Tag: Nature

• Wonderful Warsaw

  

  Visiting Poland has been on our travel bucket list for years as both Rick and I have Polish ancestry. For my birthday trip last September, we went to Warsaw, Budapest (my grandparents were born in Hungary), and to Vienna. With limited time in Warsaw (only two nights), we decided not to take any tours. Instead,…

  Terri

  April 26, 2025

  Actors, Architecture, Authors, Churches, Composers, Dining, Europe, Flowers, Food, Fountains, Gardens, Nature, Poland, Sculptures, Tourism, Travel, Warsaw

  Adam Adolf Loewe, Alexander II of Russia, Architecture, Art, Édith Piaf, Baroque, Chopin, Church of the Holy Cross, Classical Music, Concerts, Europe, Flaki, Flowers, Food, Fountains, Frédéric Chopin, gardening, Gertrude Stein, Heart Burial, Józef Orłowski, Jim Morrison, Katarzyna Kraszewska, Landscaping, Ludwika Jędrzejewicz, Marcel Marceau, Morning Star Sculpture, Music, Nature, Orangery, Oscar Wilde, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, photography, Pianist, Piano, Pierogis, Poland, Polish Food, Portretowa Restaurant, Regent Warsaw Hotel, Royal Baths Park, Sarah Bernhardt, Sculpture, Time for Chopin, Travel, Tripe Soup, Tylman van Gameren, Venti-Tre, Vodka, Warsaw, Łazienki Park

• Into the Great Rift Valley

  

  The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic rifts and faults, approximately 4,300 miles (7,000 kilometers) in total length, which runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. Formed over 35 million years ago, the faults contain numerous volcanoes and lakes. The Eastern Rift runs from Ethiopia through Kenya and into…

  Terri

  April 8, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Movie Locations, Nature, Out of Africa, Safari, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, Big Game, Birds, Birdwatching, Fish Eagle, Great Heron, Great Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley Lodge, Hippo, Hyena, Impala, Kenya, Kenyan Eagle, Lake Naivasha, Movie Locations, Nature, Out of Africa, Pelican, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Vervet Monkey, Waterbuck, Wildlife, Zebra

• Amazing Amboseli

  

  Amboseli National Park is located in southern Kenya, close to the border of Tanzania, and encompasses an area of 151 square miles (392 square kilometers.) It was declared a national park in 1974 and offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro to the southeast. Its diverse landscape of woodland, bush, savannah, marshlands, and lakes make it…

  Terri

  March 27, 2023

  Africa, Big Game, Kenya, Nature, Safari, Tent Camps, Tourism, Travel, Wildlife

  Africa, African Spoonbill, Amboseli National Park, Big Game, Cattle Egret, Crowned Crane, Elephant, Flamingos, Gazelle, Great Egret, Hippo, Hyena, Kenya, Lion, Marabou Stork, Marshland, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nature, Safari, Spirit of Kenya, Spotted Hyena, Thompson’s Gazelle, Wildebeest, Wildlife

• Fantastic Fall!

  

  “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Brontë Bliss is exactly what I feel every year when autumn rolls around. It’s not that I dislike the summer months. They were great when I was a kid. No school or homework. Spending the day with friends riding bikes or roller…

  Terri

  December 12, 2022

  Arizona, Europe, Fall, Morocco, Nature, Obidos, Portugal, Tourism, Travel, United States, Washington

  Arizona, Aspens, Autumn, Colors, Ducks, Fall, Falling Leaves, Flagstaff, Gig Harbor, Ifrane, Ivy, Morocco, Nature, Oak Creek Canyon, Obidos, Reflections, Seasons, Seattle, Sequim, Seven Springs, Sunset, Washington, Waterwheel