go with, enjoy
enjoy when you thought you’d never
surprise yourself and the other
enjoy when you thought you’d never
benefit from expanding and opening your mind
living possibilities, growing memories
Free verse by PamelaWLucas 5/12/18
Inspirational photo by Pinterest
Every year, pilgrims and tourists from around the world climb on the slopes of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, the holy mountain where St. Patrick is said to have fasted for 40 days and nights as he wrestled with demons who came to him in the form of blackbirds.
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Fascinating facts here about this Christian missionary given credited with converting Ireland to Christianity in the AD 400s. So many legends surround his life that the truth is not easily found.
Photo of Croagh Patrick by PamelaWLucas 5/16
“God created the world but the Dutch created the Netherlands.”
Inspirational photo taken in Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands in South Holland by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Inspirational photo taken in Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands in South Holland by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust
Inspirational photo of Jan von Werth Fountain in Cologne, Germany by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17
“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” Benjamin Disraeli
Inspirational photo taken by GaryMLucas in Cologne, Germany 11/2/17
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
The beauty found in the Middle Rhine is beyond words…the high slopes covered in grapevines, the curving river, the medieval castles, the roman ruins…all combined to serve up an enchanted fairytale.
Inspirational photos taken by PamelaWLucas 11/1/17
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ― Gustave Flaubert
Photo of Heidelberg, Germany by Pixabay
Guten Morgen from Kehl, Germany on the east bank of The Rhine.
Photo by PamelaWLucas 10/30/17
“To travel is to live.” Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography.
Give it a glance: The complete list of this Dutch writers 168 tales, in the chronological order of publication.
Inspirational photo by Pixabay
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