Sydney Opera House in clouds and rain

Sydney in the Rain – Making the Best of the City on My Birthday in Sydney

Rain in Sydney – Making the Best of the City on My Birthday in Sydney, Australia The rain used to follow me on vacation, it became a running joke with friends and family that a gloomy cloud resided over my head and went with me on vacation.  At some point, […]

FriFotos – If you can’t stand the heat….go get a tasty treat!

The famous quote “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” immediately came to mind with this week’s FriFotos theme of “Heat”.  I’m taking a bit of liberty with the quote’s meaning to have some fun sharing my love of desserts around the world. With three trips […]

FriFotos: My favorite bountiful things – flowers, chocolate, cupcakes, wine

When I think of this week’s FriFotos theme of “bountiful”, fruits and vegetables come to mind.  Given that my fruit and vegetable consumption is barely scrapping the bottom minimum of the food pyramid daily requirements hence no photos, I figure I’d find other interpretations of “bountiful” for me – just […]

Oddballs' Camp Okavango Delta Botswana

The importance of wood on Safari in Botswana – FriFotos

This week’s FriFotos is “Wood” and I immediately thought of all the uses of wood on my safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.  I stayed at Oddballs’ Camp, an eco-camp which used solar power and local materials.  The various forms and importance that wood plays on safari is evident all day […]

Doubtful Sound South Island New Zealand

New Zealand 10 Day Itinerary South Island with Photo Highlights

The more I travel, the more in awe with the beauty of the land and sea I become.  When I think I’ve seen the best landscape ever, there is something new to blow my mind.  Nature’s filters of sun, rain, clouds, shadows, etc. make each landscape unique and each photo […]

Purple Tulips at Keukenhof Gardens Amsterdam

It’s Spring on FriFotos

This week’s FriFotos on Twitter theme is Spring.  With the harsh winter on the East Coast, I’ve been dreaming of the Spring season with every inch of snow shoveled (a bit over 60 inches or 5 feet!).  Unfortunately, Mother Nature has had other ideas for the East Coast and Spring […]

Cape Point South Africa

FriFotos – Coast to Coast across Oceans and Continents

This week’s FriFotos theme is “Coast” and given how much I relish being on or near the water, let’s just say I have many (thousands) photos coast to coast – around the world, across oceans and continents. The coasts around the world hold such wonder and surprise for me that […]

PhilaTravelGirl Amsterdam

FriFotos: Chill Out and Relax on 5 Continents

Failing miserably at the Indie30 blogging challenge (I’m swamped with two weeks of prompts to work on), it’s very timely that the FriFotos theme is RELAX.  So in the spirit of multi-tasking the two different hashtags #Indie30 and #FriFotos, I’m going to relax a bit but showing photos of places […]

Birds on rocks along the South Coast of Dublin

The South Coast of Dublin photo tour

Looking at the options for conference attendees, I was excited to sign up for the Dublin photo tour of the South Coast with Dawn 2 Dusk.  A photography tour would ensure that I didn’t need to run ahead of the group for my photo and I didn’t need to hurry up […]