I'm missing my children on this Throwback Thursday! There's my daughter in the middle walking toward one of the Miffy statues in Museumplein in Amsterdam during her visit 5 weeks ago. Lots of folks were enjoying the beautiful sunny day and the statues decorated by various artists. Each was a unique representation that started with the same base! They were all lined up, and try as I might, I could not get a people-less photo of all of them!
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I LOVE GREECE! My daughter and I are discussing wedding ideas daily, though we haven't talked about wedding vows yet (you may recall I told you about her engagement in 2 Reasons to Celebrate in Santorini + 1 Surprise). But when I started planning today's Throwback Thursday for this week's cycling theme, I thought about one of the BEST times I had in Greece--attending the 2004 Olympics. When I found this photo of my husband at the barricade in front of the Parliament building in Syntagma, I immediately thought about how Greece is currently in one of its WORST periods. So, I decided today was going to be all about why I love and cherish Greece!
1995. We moved to Florida. Universal Studios Orlando had just one theme park. 1999. Islands of Adventure (IOA) opened. Jurassic Park was one of our favorite areas, and today for my Throwback Thursday, I just had to post this pic from IOA, since we went to see Jurassic World 3-D this evening at a theater in Utrecht in the Netherlands.
1991. The summer my son learned to swim. I remember clearly the afternoon on the small beach (pictured above) at Myrties on Kalymnos island in Greece. No, I don't remember the moment when I learned to swim, or even when my daughter, who's 1.5 years younger than my son learned to swim, but that day on the beach in Kalymnos will be forever etched in my memory.
Athens, Greece. 1983. First trip overseas. Alone. I wanted a picture of myself in Athens. So, using a mirror in my hotel room, I took a selfie! Wait, rewind. No such term existed back then, and I forgot I even had this selfie, until I was searching through photos to use for today's Throwback Thursday post! But selfie is a common place word now, and I admit, I've taken a few more since my first one here! It got me to thinking, who WAS the first person to say, "Let me take a selfie!"
The official capital of Belgium, and considered the capital of Europe since it is home to many important European institutions, Brussels is definitely a city you want to include in your travels to Europe. From the medieval to the modern, there were signs of majesty all around this city.
A picture might be worth more than a thousand words, but an in-person view...priceless! You get the aroma of the sea, the warm touch of the sun and September breeze, and the sound of the gentle waves coming ashore. This was the view from our room at the AKS Hinitsa Bay Resort in Porto Cheli, Greece. When you're deciding where to stay, how important is a room with a view?
Disney is renaming Cinderella's Castle as Elsa's Castle! Gotcha! This was a great April Fools' Day prank played by Disney World yesterday. I checked it out on Snopes just to make sure! I couldn't believe it when I first read the headline; after all, the Castle is the iconic symbol of the Magic Kingdom. The pic of it above is from my first trip to the Magic Kingdom in 1982, when it was the only Orlando Disney park. My friend and I drove to Orlando from Baltimore. We spent two long, exciting days at the park, and experienced just about every attraction. Come join me today as I travel back in time to Disney World!
I got my first digital camera in 2003. My husband was working on a special project in California, so my son, daughter, and I met him at the San Francisco airport, and we flew together to Maui for Thanksgiving vacation. He presented me with the camera at the airport and I was so excited. That gift eliminated all of the complications of the cameras-with-film world! (1) I could now view what a picture looked like and decide if I wanted to take another. (2) I didn't have to buy film. (3) I didn't have to get the whole roll of film developed, and therefore pay for photos I really didn't like. AND... I took this pic of Thinker on a Rock by Welsh sculptor, Barry Flanagan, during my first visit to Utrecht in November 2013. At the time, I thought, "What's up with the rabbit?" I took hundreds of photos during that trip, so never found out who, what, or why! Just yesterday, when walking past the statue for about the hundredth time since I moved here in August 2014, I asked a friend, "What's up with the rabbit?" She didn't know either, so today, I decided to investigate. According to the Des Moines Public Art Foundation, Flanagan is well known for his sculptures of hares, and this 'Thinker' is one of three; the others are in Iowa, and Washington, D.C.
Teacher Friends: I think this would make a very creative prompt for writing, drawing, or discussion. Show the students this image, and then an image of Rodin's Thinker. Then, ask them to choose another famous statue or sculpture, and switch it up a little. What sculpture would you choose? |
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