Vacation Thread

[VickyBee]

morning lovely lady..........every day brought something new and I was in a state of constant amazement...........every day I saw things that predated Chris Columbus.....................What New World!!!!!!!!

....it always amazes me if i look at the cathedrals here in europe... how could they build things like that in those days ? with no machinery, cranes...?

 

[george55]

....it always amazes me if i look at the cathedrals here in europe... how could they build things like that in those days ? with no machinery, cranes...?

cheap labor and no concern for their health ...the one thing to remember is mathematics is very old science............

 

[VickyBee]

cheap labor and no concern for their health ...the one thing to remember is mathematics is very old science............

yeah yeah
but it still amazes me

 

[VickyBee]

ok - finally .....

some pics of Girona - a lovely place to visit
some people just use it as a stopover from the airport to another destination but it is really worth a closer look

 

[elron77]

ok - finally .....

some pics of Girona - a lovely place to visit
some people just use it as a stopover from the airport to another destination but it is really worth a closer look

This is going to be a wonderful thread...places I willl never get a chance to visit..made alive by those that have been there..

Good afternoon Ms V

hope you are enjoying your Sunday

 

[VickyBee]

This is going to be a wonderful thread...places I willl never get a chance to visit..made alive by those that have been there..

Good afternoon Ms V

hope you are enjoying your Sunday

yup i am and u?
going online soon - lots of fun to be had

some more

 

[elron77]

yup i am and u?
going online soon - lots of fun to be had

some more

Seems like it may have been a tad chilly when you visited.

I suspect your afternoon might be a bit more steamy.... (OK...a lot more )





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[george55]

yup i am and u?
going online soon - lots of fun to be had

some more

Speaking of online....I had to google.

Girona is in eastern part of Spain and the ancient city predates Christianity.............it is close enough to France
it has been fought over by the Moors, Romans, Franks, French......well the list does go on.......

Great pictures Vicky, notwithstanding one comment we are a community of adults and many take vacations. Who better to share them with than our friends here.......

 

[george55]

The next morning we headed toward Klagenfurt, all I knew is I was driving west...................we were tooling along at about 85mph(135kph) and taking pictures out the window...Great Sony camera..................


oh yes, still Austria...parts of picturesque countryside.....

 

[george55]

When I was taking the pictures I thought I'd need to crop to cut out rails but it gives depth to shots......

After taking shot five, I wanted to get a better shot, and sure enough there was a rest area right there........

But right after that, as shown in next pic, the weather started to get close............

 

[shmily]

Thank you George!

A wonderful vacation - glad you are sharing your pic's.

Places i will possibly never get to visit.

So a Big Hug & Thanks!

 

[george55]

Thank you George!

A wonderful vacation - glad you are sharing your pic's.

Places i will possibly never get to visit.

So a Big Hug & Thanks!

Thanks shmily....kinda what I figured.......I'm sure most of us have been someplace we thought was special...this gives us a place to show the rest of the community...

and huggs right back atcha.........

 

[george55]

Phoebs was driving and off to the left was a large lake, we passed several turnoffs because she remembered this small village............

Worther See is a mountain lake at over 4000 ft above sea level..........We stopped and had a drink and looked around the sleepy village of Maria Worth(i think)........

 

[george55]

Off we headed south toward Slovenia....the roads were narrow, twisty, and had a little left over snow on them......her car; she drove....................


I think the next set speak for themselves; while we weren't in the Alps we were pretty close and mother nature can be wild..............)


*monitor(ms p) just informed me we were in Alps, I knew we were high up and those peeks were awsome*

 

[george55]

The last picture in this set is a castle........Phoenix can better explain Slovenian history...........

 

[BradBigBrain]

I'll admit that when I clicked on this thread I was expecting something much different! I was pleasantly surprised to see the travel pictures. Thanks so much for sharing.

Slovenia is beautiful. That's one place in Europe I missed seeing when I was there.

 

[george55]

I'll admit that when I clicked on this thread I was expecting something much different! I was pleasantly surprised to see the travel pictures. Thanks so much for sharing.

Slovenia is beautiful. That's one place in Europe I missed seeing when I was there.

Thanks for stopping by BBB...whatever your intentions.........

just wait, you haven't seen the flip side yet......on the other side of the mountains spring awaits.......but first mother nature at her worst..........and Phoebs will need to explain these too.........

 

[george55]

This stone fortress was used in WWI to stop the Austrian Army moving thru the mountain passes.........

And a 'little' bit of spring............

 

[Beam_of_lite]

Each and everyone of these pictures are just breathtaking.....

Dam amazing places....

 

[george55]

Each and everyone of these pictures are just breathtaking.....

Dam amazing places....

Hi C..............


my heart was pounding with some of these.....there was no where to stop so most were taken from the car window....it was misting and windy.....concerned we might be in middle of storm...................

 

[Phoenix555]

Thanks for stopping by BBB...whatever your intentions.........

just wait, you haven't seen the flip side yet......on the other side of the mountains spring awaits.......but first mother nature at her worst..........and Phoebs will need to explain these too.........

We drove over an area which was badly damaged during a massive landslide which made half of a wonderfull mountain village completely dissapear.

Snow and landslides as well as earthquakes are frequent in the Alps btw.

 

[Beam_of_lite]

Hi C..............


my heart was pounding with some of these.....there was no where to stop so most were taken from the car window....it was misting and windy.....concerned we might be in middle of storm...................

~hummmmm...heart pounding you say...reminds me of a highspeed ride taken last year in a bmw...hummmmm~

 

[george55]

We drove over an area which was badly damaged during a massive landslide which made half of a wonderfull mountain village completely dissapear.

Snow and landslides as well as earthquakes are frequent in the Alps btw.

She used a lot more emotion when she explained it to me, it was devastating......the village was split in half, homes and lives were lost..............people were cut off without help for days.......the cost of reconstruction to this tiny little village is monstrously expensive to the government

 

[Phoenix555]

This stone fortress was used in WWI to stop the Austrian Army moving thru the mountain passes.........

And a 'little' bit of spring............

The fortress is one of the many remains of WW1 in our areas. Right here there was the longest frontline in Europe in WW1 and the scene of some big high mountain battles between the austrian and italian army. The Austrians could turn the events into their favour in the end with help of gasbombs which killed thousands of italian soldiers hiding in the caverns.....i think it's a not so wellknown fact from WW1.

 

[george55]

~hummmmm...heart pounding you say...reminds me of a highspeed ride taken last year in a bmw...hummmmm~

wasn't a bmw for years...was a Mazda mx5 Miata.......and it was exhilarating.........