Travel: Beautiful Places & Spaces
 

I didn't really see a category for travel here, so I made a place where people might want to share about places they have been to - or have yet to visit!

I haven't traveled much outside the US - I did spend a vacation in Kuai once; it was incredibly beautiful there! And, I've lived in various places on either coast (east or west) or even visited states in the US where the geography of the region takes your breath away!


I'm leaving this photo tonight because I often dream about visiting England and I found this beautiful lake! It's dreamy, yes? Maybe someday, I will travel to England and see all the beautiful architecture in various places and see serene spaces, such as below!

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Big Sur
 

You can't go wrong visiting Big Sur on the California Coastline. I took my sweetheart there for her birthday last year and had a beautiful suite overlooking the cliffs and the ocean. It is an amazing place!

Provincetown is also a great place to go! If you have never been, it is definately worth planning a trip to go. I've been twice and we are going again very soon for our wedding! I'm looking forward to going there again.

And finally, one of my favorite places to go is the Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. I've been more times than I can count and I'm hoping to get a trip together for us in the not so distant future. I could visit those mountains every year and never get tired of them!

Happy Travels everyone!

Glynn

Are you thinking about visiting their wine regions, too???

The French Alps are certainly a place I would love to see first hand!

:wine::bunchflowers::candle:

Definately - about the Big Sur area! I've been there on many ocassion - truly spectacular! I think the closest I ever got to the Smokey Mtn's was when I was very little and we went to see relatives in Arkansas - the Ozarks - I remember seeing a passion play there. Truly beautiful!

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It's dreamland time for me, so I think I will dream about a far away place tonight!

*Sweet dreams to all*

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ps/ the *blue sparkly* far away place
(Copenhagen - the Mermaid of the Sea)!

http://www.kirikou.com/copenhagen/co...penhagen10.jpg

Lake Tahoe
http://www.visitinglaketahoe.com/

http://elaney.org/wp/leslie_blackie/...lake_tahoe.jpg

great thread!
 

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my favorite city. one of my favorite places to live & visit.

After my first summer session class is finished this week, I'm going to the coast for much needed down time (second session starts next week).

Oregon has such a beautiful coastline that I thought I would share a few photos (that I have found online) here...

Northern coastline
(Cannon Beach - Haystack Rock)
http://www.coastexplorermagazine.com...ach_header.jpg


Mid-state coastline
(Depoe Bay area)
http://www.crownpacificinn.com/crown.../webshots5.jpg

Southern coastline
(near Moosehead Lodge - Brookings area)
http://www.mooseheadlodgeoregon.com/...Coast.jpg.jpeg

My Top Ten
 

1. Kashmir- The pleasure gardens at Shalimar.
2. Xochimilco in Mexico
3. Yellowstone National Park
4. Yosemite park in California
5. Niagra Falls
6. mammoth Cave in Kentucky
7. Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
8. The Grand Canyon
9. Alaska
10. Loch Lomond in Scotland

You've been to some beautiful places! Let's see... I've been to parts of Yellowstone (Jackson Hole and the Tetons), Yosemite (the redwoods are so beautiful), Niagara Falls (years ago) and to the Grand Canyon - when I was a little girl but I don't remember much of it at all. My mother once lived in Roswell, NM when she was a young girl (past President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited her high school) - I've never been to New Mexico but I hear there's lots to see there - like the caverns that you mention!

I'm thinking that your trip to Scotland, Mexico and Kashmir were delightful!
Thanks for sharing Popcorninthesofa!

I live in a beautiful area of Canada, BC is so wonderful we have so many different vistas here

Vancouver sea wall, in the city.
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1525...-Vancouver.jpg

Coastal BC
http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/medi...hale-T6092.jpg
http://www.wavelengthmagazine.com/Im...2SamplePic.jpg

We even have beautiful beaches!
http://www.ourbc.com/travel_bc/bc_ci...ach_01_640.jpg

Spain is where Daddy and I want to retire to though, our dream is to open a B&B in spain with a potential dungeon space. We have been looking at ruins to refurbish and build the perfect getaway space.

http://www.reisefotos.de/weblog/nerja4.jpg
http://www.eurocottage.com/images/pr...pain_small.jpg
http://spaincarhiresearch.com/wp-con...02/villa31.jpg

tiggs??? This is absolutely gorgeous - very enchanting!!!

Did I tell you that I have always wanted to go to the Canary Islands?
Have you been to the islands?
http://www.worldwide-super-yacht-cha...ages/spain.jpg


I really wanna spend some time there and just watch the sun drop like a beautiful huge pearly pumpkin as it sets across the Atlantic...

