Wanderlust is real ~ a transition

My Sojourns page will now be dedicated to seeing all 50 states by age 50. There are nine left to go and five years in which to do it. Along the way, I'll be writing about my first and/or favorite visits to the ones already checked off. This is a glorious country - let's get exploring!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

All aboard the Hogwart's Express!

To the castle or Hogsmeade first?

To Hogwart's, of course!


Dropping by Hagrid's...


On to Hogsmeade and inside Olivanders....


On the way to lunch at the 3 Broomsticks and Butterbeer!

Dessert at Honeydukes - chocolate frogs!


Farewell cards at the Owl Post...

Death Valley

The vast salt-laden valley

Golden Canyon

A "burning bush"

MACCA in Vegas!

A Moving Picture tour of Europe, of a Sort.

We got to our hotel room in Rone after a 9 hour flight, and we were given about 30 minutes to rest before we headed off on a city tour. Rhonda didn't waste any time...

We toured many sites around the city, then we met at the Pantheon to head off to dinner. There was a neat band playing by the fountain...

By Florence we realized we hadn't posted as many videos as we intended, so we remedied that situation...sort of...

Oh, another amazing thing did happen at Florence - Rhonda got an impromptu haircut by a smashing Florentine...

So then she had to do the traditional thing and rub the boar's nose to ensure that we would return to Florence.

We did the tourist thing at Pisa...

But then redeemed ourselves by getting the angelic sounds of reverberation in the baptistry while someone was singing...

Then we saw the changing of the guard in Monaco at the palace. All pomp and circumstance!

I love it in Europe that people go out in the evening, whereas in America we tend to go home and stay in. These folks are all gathered in a piazza, doing a traditional Catalonian dance in Barcelona, Spain...

And, as a change, current music on the street - and a little old lady in blue dancing away. 

I had to get this last clip from YouTube. I suppose I was too overwhelmed by this when I was there - this man playing this song in Park Guell designed by Gaudi was one of the most exquisite things I've ever experienced. It moved me to tears...

Explorica

Home from Europe! More to follow...