Showing posts with label Guernsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guernsey. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2024

A-Z Blogging Challenge 2024: Q is for Quaint and Quirky

 Looking back through my travel photos I see that in many places we visited there was, on our agendas, an Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Church, Convent, Monastery, Mosque, Pagoda, Synagogue, Temple or other place of worship. As we travel along the road I often take snaps of some of God's many houses we pass by. These buildings range from ordinary to ostentatious. 

For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums.

Q is one of those troublesome letters, I pondered on Q adjectives for a while and decided on Quaint and Quirky for this post. What I have managed to find are are a few of God's Houses that are different from the norm or one of a kind. 

I found The Ossuary at Sedlec (The Bone Church) rather spooky, I was saddened to see the remains of so many people there. But who am I to judge as I have visited there twice as a tourist.

The embellishments are made from human bones

A Store of Skulls





On a trip to the Channel Isles we visited several Churches. On Jersey we were entranced by St Matthews Glass Church which is known for its glass features by Lalique.





A ferry ride away on Guernsey we saw some other churches including The Little Chapel which is decorated with seashells, pebbles, and broken china.






On our first trip to Helsinki, Finland in 2006 we  enjoyed a short recital in the Temppeliaukio Church which was hewn out of rock. Helsinki was such a beautiful city that we returned for a longer stay.

Unassuming entry 



 
Our cruises have taken us to Kotor in Montenegro several times. Each visit we join a different land tour. One of those tours included a boat ride to Our Lady of the Rocks, whose buildings are the only ones on a tiny island off Kotor.
 
Our destination

On the island


Are these leftovers from the many weddings celebrated here?

Stunning views out to the fjord and Kotor

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Not singing in the rain

We're walking around in the rain at St Peter Port in Guernsey after a damp crossing on the ferry from Poole in the UK. I've been looking forward to learning more about this island since reading The Guernsey literary and potato peel society.

From our first inspection it appears to be a hilly town with narrow winding streets.

 









Sustenance from M&S on a dreary day


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