*such a heavenly paradise*

:moonstars:


PS/ tiggs? third photo, post #13: is that a photo of a sunrise? it's very beautiful...

Of course, they are where I have been...but I love the places I have visited and (for a few) lived!
 

Cinque Terra, Italy

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Siena, Italy

http://www.fallonhome.net/italy/siena/siena01.jpg

Prague, Czech Republic

http://antanovichdressage.com/images/prague02.jpg

Sydney, NSW, Australia

http://www.sydney-australia.biz/cent...ics/sydney.jpg

Clearwater, FL
http://www.floridafishinginfo.net/cl..._florida_2.jpg

St. Augustine, FL

http://ridethisbike.com/uploaded_ima...-st-751330.jpg

Victoria, BC, Canada

http://www3.telus.net/Kent_Travel/im...arbour_000.jpg
Vancouver, BC

http://johndenugent.com/jdn/wp-conte...ncouver-bc.jpg

My favorite vacation, ever.
 

You have been to some very beautiful spaces on earth - notably Prague, the Siena, Italy and places in Florida! Thank you so much for sharing a bit about your life, HSIN! The architecture featured in the photos of Prague and Australia is awe inspiring! :rrose:

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Selenay, this is truly magical - is this a sunrise or sunset - the color of the red rock is gorgeous! What a marvelous eco-system in this part of the US! :rrose:

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*definately a dreamy landscape!*

The photo below is tagged as the Boreal Forest in Canada....

It's almost pillow time for me and I think I will dream about camping out in the wilderness in the red tent and taking in all the beauty of the Northern Lights... and of course, watching for beautiful constellations of stars!!!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rTlYJILuRE...est-Canada.jpg

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*sweet dreams to all*

:moonstars:

Bahías de Huatulco... It is located in Oxaca, Mexico...the pacific coast. The local eateries have awesome food, and the beaches are beautiful.


http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...ie25/oxaca.jpg

Great thread!!!

One of my best friends and I are planning a trip to Thailand, particularly Bangkok and Phuket. We have both always wanted to go and so we are hoping to spend about three weeks there after she graduates. If we can squeeze it in (this is a hope), we want to also travel Laos and Vietnam, and then maybe throughout Indonesia, if possible.

http://popza.files.wordpress.com/200...95-bangkok.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...om-my-room.jpg

Firie,

Your plans sound absolutely delightful and full of fun!
These photos are gorgeous... I've heard that phuket is
totally like a whole unexplainable Paradise from another time.
Have a great trip (safe too)!!!

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Oh mY!!!!! just look at how gorgeous this place is!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!

Bahia ~> Beautiful Bay!!!!

Ps/ I should trade in my northern dreamscape and go here, instead! *hehe*

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October 2005, I was lucky to visit this state park in W. Virginia
and it is truly a gorgeous place to spend time!
I have a week off during this October and I'm
thinking about doing some leaf peeping during fall break.

My current obsession is Cuenca, Ecuador. I plan on going next year. It is the number one place for American's to retire. It's an artsy city, in a beautiful country with perfect weather year round. I have never wanted to live in another country but with everything I have read so far - I have yet to find a downside.

http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/html/cuenca.html

Um, can I go with you? Pretty, pretty please?

These are high on my list of places to go:

Iceland

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Alaska

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Nepal

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...QaD65A5JvkNw8=

Oh yes! Do you one of those big hiking backpacks? I don't plan on actually hiking (that is impossible since it requires sensible shoes) but I do plan to find the "Welcome to the Amazon Rainforest" sign, put on the backpack and take a picture for facebook. I like to create the illusion of having a sense of adventure and danger without actually sweating.

Hawaii is always in my heart and if you can afford to visit you will not be dissapointed.....go to the big island or kauai and see what paradise on earth really is.....

hahahahaha.

I don't have a hiking backpack, but Dylan does. We could take that along, stuff it with a bunch of paper, and take the picture in heels with that! You know, create the illusion (without the sweating) that we did the hike in non-sensible shoes. And non-sensible clothing too! You know, like women do everything in the movies! (Trekking jungles, running from zombies/monsters/ax murderers, surviving the Titanic or the Apocalypse or another disastrous equivalent!)

I just want to say "Thank You" to all of you for sharing your favorite places and spaces that you've been to, or are thinking of going to, for rest and relaxation!

I'm leaving this video tonight because Loon Calls are so haunting to hear and yet so soothing, too!