Colonia is a bit of tourist city. Other than tourism, there’s not a lot of reason to be there. It was founded originally to help protect and take over-flow traffic from Buenos Aires. It’s nearly directly across the river from BA. It is also the primary port for the ferry services that cross between Argentina [...]
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Another part of the Prado is a large, outdoor rose garden. Once again, we were a little before prime time but there was no shortage of bloomed roses.
In the far northern part of Montevideo, about a 20 minute drive, is the Prado. Among the many things in the Prado area is the National Botanical Gardens. We were a little before the season for everything to be fully in bloom, but there were a variety of flowers still. There was also a Hawk [...]
Arriving in Montevideo for it’s spring meant a lot of opportunities to take pictures of flowers in bloom, including quite a variety in my back yard.
Not long after arriving in Montevideo, I had the opportunity to take a quick tour of Montevideo. We didn’t stay anywhere long, but we got a layout of town, where the historical areas were and a bit of the history related to them. Pictured here (in order): Cannons at the Cerro, Flowers at the Japanese [...]
Another “must visit” in my opinion. We spent several hours here and it’s central to other locations. Very pretty and nice to visit.
The San Francisco Arboretum was exceptional. A variety of beautiful plants that were well maintained and easy to photograph. Come prepared to sweat though, a couple of the rooms have extremely high humidity and very warm temperatures. It took several minutes on transitions for the camera to fully adjust. I’m very happy with the number [...]
While moving, I took a weeks vacation to San Francisco. One of the first stops was to the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. The gardens are located in Golden Gate Park and free to enter during their operating hours. They’re very open and a nice relaxing place to be.
Of particular note in Plovdiv are its gardens. The parks are huge and are covered in shade trees and gardens. Quite beautiful and a very nice place to just wander or rest.
While back in the states visiting my parents, we went up to Mena, Arkansas for a walk and some photo taking. The day could not have been better and we got some really good pictures. We went up into the national park there, as well as around town. There’s an old train station museum in [...]
