Skip to content
  • Home
  • about ~ wander.essence ~
    • ~ the places i’ve been ~
  • “invitation” monthly calendar
  • Travel Destinations
    • America
      • Virginia
    • American Road Trips
      • Four Corners Area
        • Arizona
          • Monument Valley
          • Navajo National Monument
          • Petrified Forest National Park
          • Sunset Crater National Monument
          • Walnut Canyon National Monument
          • Winslow
          • Wupatki National Monument
        • Colorado
          • Colorado National Monument
          • Colorado Towns
            • Grand Junction
          • Great Sand Dunes National Park
        • New Mexico
        • Utah
          • Arches National Park
          • Canyonlands
          • Dead Horse Point State Park
          • Hovenweep National Monument
          • Moab
          • Valley of the Gods
          • Natural Bridges National Monument
      • Midwestern Triangle
        • Illinois
          • Carbondale
          • Murphysboro
        • Kentucky
          • Covington
          • Lexington
          • Louisville
        • Ohio
          • Cincinnati
      • New Jersey
        • Cape May
      • New York
        • Adirondacks
        • Buffalo
        • Niagara Falls
      • Pennsylvania
        • Pittsburgh
      • Tennessee
        • Nashville
    • International Travel
      • Africa
        • Egypt
          • Cairo
        • Morocco
      • Asia
        • China
          • Guangxi Province
        • India
          • Rishikesh
          • Varanasi
        • Japan
          • Kyoto
        • Myanmar
        • Oman
        • South Korea
        • Turkey
          • Cappadocia
        • Vietnam
      • Europe
        • Czech Republic
          • Český Krumlov
        • England
        • France
        • Greece
        • Hungary
          • Budapest
          • Esztergom
        • Iceland
        • Italy
        • Portugal
        • Spain
          • Hikes & Walks
            • Pilgrimage
              • Camino de Santiago
                • packing list for el camino de santiago 2018
      • North America
        • Canada
          • Ontario
  • Imaginings
    • imaginings: the call to place
  • Travel Preparation
    • journeys: anticipation & preparation
  • On Journey
    • on journey: taking ourselves from here to there
  • Travel Creativity
    • on keeping a travel journal
    • photography inspiration
      • Photography
    • writing prompts: prose
      • Prose
        • Fiction
        • Travel Essay
        • Travelogue
    • writing prompts: poetry
      • Poetry
  • Books & Movies
    • books | international a-z |
    • books | u.s.a. |
    • books | spirituality, personal growth & lifestyle |
    • movies | international a-z |
    • movies | u.s.a. |
  • On Returning Home
    • on returning home
  • Contact

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 674 other followers

Follow ~ wander.essence ~ on WordPress.com
  • Home
  • about ~ wander.essence ~
    • ~ the places i’ve been ~
  • “invitation” monthly calendar
  • Travel Destinations
    • America
      • Virginia
    • American Road Trips
      • Four Corners Area
        • Arizona
          • Monument Valley
          • Navajo National Monument
          • Petrified Forest National Park
          • Sunset Crater National Monument
          • Walnut Canyon National Monument
          • Winslow
          • Wupatki National Monument
        • Colorado
          • Colorado National Monument
          • Colorado Towns
            • Grand Junction
          • Great Sand Dunes National Park
        • New Mexico
        • Utah
          • Arches National Park
          • Canyonlands
          • Dead Horse Point State Park
          • Hovenweep National Monument
          • Moab
          • Valley of the Gods
          • Natural Bridges National Monument
      • Midwestern Triangle
        • Illinois
          • Carbondale
          • Murphysboro
        • Kentucky
          • Covington
          • Lexington
          • Louisville
        • Ohio
          • Cincinnati
      • New Jersey
        • Cape May
      • New York
        • Adirondacks
        • Buffalo
        • Niagara Falls
      • Pennsylvania
        • Pittsburgh
      • Tennessee
        • Nashville
    • International Travel
      • Africa
        • Egypt
          • Cairo
        • Morocco
      • Asia
        • China
          • Guangxi Province
        • India
          • Rishikesh
          • Varanasi
        • Japan
          • Kyoto
        • Myanmar
        • Oman
        • South Korea
        • Turkey
          • Cappadocia
        • Vietnam
      • Europe
        • Czech Republic
          • Český Krumlov
        • England
        • France
        • Greece
        • Hungary
          • Budapest
          • Esztergom
        • Iceland
        • Italy
        • Portugal
        • Spain
          • Hikes & Walks
            • Pilgrimage
              • Camino de Santiago
                • packing list for el camino de santiago 2018
      • North America
        • Canada
          • Ontario
  • Imaginings
    • imaginings: the call to place
  • Travel Preparation
    • journeys: anticipation & preparation
  • On Journey
    • on journey: taking ourselves from here to there
  • Travel Creativity
    • on keeping a travel journal
    • photography inspiration
      • Photography
    • writing prompts: prose
      • Prose
        • Fiction
        • Travel Essay
        • Travelogue
    • writing prompts: poetry
      • Poetry
  • Books & Movies
    • books | international a-z |
    • books | u.s.a. |
    • books | spirituality, personal growth & lifestyle |
    • movies | international a-z |
    • movies | u.s.a. |
  • On Returning Home
    • on returning home
  • Contact

