Salzburger Dom – Salzburg, Austria

The secret to travelling in Europe (especially Austria) – ALWAYS look up!! 😀

You will NEVER be disappointed of the priceless artwork you will find on the ceilings… 🙂 **

Venice, Italy – Beyond Expectations…

I fell in love with this city… In a day… Unexpectedly… 🙂 **

Prague: Loving all over again..

This shot does not really mean/say anything – I just love it!!! It reminds me of my excited mood that day & what fun me & beloved HWTHB had exploring Prague…!!! 🙂 **

Keep you head held high…

“Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive…”

~ ~ ~ Jesse Jackson ~ ~ ~

Love is like a flower…

“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same…”

~ ~ ~ Helen Keller ~ ~ ~

Magoebaskloof, South Africa

A weekend in Magoebaskloof…

This weekend He-who-thinks-he’s-boss had some business to attend to up in Limpopo Province… He took me along for a fun weekend away!!! 😀

With our morning cuppa on Saturday morning he surprised me with something very special… Head on over to our blog for the surprise… 😉

We saw some breathtaking nature this weekend!!! Below is a photo of a tea plantation we visited later on Saturday… A stunning view with great company!!! 😀

View over the Pekoe Tea Plantation!

Exciting news!!!

Good evening everyone!!! I know I know – I’ve been veeeeeeery quiet the last couple of weeks 😦 – the reason being two-fold…

1. I’ve run out of photos & can’t seem to find the time to get out & take new ones to share with you!!! 😦 &

2. There has been a LOT happening – we have been keeping very busy!!!! 😉

… & on this point – WE (me & He-who-thinks-he’s-boss) have started a blog – (Almost) Living it up in Canada – you can view this here!!! 😀 Obviously it is still a very raw blog – a lot will change as we settle into it – but we wanted a place to document the exciting things that is happening in our lives!!! … 😉

I will keep on posting on this/my blog… Over the next couple of months I won’t be posting regularly at all – so much to organise & do!!! I trust you will understand!!!

Us being silly at a wedding!!!

Have a great evening everyone!!! Almost weekend & it’s gooooooood…. 😀 **

National Women’s Day…

Tomorrow SA celebrates National Women’s Day!! – now a public holiday!! 😀 Yay!!! 😀

I leave you with the latest incarnation of the phrase that the women sang in protest in 1956 – this phrase has come to represent women’s courage & strength in South Africa:

National Women’s Day (9 August)

“You strike a woman, you strike a rock…!!!”

Happy Women’s Day!!! 😀 **

Bushveld Sunset…

This weekend I visited my Mommy on their farm for the celebration of her SO’s* 50th birthday… I happen to glance to the west & saw this sunset… – very lucky, because in less than 5 minutes, it was gone…!!!!

Beautiful…. There are few things as beautiful as a peaceful bushveld sunset!!! 🙂 **

HDR from 3 shots (-1,0,+1), post-processing in Photoshop

*SO = significant other.

London, UK – Bench note

Walking along the Thames River in 2006, there was this note on a park bench…

” Everybody needs a place to think… “

I thought it very fitting!! 🙂

…& that concludes this week’s Travel Lane memory!!! 😀 **