Riet's photoblog

Friday, June 20, 2014

Lithuania.

Our second stop was Klaipeda in Lithuania. Klaipeda is the third largest city in the country and has the northernmost port on the Baltic Sea.

If you want to know more about this very interesting city please try google.

We went for a walk and come and see what happened.

The bridge had to be opened for a sailboat. It seemed that at certain times of the day it was open for at least 15 minutes. So we walked on and I made a couple of photo’s.

A figurine of an almost drowned person.

A very old building and look how they kept it up, see next photo.

You had to be careful not to fall over the cross beam.

Yes lovely weather for a walk. For those who didn’t go on an excursion it was a great pastime.

And doesn’t every little girl in the world love pink?

And back to the ship again.

I am linking this post to Pink Saturday:http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Shadow shot Sunday 2: http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.nl/

and Sunday Bridges.( Can’t find the link)

Thank you to the hosts.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Friday.

Poland was the first country we visited. And on a lovely sunny day .

Gdynia is a small town at the Baltic sea .We took the shuttlebus and the driver drove us to the harbor where there was not much for us to do. There were a few old warships which were visited by lots of schoolkids, whole classes I imagined.We walked a bit , looked around and then we went back to the ship. I am sure there was lots more to do but this just was not our day .

The first thing we saw when we got out of the bus : Starbucks., also in Poland.

Mmmm nice coffee.

And keep the place clean folks. Can’t read any of it but I am sure I got it right: )))

Lots of fountains but they were not working at this time.

In these countries we saw many murals.

Fences in front of the windows too.

The old man was struggling with his bike so he walked . There were lots of benches around so he rested a lot.

And you know what , there even was a KFC.

One of the small warships.

I am linking this post to Good Fences :http://run-a-roundranch.blogspot.ca/

Skywatch Friday:http://skyley.blogspot.nl/

and Weekend Reflections :http://weekendreflection.blogspot.nl/

Thank you to the hosts.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Back in town and Alphabe Thursday.

As you might maybe know we went on a cruise . And you know what, I don’t know where to start.There is so much to tell and I made so many photo’s.

So I will show photo’s , not from day one on but I think I will pick some that go with the meme of that particular day. I show the map here of the places we visited. Actually we didn’t go with all the excursions as that would have been too expensive. So we did take a hop on off bus now and then or a shuttle bus to the nearest city. In St Petersburg, Russia, we had to take an excursion bus as otherwise we were not allowed to get of the ship. I will tell more in later posts.

So today I will join Jenny Matlock on Alphabe Thursday. The letter E is on this week.

http://jennymatlock.blogspot.nl/ This is the link to her blog.

We did embark in Kiel, Germany.

This was our ship, about 300 meters long.

In the middle of the ship there were these see-through elevators.

The theme for this ship is Music. Everywhere in the ship you find things that have to do with that. I will show you now and then.

This was a painting that hang in one of the many many elevators.

And now I am going to see what our footballers can do in the world cup this evening.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Blogpause.

Today I am going to show a few more photo’s before we are going on vacation.

Next Sunday we are going to make a cruise to the Baltic Sea and St Petersburg. It was on my wish-list for a very long time and now it is finally going to happen. I hope to make lots of photo’s so I have plenty to show when we are back in two weeks time.

These photo´s I made in the last few weeks while walking in our neighborhood. It was on different days as you can see on the skies.

I am linking this post to Skywatch Friday :http://skyley.blogspot.nl/

Weekend reflections :http://weekendreflection.blogspot.nl/

and Pink Saturday: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Thank you to the hosts.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Monday Tuesday.

Some days ago we went for a drive in the country. It was nice and sunny and lovely to wander around. I love looking at houses so I made a few pictures of the houses I liked.Some are farms here. Everything looks even better when the sun is shining , don’t you think?

I am linking this post to

Mosaic Monday: http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.nl/

Blue Monday:http://smilingsally.blogspot.nl/

Monday mellow yellows:http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.nl/

Ruby Tuesday Too:http://rubytuesdaytoo.blogspot.nl/

and Our world Tuesday:http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.nl/

Thank you to the hosts.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Pink Saturday.

This Saturday we celebrate Pink Saturday’s 6th anniversary. Congratulations to our dear friend Beverly from “How sweet the sound” who made this happen all those years . I want to thank you so much for all your work. It was such a pleasure to be here..

Six years , can ‘t believe it has been that long. I suppose I have been participating for at least 5 years then. I must have a look later.

I have this beautiful pink bouquet for you Beverly.

For more lots of pink go to Beverly,s blog :http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/

Sunday, May 18, 2014

London #2

A few more photo’s from our trip to London.

Regentstreet and Liverpoolstreet station.

Notice the left driving?

I am linking this post to: Mosaic Monday:http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.nl/

Blue Monday:http://smilingsally.blogspot.nl/

Ruby Tuesday too:http://rubytuesdaytoo.blogspot.nl/

Our world Tuesday:http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.nl/

Thank you to the hosts.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

London.

Last week I was in London again with my granddaughters for a couple of days. The weather wasn’t very good , we had rain, lots of it, so the only thing we did was shop . We did the sightseeing tour last year so nothing was really lost.:))) And for teenage girls there is nothing better than shopping as far as I know.:))

I didn’t make many photo’s because of the rain but I did make a few of the beautiful buildings, the many many busses and the crowds.

This was the Tommy Hilfiger shop window in Regentstreet.

Liberty, one of my favorite shops.

I am linking this post to Mosaic Monday: http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.nl/

Blue Monday: http://smilingsally.blogspot.nl/

Ruby Tuesday Too: http://rubytuesdaytoo.blogspot.nl/

Our world Tuesday: http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.nl/

Thank you to the hosts.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Kings Day..

Last Saturday we celebrated our Kings birthday. In former years we always had a queen so we had Queens day as long as I can remember. It always is a day full of celebrations and fun. In our town we have a freemarket what used to be for children to sell the stuff they didn’t want any more or outgrew. These days many people try to sell their goods.

We also always have a fair very near our home . I love to walk around and look at all the people. So much fun to enjoy.

Here a small impression of the day.