wander.essence

wander.essence

Home from Morocco & Italy

Home sweet home!May 10th, 2019
I'm home from Morocco & Italy. :-)

Italy trip

Traveling to Italy from MoroccoApril 23rd, 2019
On my way to Italy!

Leaving for Morocco

Casablanca, here I come!April 4th, 2019
I'm on my way to Casablanca. :-)

Home from our Midwestern Triangle Road Trip

Driving home from Lexington, KYMarch 6th, 2019
Home sweet home from the Midwest. :-)

Leaving for my Midwestern Triangle Road Trip

Driving to IndianaFebruary 24th, 2019
Driving to Indiana.

Returning home from Portugal

Home sweet home from Spain & Portugal!November 6th, 2018
Home sweet home from Spain & Portugal!

Leaving Spain for Portugal

A rendezvous in BragaOctober 26th, 2018
Rendezvous in Braga, Portgual after walking the Camino de Santiago. :-)

Leaving to walk the Camino de Santiago

Heading to Spain for the CaminoAugust 31st, 2018
I'm on my way to walk 790 km across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago.

Home from my Four Corners Road Trip

Home Sweet Home from the Four CornersMay 25th, 2018
Home Sweet Home from the Four Corners. :-)

My Four Corners Road Trip!

Hitting the roadMay 1st, 2018
I'm hitting the road today for my Four Corners Road Trip: CO, UT, AZ, & NM!

Recent Posts

  • sniffing our way through cincinnati’s findlay market December 10, 2019
  • {camino day 46} arzúa to pedrouzo December 8, 2019
  • poetic journeys: psychic at the beach December 6, 2019
  • delaware: nemours estate December 5, 2019
  • on returning home from india in 2011 December 2, 2019
  • {camino day 45} melide to arzúa December 1, 2019
  • call to place: india in 2011 November 28, 2019
  • delaware: new castle & old swedes church November 26, 2019
  • {camino day 44} lestedo to melide November 24, 2019
  • anticipation & preparation: india in 2011 November 22, 2019
  • seafaring portugal: lisbon & points north November 21, 2019
  • on journey: to, around and back from cambodia in 2011 November 20, 2019
  • {camino day 43} portomarín to lestedo November 17, 2019

Archives

  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018

Blog Stats

  • 31,537 hits
December 2019
M T W T F S S
« Nov    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  

