Anonymous
Post 02/09/2025 08:09     Subject: Places that blew you away!
Alhambra and the city of Granada
Sagrada Familia
Civita di Bagnoreggio Italy
Seville Spain
Pont du Gard France
Carcassone France
Falling Water
Venice, despite that it’s touristy
Hearst Castle
Sailing in the British Virgin Islands

I’m an architect so the things that blow me away lean toward the built environment.

Anonymous
Post 02/09/2025 07:56     Subject: Places that blew you away!
India
Namibia
Iceland
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2025 23:11     Subject: Re:Places that blew you away!
Alaska's Inside Passage - stunning landscapes and wildlife
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2025 21:12     Subject: Re:Places that blew you away!
La Reime
Davidson Valley
Couchcimar
Eagle Pass
Tuttleworth
Thin Huoc
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2025 16:41     Subject: Places that blew you away!
Anonymous wrote:Lake District of Southern Chile. Not somewhere that had even been on my radar, but a friend wanted me to join her on a trip there, and it was great. Think German Alpine villages on beautiful lakes next to volcanos in the Andes.

Denali National Park. There is something about the vastness of inhabited areas of Alaska that just blows you away.

Bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico. Kayaked them at night, and it was magical.


This sounds great! Could you tell me how you arranged it, please?
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 21:05     Subject: Re:Places that blew you away!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have to say....I was blown away during my recent trip to Newport, RI -- the most amazing mansions all decorated for the holidays -- if you are a fan of The Gilded Age series scenes were filmed in these mansions! Amazing architecture!

We visited the ones open and decorated for the holidays:
The Elms
Marble House
Rosecliff
The Breakers (the most opulent one of all)

https://www.newportmansions.org/

Plan to someday go back in the summer to see some of the others and enjoy the coast/cliff walk.


I have seen all of these mansions in the summer, which were lovely! Definitely plan a visit then too. I will have to go back during the holidays, thanks for the tip!


We actually spent the week after Christmas up there -- home base of Mystic, CT (always wanted to see it as I loved the movie Mystic Pizza). Stayed across from very quaint "Old Mystic Village". We did a day trip to Newport, RI. Next time will stay in Newport hopefully.


Oh - and checked off another bucket list item by having dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen - at the Foxwood casino just north of Mystic.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 21:03     Subject: Re:Places that blew you away!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have to say....I was blown away during my recent trip to Newport, RI -- the most amazing mansions all decorated for the holidays -- if you are a fan of The Gilded Age series scenes were filmed in these mansions! Amazing architecture!

We visited the ones open and decorated for the holidays:
The Elms
Marble House
Rosecliff
The Breakers (the most opulent one of all)

https://www.newportmansions.org/

Plan to someday go back in the summer to see some of the others and enjoy the coast/cliff walk.


I have seen all of these mansions in the summer, which were lovely! Definitely plan a visit then too. I will have to go back during the holidays, thanks for the tip!


We actually spent the week after Christmas up there -- home base of Mystic, CT (always wanted to see it as I loved the movie Mystic Pizza). Stayed across from very quaint "Old Mystic Village". We did a day trip to Newport, RI. Next time will stay in Newport hopefully.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 19:07     Subject: Places that blew you away!
Kåseberga, Sweden
Sweden in general
Rome
Florence
North Shore of Hawaii
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2025 17:43     Subject: Places that blew you away!
Okavango Delta