Cloud Gate

Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons). Source: wiki

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Though we travel…

​”Though we travel the world over to find beauty, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”

Tulum (Tulúm…Zama)

Looking back on an amazing day spent exploring these ancient Mayan ruins dating as far back as A.D. 564 with some inscriptions, it’s heyday being around 1200-1521 A.D.

Temple of the Decending God and The Castle

Temple of the Decending God, The Castle and the Great Palace foreground ruins

The Great Palace

Cloudy day at the Caribbean Sea

Temple of the Frescoes

The Castle – El Castillo

House of the Cenote

Beach access area

Structure 20

Caribbean coast view with El Castillo

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Looking out to Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia, Italia

Cannon Beach

Beautiful day at Haystack Rock

Pacific waves

Just watching over things

Thirsty bird

Foxgloves

Windy day on the coast

The Needles

Lunchtime on the rock

Live content with little

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” #plato

Bergamo – Citta Alta

This historic Lombard town at the base of the Bergamo Foothills, but raising above Bergamo’s Citta Bassa,  was the highlight of my time in northern Italy.  Though we spent just the one evening and night,  this town’s charm will always hold a special place in my heart.

Bergamo cobblestones – Via Gombito

Here comes the rain…

Unlike any I’ve ever seen

Mmmmmm raisin bread

Giallo rosas

Castello di San Vigilio – start 1166, complete 1335

Beautiful view from Salita dello Scorlazzone

Cappella Colleoni (R) & Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (L)

Campanone Torre Civia

Reading scipture

Church of San Vigilio – Bergamo

Giottesque frescoes from an unknown artist, with Histories of St Aegidius, The Last Supper and the Tree of Life (1347), partially covered by a 17th-century fresco. (source: wiki)

Piazza Padre Reginaldo Giuliani

View from Chiesetta San Vigilio