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what happened today in 1889?

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It feels like a while since we have been on the blog… (a week to be exact) and it’s thanks to wifi at home being unavailable 😦 But we are up and running again! YAY!

To celebrate and mark the significance of TODAY: March 31 – we will be honouring the Eiffel Tower which officially opened 126 years ago (back in 1889).

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And here are 5 random facts to go with our photos of the Eiffel Tower.

Did you know…

  • It took 2 years to build the Eiffel Tower?
  • The Eiffel Tower acted as a radio antennae in the early 1900s?
  • It was originally described as a “monstrous eyesore”?
  • The Eiffel Tower is covered in 60 tons of paint, which needs to be touched up every 7 years?
  • It attracts almost 7 million visitors a year?

A beautiful Parisian icon or an eyesore?

Have you been and what did you think?

Leave us a comment.

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weekly photo challenge: rule of thirds

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We are sharing a photo where our subject is off-centre – Mont St Michel in France at sunset in the lower third. The colours of the sky and of Mont St Michel itself makes for a movie mystery setting. If you would like to see more photos of Mont St Michel – we have a photo essay you can check out.

If you want to see more off-centre photos – see The Daily Post

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Please feel free to leave us any comments!

 

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weekly photo challenge: scale

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We couldn’t go past this scene of a kitchen made to scale to share; the art of scale miniatures.

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For more interpretations of scale, see The Daily Post.

For more scale miniatures scenes, see our post on the Museum of Miniatures and Cinema.

 Have a fabulous weekend, everyone! 

As always, we welcome your comments 🙂

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weekly photo challenge: serenity

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To show serenity, we automatically think of the countless sunrises and sunsets that have left us feeling serene.

And this one would be the clear winner.

We climbed strenuously uphill for a couple of hours. All the pain, all the hurt and all the weariness were zapped from us when we saw this sunrise over the French Pyrenees on the Camino de Santiago. This was only Day 1 of what was going to be the most amazing thing we ever did.

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 Happy Weekend everyone!

Welcome your thoughts as always!

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