the Frank Lloyd Wright House, for example but I no longer yearn for it like I used to because I get a daily diet of it. It s a nice way to live. It also makes for a great backdrop in pictures.
I too have a passion for architecture and travel, I really bargain hotels in rome enjoyed your post! I have never climbed to the top of the cupola above St. Peters while in Rome, nor while being six months pregnant! Oh my goodness! :)
Our newly-adopted toddler was just way too overloaded and way too comfy in his stroller to pose well for a pic. And our translator was rather poor at framing shots anyway. But still, this photo says it all:
Your post reminds me of the best keepsakes I ve gotten on my trips street artwork from the local artists. You know the ones, all lined up in the touristy areas. bargain hotels in rome They may not be painted by anyone famous, but you can usually find an artist who captures bargain hotels in rome your style and the scenery you want to remember. And it s not all that expensive! I have a beautiful ink and watercolor of the Charles Bridge when we visited Prague four years ago. It hangs in my entry way and I see it every time I walk down the hall. You don t need to buy a big piece to enjoy either. I brought home a 4 6 ink sketch of the Eiffel Tower that I bought from an artist in the Montmartre district. It s simple and a sweet reminder of my time there with my husband while pregnant bargain hotels in rome with our first child.
Oh there are so many places I want to go and so many I want to go back to. I too climbed the stairs to the top of the cupola in St. Peter s in Rome while 5 1/2 months pregnant! What a great view! On the same trip we also climbed the bell towers of Notre Dame.
Often you can find these as inexpensive souvenirs I got quite a few and brought them back from Europe mostly Paris. Just put them in a roll and had them at home to be matted and framed later for myself and as gifts.
bargain hotels in rome I agree Kari! I picked up two of those local street artist prints myself this week, can t wait to frame them on the wall! So funny we climbed those steps in the same state of pregnancy . my husband is visiting Israel next year with a friend, bargain hotels in rome can t wait to see his pics!
What a great post. I am in love with all those fabulous watercolors. I love architecture. My only wish is that I would like to have travelled more so that something had particular meaning to me personally.
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