Istanbul is a bustling city with mosques, palaces, markets, monuments, parks, and lots of people. It is a city of differences – the old and the ...
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Jewish history dates back 2000 years. The number of Jews in Morocco was at its highest in about 1948 with over 270,00 inhabitants. Many Jews emigrated...
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The lion, the leopard, and the cheetah are the big cats. What magnificent critters! The following are images taken in sequence as this male lion wakes...
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Walking through the cobblestoned streets of Istanbul was an event. In so many places there were trucks and carts and shops. In the mornings and in the...
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There is so many shopping opportunities in Istanbul that it is a wonder anyone knows which shop to enter and what items to purchase. Copies of famous ...
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There are numerous reasons why Islamic woman cover their heads and there are numerous types of head coverings. Some are quite simple, often black with...
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I met many people on the streets of Istanbul both individuals and people in pairs or groups. For me it was not easy to distinguish natives of Istanbul...
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The ceilings and walls of the many mosques in Istanbul are very ornate. Here are my favorites. Also see some treasures that are displayed....
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Though the Camargue area boasts its many flamingos, there are numerous other beautiful birds. I captured images of a few. These love birds doing their...
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The Camargue area of France is in the South of the country and looking at a map you will see that it is quite close to Spain. So much of what we saw h...
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These white horses of the Camargue used to roam the marshes and wetlands and have adapted to that environment. The ones we “met” are no lo...
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These young male horses graze all day in the same field. When they were brought out to this marshy area in the Camargue they began to show their ̶...
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The sky is beautiful at the beginning and the end of the day and that is especially true in the Camargue region of France. Sunrises, sunsets, and love...
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After the church service, the parade, the procession to the sea, and the entrance to the sea, the statues of the Marys are returned to the church. Dev...
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Pilgrims carry the statues and relics of the Marys to the shore, accompanied by music, singing, and dancing. The statues are then blessed in a symboli...
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