Categories

  • Aït-Ben-Haddou (1)
  • Adirondacks (3)
  • Africa (7)
  • Alexandria (1)
  • Alsace-Lorraine (1)
  • Amarante (2)
  • America (6)
  • American books (11)
  • American Road Trips (149)
  • Americana (1)
  • Annual recap (1)
  • Anticipation (25)
  • Antietam National Battlefield (1)
  • Aramak Tour (1)
  • Arches National Park (8)
  • Arizona (24)
  • Asia (11)
  • Astorga (2)
  • Atapuerca (1)
  • Aveiro (2)
  • Azofra (2)
  • Aztec Ruins National Monument (1)
  • óbidos (1)
  • Balcony House (1)
  • Bluff (1)
  • Bluff Fort Historic Site (1)
  • Books (24)
  • Braga (3)
  • Budapest (1)
  • Buffalo (9)
  • Burgos (4)
  • Cabo da Roca (1)
  • Cairo (3)
  • Cambodia (4)
  • Camino de Santiago (59)
  • Canada (4)
  • Canyon de Chelly (3)
  • Canyonlands (3)
  • Cape May (7)
  • Cappadocia (2)
  • Carbondale (6)
  • Casablanca (2)
  • Chaco Culture National Historical Park (4)
  • challenge: a call to place (25)
  • Charleston (2)
  • Chefchaouen (2)
  • China (4)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Churchill Downs (1)
  • Cincinnati (10)
  • Cincinnati Art Museum (1)
  • Cinque Terre (2)
  • Coeur d'Alene (1)
  • Colorado (26)
  • Colorado National Monument (3)
  • Colorado Towns (6)
  • Colorful (1)
  • Costa Nova (1)
  • Covington (6)
  • Crestone (1)
  • Curves (1)
  • Czech Republic (1)
  • Dead Horse Point State Park (1)
  • decay (1)
  • Delaware (8)
  • destinations (24)
  • Drawing (1)
  • Durango (1)
  • Egypt (3)
  • England (3)
  • Essaouira (2)
  • Esztergom (1)
  • Europe (49)
  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience (1)
  • Evora (1)
  • Fiction (5)
  • Findlay Market (1)
  • Finisterre (2)
  • Florence (2)
  • Four Corners Area (74)
  • France (7)
  • Frazier Museum (1)
  • G Adventures Tour (3)
  • Gateway Arch National Park (1)
  • George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • Gettysburg National Military Park (1)
  • Grand Junction (1)
  • Great Falls (2)
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park (2)
  • Greece (2)
  • Guangxi Province (2)
  • Guimarães (2)
  • Halong Bay (1)
  • Hanoi (1)
  • Heidelberg (1)
  • Hikes & Walks (93)
  • Hoa Lu (1)
  • Holbrook (1)
  • Holidays (1)
  • Hovenweep National Monument (1)
  • Hubbell Trading Post (1)
  • Hungary (1)
  • Iceland (1)
  • Idaho (1)
  • Illinois (8)
  • Imaginings (25)
  • India (6)
  • Indiana (4)
  • International Books (14)
  • International Travel (136)
  • Istanbul (1)
  • Italy (3)
  • Japan (5)
  • Journaling (1)
  • Kentucky (14)
  • KMAC (1)
  • Kyoto (1)
  • Languedoc-Roussillon (1)
  • laundry (1)
  • León (2)
  • Lens-Artists (2)
  • Lexington (6)
  • Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial (2)
  • Lincoln City (2)
  • Lisbon (8)
  • Logroño (3)
  • Longreads (5)
  • Lorca (2)
  • Louisville (11)
  • markets (1)
  • Marrakech (2)
  • Maryland (1)
  • Mathews (1)
  • Memoir (2)
  • Mesa Verde National Park (4)
  • Midwestern Triangle (24)
  • Missouri (1)
  • Moab (2)
  • Monument Valley (1)
  • Morocco (6)
  • Murphysboro (7)
  • Muruzabal (1)
  • Muxia (2)
  • Myanmar (1)
  • Nanning (2)
  • Nashville (8)
  • natural bridges (1)
  • Natural Bridges National Monument (2)
  • Navajo National Monument (2)
  • Nebraska (2)
  • New Castle (1)
  • New Jersey (7)
  • New Mexico (11)
  • New York (14)
  • Newport (1)
  • Niagara Falls (7)
  • Nice (1)
  • Nizwa (2)
  • Normandy (1)
  • North Dakota (2)
  • Oakton (2)
  • Ohio (10)
  • Oman (3)
  • On Journey (23)
  • On Returning Home (23)
  • Ontario (4)
  • Orisson (2)
  • Ouray (1)
  • Pagosa Springs (1)
  • Pamplona (2)
  • Paris (2)
  • Patterns (2)
  • Peniche (1)
  • Pennsylvania (12)
  • Petrified Forest National Park (5)
  • petroglyphs (1)
  • Phnom Penh (3)
  • Photography (78)
  • Pilgrimage (54)
  • Pittsburgh (11)
  • Poetry (21)
  • Porto (4)
  • Portugal (24)
  • Prose (48)
  • Rehoboth (1)
  • Reverse culture shock (2)
  • Rishikesh (2)
  • Riverbend Park (1)
  • Road Trip to Nowhere (2)
  • Rome (3)
  • Roof Squares (1)
  • Route 66 (1)
  • Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (4)
  • San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway (3)
  • Santiago (2)
  • Santo Domingo de la Calzada (2)
  • Siem Reap (3)
  • Silverton (1)
  • Sintra (2)
  • South Carolina (2)
  • South Dakota (2)
  • South Korea (4)
  • Spain (61)
  • St. Louis (1)
  • Staycation (1)
  • Street Art (2)
  • Sunset Crater National Monument (1)
  • Sunsets (1)
  • Tam Coc (1)
  • Tangier (2)
  • Telluride (2)
  • Tennessee (8)
  • Torres del Rio (2)
  • Travel (292)
  • Travel Creativity (137)
  • Travel Essay (39)
  • Travel Inspiration (25)
  • Travel photography (75)
  • Travel Preparation (25)
  • Travelogue (38)
  • Turkey (4)
  • Tuscany (2)
  • twenty-eighteen (1)
  • Umbria (1)
  • United Arab Emirates (UAE) (1)
  • Utah (23)
  • Valley of the Gods (1)
  • Varanasi (2)
  • Ventosa (2)
  • Vietnam (4)
  • Villamayor de Monjardín (2)
  • Villamayor del Rio (1)
  • Vincennes (2)
  • Virginia (7)
  • Walnut Canyon National Monument (1)
  • Wigwam Motel (1)
  • Wildlife (1)
  • Wildwood (3)
  • Wilmington (2)
  • Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park (1)
  • Winslow (3)
  • Writing (67)
  • Wupatki National Monument (2)
  • Yorktown (1)
  • Český Krumlov (1)

Adirondacks Africa America American books American Road Trips Anticipation Arches National Park Arizona Asia Books Braga Buffalo Burgos Cairo Cambodia Camino de Santiago Canada Canyon de Chelly Canyonlands Cape May Carbondale Chaco Culture National Historical Park challenge: a call to place China Cincinnati Colorado Colorado National Monument Colorado Towns Covington Delaware destinations Egypt England Europe Fiction Four Corners Area France G Adventures Tour Hikes & Walks Illinois Imaginings India Indiana International Books International Travel Italy Japan Kentucky Lexington Lisbon Logroño Longreads Louisville Memoir Mesa Verde National Park Midwestern Triangle Morocco Murphysboro Nashville New Jersey New Mexico New York Niagara Falls Ohio Oman On Journey On Returning Home Ontario Pennsylvania Petrified Forest National Park Phnom Penh Photography Pilgrimage Pittsburgh Poetry Porto Portugal Prose Rome Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway Siem Reap Sintra South Korea Spain Tennessee Travel Travel Creativity Travel Essay Travel Inspiration Travelogue Travel photography Travel Preparation Turkey Utah Vietnam Virginia Wildwood Winslow Writing

Pages

  • “invitation” monthly calendar
  • about ~ wander.essence ~
  • books | international a-z |
  • books | spirituality, personal growth & lifestyle |
  • books | u.s.a. |
  • movies | international a-z |
  • movies | u.s.a. |
  • on keeping a travel journal
  • packing list for el camino de santiago 2018
  • photography inspiration
  • writing prompts: poetry
  • writing prompts: prose
  • ~ the places i’ve been ~
  • Contact

Translate

Goodreads

Blogs I Follow

Top Posts & Pages

  • sniffing our way through cincinnati's findlay market
  • {camino day 46} arzúa to pedrouzo

wander.essence

wander.essence
  • Home
  • about ~ wander.essence ~
  • “invitation” monthly calendar
  • Travel Destinations
  • Imaginings
  • Travel Preparation
  • On Journey
  • Travel Creativity
  • Books & Movies
  • On Returning Home
  • Contact

~ wander.essence ~

where travel meets art

  • Home
  • about ~ wander.essence ~
    • ~ the places i’ve been ~
  • “invitation” monthly calendar
  • Travel Destinations
    • America
      • Virginia
    • American Road Trips
      • Four Corners Area
        • Arizona
          • Monument Valley
          • Navajo National Monument
          • Petrified Forest National Park
          • Sunset Crater National Monument
          • Walnut Canyon National Monument
          • Winslow
          • Wupatki National Monument
        • Colorado
          • Colorado National Monument
          • Colorado Towns
            • Grand Junction
          • Great Sand Dunes National Park
        • New Mexico
        • Utah
          • Arches National Park
          • Canyonlands
          • Dead Horse Point State Park
          • Hovenweep National Monument
          • Moab
          • Valley of the Gods
          • Natural Bridges National Monument
      • Midwestern Triangle
        • Illinois
          • Carbondale
          • Murphysboro
        • Kentucky
          • Covington
          • Lexington
          • Louisville
        • Ohio
          • Cincinnati
      • New Jersey
        • Cape May
      • New York
        • Adirondacks
        • Buffalo
        • Niagara Falls
      • Pennsylvania
        • Pittsburgh
      • Tennessee
        • Nashville
    • International Travel
      • Africa
        • Egypt
          • Cairo
        • Morocco
      • Asia
        • China
          • Guangxi Province
        • India
          • Rishikesh
          • Varanasi
        • Japan
          • Kyoto
        • Myanmar
        • Oman
        • South Korea
        • Turkey
          • Cappadocia
        • Vietnam
      • Europe
        • Czech Republic
          • Český Krumlov
        • England
        • France
        • Greece
        • Hungary
          • Budapest
          • Esztergom
        • Iceland
        • Italy
        • Portugal
        • Spain
          • Hikes & Walks
            • Pilgrimage
              • Camino de Santiago
                • packing list for el camino de santiago 2018
      • North America
        • Canada
          • Ontario
  • Imaginings
    • imaginings: the call to place
  • Travel Preparation
    • journeys: anticipation & preparation
  • On Journey
    • on journey: taking ourselves from here to there
  • Travel Creativity
    • on keeping a travel journal
    • photography inspiration
      • Photography
    • writing prompts: prose
      • Prose
        • Fiction
        • Travel Essay
        • Travelogue
    • writing prompts: poetry
      • Poetry
  • Books & Movies
    • books | international a-z |
    • books | u.s.a. |
    • books | spirituality, personal growth & lifestyle |
    • movies | international a-z |
    • movies | u.s.a. |
  • On Returning Home
    • on returning home
  • Contact

fullsizeoutput_1ac87

wanderessence1025 October 18, 2019 0 Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Blog at WordPress.com.
VICENTE ROMERO - Paintings

Still Smiling

Smiling through the good times and the bad

This Man's Journey

Home is where our story begins.

Flavia Vinci

Now, Here and Somewhere else

John Wreford Photographer

Words and Pictures from the Middle East & Balkans

Lower the Bar for More Fun

Traveling the World, Expecting Less, and Getting More

Walking without a donkey

Walkingwithoutadonkey.com weblog

Trail Advocacy

Active Travelers | Avid Readers

Lys Travels

Travel stories and adventures of a wanderer.

Vreyheid - A Journey.

Roving and Raving in Pursuit of Understanding.

Spicy Road

Travel & Lifestyle - Come and Disover the WORLD with me!

Tea bees trips

voyages d'une amoureuse du thé au Royaume-Uni

Passport Overused

Showing the beauty of this world through the people, places and culture

Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera

... about nothing in particular, because "Candid photography is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get". Photography by Lignum Draco, "The Wood Dragon" since 2013.

shakemyheadhollow

Conceptual spaces: politics, philosophy, art, literature, religion, cultural history

NORDIC DIARIES

Follow your own path.

Ana Seas The Day

Travel blog for salty souls

POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.

redstuffdan

Original Pictures from Nouvelle Aquitaine

Education Rickshaw

International Teaching in Motion

GALLIVANCE

Travel Tales With A Twist

Lisa Dorenfest

One Ocean At A Time

Bonjour: A Francophile Blog

Written in California. Inspired by (almost) all things French.

Hawkfeather Stories

Everyone has a story, let me tell yours

The Poetry of Things

Wandering Off Somewhere...

It's never too late to explore the world!

Stephen Page

Author: The Timbre of Sand, Still Dandelions, A Ranch Bordering the Salty River. Alum: Palomar College, Columbia University, Bennington College. Follow on twitter @SmpageSteve on Instagram @smpagemoria on Facebook @steven.page.1481

let us shine

Do you know when this world shine the brightest? On the night of humanity when we all shine together.

My Home on the Roam

The Travelling Diary of a Dippy-Dotty Girl

She travels so that the world may not escape her

From Pyrenees to Pennines

We went to France ..... and then we came back.

Road Trippin Artist

a journey through the world and art

M.B. HENRY

Following the Path to the Past

Le Poisson Nage

Four Years of Learning French

ESL Ventures

Teach ESL and Travel the World

NavasolaNature

Nature needs Nurture

gunjan arora

Yoga for Health, Healing and Happiness

MAP195 BY OBAID KHAN

TRAVEL & TOURISM BLOG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK

Endless Roaming

Australian Traveller that loves to "Roam" our globe, creator of ENDLESSROAMING.COM sharing the experience through word and photography. Currently working on Sydney Harbour in a recent career change from the IT industry. Feedback / questions are more than welcome, happy travels

Sun and Three Stars

Glow Through It

Live a healthy, balanced and enlightened life.

Literaa Poetry

☾ Spiritual Writing

S O M E K I N D O F 5 0

Drawing a line through 50

The Rambling Wombat

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." RLS

Intellectual Shaman

Poetry for Finding Meaning in the Madness

frompoletoequator.wordpress.com/

Julie Journeys

Off the beaten path adventures, hidden gems, and travel tips from around the World!

Hightower Marketing/Communications

Creative Collaboration for Success

anotherdayinparadise

Travels in Paradise

Earth Under My Feet

Visual Storyteller. Photographer. Part-time Wanderluster, living on the tip of Africa