This May, after college graduation, I'm going on an 11 night Celebrity cruise of the British Isles and Paris. I'm so excited, but with the shuffle of finishing the semester, graduation, my birthday, and figuring out my life post-college, it hasn't completely sunk in yet.
I'll be seeing Paris, the Channel Islands, Dublin, Cork, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness/Loch Ness, Liverpool, Harwich, Belfast, and London. I'm already sure I'll want to see more of London and Paris before I even leave. This will be the longest I've ever been gone and I can't wait to experience literally another world for awhile. I hope all of you get to see everything you want to see and live out your traveling dreams too. Work hard, save money, and be determined. Good luck wherever life takes you!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A series of paintings
These are three beach scenes I was painting from a calender...and as you can see, the third one has been drawn but not yet painted. I need to finish it because these kinds of paintings in groups make cute and one of a kind decorations. You never need to spend money on pictures or art for your house if you have a camera, art tools, and a touch of creativity.
History and travel
Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı, see below other: names and etymology) is a snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in Turkey. It has two peaks: Greater Ararat (the highest peak in Turkey, and the entire Armenian plateau with an elevation of 5,137 m/16,854 ft) and Lesser Ararat (with an elevation of 3,896 m/12,782 ft).
The Ararat massif is about 40 km (25 mi) in diameter. The Iran-Turkey boundary skirts east of Lesser Ararat, the lower peak of the Ararat massif. It was in this area that, by the Tehran Convention of 1932, a border change was made in Turkey's favour, allowing it to occupy the eastern flank of Lesser Ararat.[5]
Mount Ararat in Judeo-Christian tradition is associated with the "Mountains of Ararat" where, according to the book of Genesis, Noah's ark came to rest.
It also plays a significant role in Armenian culture and irredentism. The mountain can be seen on the Coat of arms of Armenia.
Information from Wikipedia and photo from www.allvoices.com
Destination Tuesdays
The Musée du Louvre (French pronunciation: [myze dy luvʁ])—in English, the Louvre Museum or simply The Louvre—is one of the world's largest museums, and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). With more than 8 million visitors each year, the Louvre is the world's most visited museum.[5]
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.[6] In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years.[7] During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
Information from Wikipedia and photo from www.mastersoftrivia.com
Best and worst airlines
Since flying is a necessary evil to go most places, at least you can choose a good airline. I've had good experiences with American Airlines, and Delta too for the most part (although they don't feed you as much as they should, and their website hardly ever functions). I hate United. The one experience I had with them, I sat in the very back, they ran out of the meal I wanted the row before me, one of the bathrooms didn't work, the flight attendants were rude, they took off late and we arrived to get our connecting flight so late that I literally ran about a mile through the Houston airport. I even had to go through some express lane in security (I had to do security again because I was arriving from another country), telling the employees I was going to miss my flight otherwise. Very stressful experience. Sadly I have to fly United again this May; let's hope this time it goes a lot better!
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