Farmers' Market in Bucharest {travel pictures}

A few images from the same market I used to go with my parents as a child -- much has changed, much has stayed the same..

More from Romania {travel vacation photography}

Some more randomly selected (and out-of-sequence) images from our trip to Romania -we are having a wonderful time with friends and family, every day!

Mary, talking up a storm while on a rowing boat ride in the Cismigiu Park:

My beautiful sister Anca (with some boiled corn which is an easy-to-find, great snack!)

the 4 cousins:

Mary at the fairground:

Evening excitement with Mary and Iris at yet another stunning playground in Bucharest:

Sweet and smart cousin Radu:

 Roy, after having just learned to swim, in one of the Black Sea's Phoenicia Holiday Resort's many pools!

 After having just landed at Bucharest's airport

 Tonight's storm coincided with the crows E-W-E daily migration across the city, here they are blown around by the strong winds, as seen from our condo:

 A pair of black swams on Herastrau lake:

Romania - photo log part 1

A few somewhat randomly assorted images from our trip to Romania -- we're having a great time!

(Amsterdam-Bucharest, on the Tarom flight)

(Cernavoda bridge over the Danube)

Radu and Iris, our kids' cousins, whom they're finally getting to properly meet and play with!

 playground experience after sunset, in front of the (in)famous 'House of the People"

Royal residence built in the late 1600s, now a tourist attraction 30 minutes from Bucharest (Mogosoaia Palace)

Black sea, view from our hotel

Sunflowers on the route to the Black Sea

 Roy, relaxing at the Phoenicia resort

Mary, getting to know the Black Sea

Will be back!

We are leaving for a week-long vacation that includes a family reunion in Kentucky and a few days in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Can't wait!
So looking forward to being in the Smokies!
Here are some pictures of the Smokies taken a few years ago (on film), from a trip to North Carolina:

Travel image

Today's picture is an image from inside the stunning Sainte Chapelle, in Paris. After talking quite a bit about France with a good friend yesterday, I got quite nostalgic and pulled some older images, to quench my longing. This was taken on film a few years ago: