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Before going to Ljubljana I read the the capital city of Slovenia has been called The Paris of Eastern Europe. It’s actually in an area often referred to as the Balkans, named for the mountain range. Nestled between Croatia, Italy and Austria, the small country—about the size of New Jersey—is a delightful place to […]
The small but fascinating town of Khiva in Uzbekistan stole my heart. After visiting the big sister tourist towns of Bukhara and Samarakan with their impressive architecture and markets, I fell in love with the 2,500 year old town on the Silk Road. What’s to love? While destroyed and demolished multiple times, elements of the […]
If you have been following my blog you know that over the last six months I have been randomly posting about a terrific trip I took in June of 2023 to three of the Silk Road countries in Central Asia. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan I don’t normally take so long to blog about destinations, but, […]
Please come take a walk with me while I wear my Street Photography hat for this week in New York City. I hope this blog post will convey what NYC feels like to me. This first shot is out the taxi window. I love the hearts and sentiment. These are all images from one […]
Note from Susan: If you have been following DesignDestinations, you know that Sheryl has been posting about her experience in Scotland last summer. In this post, she includes some of the places she and her husband Jim visited when they specifically toured sites related to the novel and TV show Outlander. By Sheryl […]
By Judy Bereza, Guest blogger What would be the best way to experience Switzerland when you are an “advanced” Senior couple, reasonably fit and looking for adventure, but perhaps not ready to undertake all the planning and responsibility for the glitches can occur along the way? This was the challenge my husband and I undertook […]
“Color has the power to set a mood, tell a story and to even create an experience.” Recently I found this statement in an article in a design magazine. This made me think about the trip I made to three Central Asia countries in June 2023. It was a photo tour so we were […]
There’s an exhibit at our local art museum on Lee Alexander McQueen. He intrigues me to no end. I love fashion and always have. Some of the best years of my career were writing fashion stories for the Grand Rapids Press. Alexander McQueen appeared on the scene after my time writing fashion so I didn’t […]
It’s curious to me that I have lived in Michigan all my life and never been to Boyne City. I’ve been all around it. Charlevoix, Petosky, Harbor Springs, Gaylord, Traverse City, even ski trips to Boyne Highlands. But never Boyne City even though it is smack dab in the middle of what we call “Up […]
By Sheryl A. Jurries, Guest blogger If you’ve been following DesignDestinations.org then you know that I enjoyed a wonderful trip to Scotland last summer and have been posting as a guest blogger about it. I hope you are enjoying the guest blog posts. If you haven’t traveled to Scotland, you may still be familiar with […]
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