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30 09, 2016

Fall Colours – Yellow

By Lili|September 30th, 2016|Categories: Local, Nature & Outdoors, Photography|Tags: Boulder, Colorado, Colors, crunchy leaves, dog, fall, Fall Colors, fall leaves, leaves, North America, Photo Friday, USA, Yellow|0 Comments

By my old condo, there was a ditch with many trees. The wind would blow all the leaves from the neighborhood into this ditch, and it would reach 3 feet high in some places. It was one of my favorite places during the fall. Huge yellow leaves up above, crunchy brown ones below. I enjoyed kicking and jumping in the leaves, while my dog loved jumping and eating the leaves. Seriously, she eats them up like potato chips. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

26 09, 2016

Travel Missteps: Earthquake in Japan

By Lili|September 26th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2004, Asia, Chino, Earthquake, Japan, Sister Cities, Sister Cities Japan 2004, Tokyo|0 Comments

As a high school student going to Japan I wasn't really worried about natural disasters. Sure I had known about earthquakes, and this was years before the horrific earthquake and tsunami of 2011. I was mainly worried if I had enough spending money, and was just so excited about the trip in general. Being from Colorado, we rarely get earthquakes, and when we do they are so minor it hardly registers beyond a few pictures on the walls rattling. Thankfully, for me, the earthquake I experienced in Japan was very minor. On our last night in Tokyo, my roommate and

23 09, 2016

Fall at St. Malo – Allenspark, CO

By Lili|September 23rd, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Local, Photography, Travel|Tags: Allenspark, Catholic, Catholic Church, church, Colorado, Colors, Estes Park, fall, Fall Colors, leaves, North America, Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, Photo Friday, St. Catherine of Siena Chapel, St. Malo, USA|0 Comments

This little church in the mountains is beautiful in any season, but I think fall is the best. I stumbled upon a wedding this day. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

22 09, 2016

Antigua Ruins: Santiago Cathedral

By Lili|September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel|Tags: 2013, Ancient, Antigua, Catedral de San José, Central America, church, earthquakes, Guatemala, Mayan, Mayan Encounter 2013, Roman Catholic, ruins, Santiago Cathedral, Travel Thursday, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site|0 Comments

Catedral de San José Antigua means Ancient in Spanish. While not as old as the Mayan settlements, the city was founded in the mid 1500’s the city served as a capital of the kingdom of Guatemala. However in the 1700’s a series of earthquakes rocked the city until it was abandoned and the capital was moved to Guatemala City. It is amazing to look up and see the sky, framed by the walls. Slowly in the 20th century people started to return to the city, but rebuilding was limited. Today you can still see many of

19 09, 2016

Museum Monday: Granite Scarab at the Nubian Museum

By Lili|September 19th, 2016|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: 2015, Africa, Aswan, Cobra, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Middle East, Nubian Museum, Photo Essay, Scarab, Sun Disk of Ra, UNESCO, Uraeus|0 Comments

This granite scarab with the sun disk of Ra and a uraeus (cobra) which are symbols of leadership in ancient Egypt. This is about the size of a football and sits within its own shrine. If you go: The hours change depending on the season. When I went in late October it was open from 9-1 and then 4-7. Admission for foreigners without any student discounts is 60 EGP. I believe the student discount put it at 40-45 EGP. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

17 09, 2016

Souvenir Saturday: Oktoberfest

By Lili|September 17th, 2016|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2011, beer, Christmas in Germany 2011, Europe, Germany, Munich, Oktoberfest, shot glass, Stein|0 Comments

Today Oktoberfest starts in Germany! I haven't had a chance to go to that event, but I did visit Germany over Christmas a few years ago and picked up these mini steins from Munich. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

16 09, 2016

The Glass as it were a Glittering Star

By Lili|September 16th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2015, Africa, Cairo, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Hieroglyphics, Islam, Lamp, Middle East, Mosque, Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Photo Friday, Qur'an, The Citadel, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site, verse, verse of light|0 Comments

The Verse of Light from the Qur'an is written very pretty, and is a good fit for looking up at the many glass lamps in the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, in Cairo, Egypt. The verse goes like this: God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is a niche wherein is a lamp— the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a glittering star— lit from a blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western, whose oil almost lights up, though fire should not touch it. Light upon light. God draws parables

13 09, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu

By Lili|September 13th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, caleche, Dendera, Dream of Egypt, Edfu, Edfu Temple, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, falcon, G Adventures, Hathor, horse, horse carriage, Horus, Mammisi, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Nut, Osiris, Set, Temple, Temple of Edfu|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu Photo by Tara We got up and met in the lobby of the ship. I recall drinking what was called orange juice, but was more related to Tang. (We'd have our actual breakfast after we got back.) We then headed out to take our horse carriage to Edfu Temple. Apparently, when the city and cruise ships tried to switch to buses, the locals rebelled

12 09, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Pickpocket

By Lili|September 12th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2002, Europe, first trip abroad 2002, France, metro, Paris, Pickpocket, scam|0 Comments

The Paris Metro - efficient and beautifully decorated in Art Nouveau style and my first experience with Metros/Subways. It was also how I figured out I had an excellent sense of direction. I became the navigator for my family, directing us to the right Metro stops and platforms. But on our way to the department store, La Samaritaine, something strange happened. A woman and a young boy were standing close to us on the Metro. I didn't pay them much mind, until I notice the boy was coughing a lot. I actually moved a bit away from them. The woman then said in

9 09, 2016

Caye Caulker Sunset

By Lili|September 9th, 2016|Categories: Nature & Outdoors, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2013, beach, Belize, Caye Caulker, Central America, island, Latin America, Mayan Encounter 2013, Photo Friday, sunset|0 Comments

As I was racing around the island in a golf cart to try (and succeeded) to win a scavenger hunt I saw this beautiful sunset and squealed to a stop before snapping this pic. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.