vogue

My grandmother belonged to a genertion of ladies who wouldn't leave the house without wearing a hat. More often than not, she also put on gloves. I loved to play around with the vast collection of hats and dress up in them. That childish pleasure has persisted over time and on our recent trip to... Sign in to see full entry.

that´s how you are supposed to feel after a visit to a Hamam in Turkey. I didn´t go yet and don´t really want to, although I couldn´t explain why. But, when we were in Istanbul last week, my enterprising friend Wendy and I were exploring all day long and just happened upon the oldest Hamam of the... Sign in to see full entry.

by now, but there are still a few pictures I wanted to share with you. Of course, this bing a catholic countries, churches, cathedrals and images of saints are everywhere. There are a few who appealed to me beause of their life like expressions and they kind of talked to me. See what you think. Not... Sign in to see full entry.

I´m bravely fighting my way through all the technicalities involved in getting that Galicia guide ready. Not easy, but on the other hand, it´s quite satisfying to have managed yet another hurdle of doing this, clicking here, installing that. The actual writing of the text is the least of the... Sign in to see full entry.

I came upon a great opportunity yesterday which I would like to share. It´s a competiton for a guide book for gecko. Take a look at it and have a go. I certainly am. The deadline is 24th of September and first prize is a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair and promotion of the guide book. Runners up... Sign in to see full entry.

After yesterday´s detour to Kos, let´s return to Galicia and the town I liked best which is Bayona near Portugal. The floating museum this post is referring to, is a replica of the caravella ´Pinta´, one of the three Columbus set out with to discover America (not that he thought he was going... Sign in to see full entry.

No rest for the true gypsies. Luckily for me, my friends are much the same, or rather, don´t put up too much resistance if vogue gets itchy feet and feels like company for rhe next short trip. Yesterday, we went on a daytrip to the Greek island of Kos. It´s only an hour away by speed catamaran,... Sign in to see full entry.

No pictures today, but tomorrow I´ll resume. I´m just so excited and need to share with my blogit friends, because my first novel has finally seen the light of day. If you like, go to amazon or barnes & noble, type in: sweet revenge by inka piegsa-quischotte and..there it is!!! Tell me how it looks.... Sign in to see full entry.

and here he is. One of the typcal musical instruments in Galicia is the bagpipe and I was quite pleased when I happened upon this fellow in Santigo de Compostela. Legends, mysteries, superstitions and the like abound and here are the giants which are carried around in processions to ward off the... Sign in to see full entry.

I woke up and actually remembered where I was. Good start. So, first stop as always ´blogit´and posting some more pictures. I´m not going to give them to you in chronological order but I rather try to give you glimpses of the variety of sights, themes, stories, history and landscapes which make up... Sign in to see full entry.