So sorry...

for not posting lately. I've been swamped with homework. I will be back in full swing with lots of new pictures in about 3 weeks. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Fall Colors at Starved Rock State Park, IL... Amazing...

These pictures were taken during our hike through Starved Rock State Park this weekend. It was amazingly beautiful... I will continue to post more picture from there throughout the week. We have so many to show...

More amazing sites from China...

This was taken at the Buddhist temple where the Buddhas were engraved in stone... see below... the gardens were amazing...

This was also taken on the grounds of the temple...

Along the Grand Canal outside Suzhou... very poor area but very beautiful... the children were adorable and so happy... the canal had a very exotic mystique about it... I loved it!


This was taken at a temple in Shanghai...

Will return soon with some great pics...

I apologize for the break in my posts. I returned to school and a new job and I've been so busy that I haven't had time to post... I promise I will be back with some beautiful pictures later this week :) Here is a beautiful scene from Veere, Holland on the morning we left. It was chilly and overcast but so peaceful and beautiful!

The Wine and Champagne Caves of France...

This picture was taken at the Pommery Champagne Vineyard in Reims, France. This was an amazing cave that was 3 miles underground. This is a picture of bottles dating back to 1898... really neat to see...

This one batch has 56, 007 bottles. The view from above is amazing... it goes way way back into the cave.
These are the steps leading down to the cave... it was quite a workout coming back up... ugghhhh!
This cave is a at a vineyard in the champagne region of France... it is either from the town of Volnay or Mersault. We went to so many that I'm not sure which one...
This is a genever bar in Amsterdam... genever is a liquor that is very tasty...

A cave in Beaune, France.

The home of Frank Lloyd Wright and some lovely wild flowers... Spring Green, WI

This beautiful waterfall is on the Taliesin property of Frank Lloyd Wright... see belowThe wildflowers of Wisconsin...

This is Taliesin, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's homes, located just outside Spring Green Wisconsin. Unfortunately, we didn't tour the inside of the house since they wanted $47/person for a tour, however we made sure to get some fabulous pictures of the landscape surrounding the property.

The countryside of Ireland... Connemara

We have so many amazing pictures from Ireland that it was difficult deciding which to post. These are from Connemara... the countryside is just beautiful and we were the only car on the road which made it so peaceful...

This I took from inside the car... the goats were walking in front of us on the street...
We took this picture from Croagh Patrick...
Can you see my hubby in the pic? I hope to have one of these everyday:) I can't believe I found so many with him hidden in the corner...

The walls of Gent, Belgium...

These are amazing... so vibrant and colorful. We stumbled upon this maze of alleys in Gent, Belgium with incredible grafitti up and down the walls of each passageway. It was so cool!! Clearly some great artists...

My hubby has become sort of a "where's waldo" in the pics? :) He's in the corner of this one and like the picture in China he almost blends in with the scenery!

Highlights from China...

We're just back from our fabulous camping trip to Blue Mound State Park in Wisconsin. I'm working on loading the pictures. I'm hoping there are some good ones to post...

Below are more pictures from our China trip in 2008. I like this picture of the Great Wall taken through the stone window...

Gotta love this happy-go-lucky Buddha! There were a number of Buddha's carved into the rock that were just amazing! One day I will post all of them...

I took this picture of the freighters when we were in Shanghai. I thought it turned out great... The old boats are pretty neat with the Chinese flag on the front. It turned out really crisp and clear considering we were pretty far away...

These pictures are from a temple/shrine in China. My husband is standing in the middle of this picture... he blends in so well that you can hardly see him... like a ghost:) Pretty neat pic... The Buddha carved in stone above is from this same temple... Amazing!

It was interesting to see grafitti on the bamboo trees at this amazing site. I'd love to get someone who speaks the language to interpret what it says...

Images from the lovely islands of Trinidad and Tobago...

A beautiful blubird on the chair at our breakfast table in Tabago... so pretty!

Trinidad has the most amazing sunsets you have ever seen... each night the colors vary from pinks and purples to greens to orange etc... So beautiful! I'm going to search out the best ones for a post on another day... stay tuned for that!! :)

This was taken late afternoon after a rain shower... the green in the sky is so unusual...

We took this awesome picture at the Hyatt Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. This hotel was the most amazing place with a view that would take your breath away... floor to ceiling windows in the rooms and an infinity pool that overlooked the Caribbean Sea... was just incredible!

Don't those beers look tasty?? They were...

This little guy/gal was hanging out on the side of the road in Tobago... aren't the colors of the rooster just amazing against the backdrop of the wall... loved this picture so much I made it my blog icon!
This was our coconut water guy... sounds gross, right?? It definitely wasn't my thing...

Vianden, Luxembourg... simply charming!!

This is the picturesque town of Vianden, Luxembourg. I had absolutely no idea how amazingly beautiful Luxembourg is. It's also the cleanest place I've ever been to... even the gas station bathrooms are pristine... unbelievable!

Ok, I promise I will start adding more than travel pics to my blog... I'd love to get some more dialog going so people will start commenting, however the travel pics will be the central focus of this blog since traveling is my absolute favorite thing to do:) I have two camping trips coming up so I look forward to taking some scenic pictures in the woods of Wisconsin...