There are so many different and interesting buildings and sculptures to see at the Gardens that we spent almost a whole day wandering around, taking lots of photos, enjoyed a gelato and coffee at the cafe in the Gloriette and caught a tram home, happy to sit and rest our aching feet at the end of the day.
Vienna on a Saturday is the place to see groups of people, making music, having coffee, singing, strolling around, or just people watching. We were staying in an apartment right above the square, which was the perfect place for watching all the different groups below us.
Outside the Jewish Synagogue in Budapest, there were lots of people waiting to go inside and enjoy the beautiful building.
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The Wallace Collection in London is a national museum which displays art collections collected by Sir Richard Wallace and his ancestors, and the Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace in 1897.
In the gallery is a huge collection of 18th century French art and furniture, and many important paintings and, for the military minded among us, a huge display of swords, old arms and suits of armour.
Let’s start with the Front State Room, with lots of paintings of birds and animals, and wonderful furniture.
The above French wardrobe dates back to 1715, and was designed by Italian craftsmen. Would it fit in your home?
There is a Front State Room, Back State Room, Dining Room, Billiard Room, Smoking Room, Armouries and a 16th century gallery on the ground floor, all full to the brim with fabulous paintings and furniture, and on the first floor there are Drawing Rooms, Boudoirs, and more galleries.
In the Great Gallery downstairs, there were lots of budding artists sketching some of the paintings, there were folding stools and plenty of art paper and pencils supplied for anyone who cared to sketch their favourite.
And my favourite is this shot of the Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, and a possible future famous artist!
Tourism Ireland have recently opened up a new tourist trail around the west coast of Ireland, called the Wild Atlantic Way, stretching from the north of Donegal all the way down to Kinsale in County Cork. The trail is 2500 km of coastline, which you can drive/walk/run/cycle/jog, all at once or county by county. The route is very well signposted and there are great suggestions and itineraries and maps on the website, to help people plan their trip.
It is hard to believe that a country as small as Ireland would have a coastline on its western side of 2500 km, when the direct route from Kinsale to Donegal is about 420 km, but if you have ever been to Ireland, and driven on the narrow, twisting country roads, you will be able to imagine what this route is like.
Here are a few photos taken at Coolmore Beach, in my little section of the Wild Atlantic Way, in County Cork. There is so much information on the whole trail on the Tourism Ireland website, it is well worth a visit if you are thinking of exploring in Ireland.
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