Travels

This week's topic for Studio Friday January 12th suggested by Hanne: TRAVELS!

"Travelling is a wonderful possibility to open for new inspiration and ideas. I´ll say it´s actually one of the greatest advantages to travelling!

A lot of new impressions and probably also new materials to bring home for future artwork. Maybe new friends - who knows? Anyway, I thought it could be very interesting to know where other bloggers travel. And if you don´t travel right now because of limited econonomy or other restrictions - I think we always travell in our mind: dreaming of somewhere in the countryside - or maybe a big city loaded with museums, galleries and flea markeds for new "input" for our studios and art."

~ Hanne There are two places in the world that came to mind... not cities, not museums, nor flea markets. I am always awed by nature, and when we accidently drove through the Welsh mountains many years ago, I was just going nuts with the wildness and beauty of the surroundings! We stopped in Betws-y-Coed, and discovered a campground where we spent almost every summer after that with the kids while they were growing up. This is a pic of nearby Fairy Glen, a magical stream with little waterfalls and mossy rocks.

The other place in the world that took my breath away was Muir Woods, near San Fransisco California. It was slightly foggy, and the giant redwood trees seemed to touch the heavens, dissapearing into the mist. The stillness, scents, and feeling of foreverness has stayed in my heart, and I long to go back there someday.*dreams*edit: I am putting up a map of where Wales is located. It's just across the Irish Sea from Dublin. We were thinking of crossing Great Britain in one day, to catch a ferry to Holland, so we could visit my Mom and Dad. We had no idea it would take many hours to drive through those "Welsh mountains" in Wales, and we spent 2 days in GB instead of one that trip, but it was more than worth it! ;-)