architecture – Jennifer's Journal

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Published on April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 by J. Kelland Perry17 Comments

“Newcastle upon Tyne is quite unlike any other place in the world. It is a city where old meets new – the historic architecture melds with the technological advancements of the 21st century in a striking way.”

88655_m

Take a look at this top destination in the United Kingdom:

Source: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Scenes from Montreal

Published on March 14, 2014June 11, 2017 by J. Kelland Perry22 Comments

With few signs of spring here in Newfoundland, and our vacation more than two weeks away, I’m getting a little restless for a change of climate and scenery. This morning found me looking back on photos from a different spring, of our May trip to Montreal five years ago. Won’t you come along and take in some sightseeing with me, in one of my favourite cities?

Montreal 2009 026 — **view from our hotel room**

Montreal 2009 014 (2) — **inside the Centre for Architecture**

Montreal 2009 028 — **Montreal Museum of Fine Arts**

Montreal 2009 029 — **Let’s go inside.**

Montreal 2009 030 — **Exhibition by Yoko Ono**

John Lennon's Piano — **John Lennon’s Piano**

Montreal 2009 052 — **playing in the park 😉**

Montreal 2009 055 — **Ah…Spring in full bloom**

Montreal 2009 082 — **admiring the architecture**

**View from the top of Olympic Stadium**

montreal-2009-136-e1497041129932 — Enjoying sangria on Crescent Street

Hoping to visit again someday.

Have you ever been to Montreal? Lived there? What is your favourite city to visit?

Travel Theme: Architecture

Published on August 12, 2013March 24, 2014 by J. Kelland Perry28 Comments

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Architecture.

While I was out and about in the older section of St. John’s last month, I stopped to admire some of the colourful Victorian rowhouses near the downtown. Tourists come every year looking for the street called Jelly Bean Row, but there is no one street. It is the nickname given to all the vibrantly painted row houses in the downtown area.

For fellow Canadians familiar with the CBC television show Republic of Doyle, this is the outside shot of the "Doyle household" — For fellow Canadians familiar with the CBC television show Republic of Doyle, this is the outside shot used for the “Doyle household”.

Scenes From France – Part Three: More Paris!

Published on June 26, 2012February 6, 2022 by J. Kelland Perry5 Comments

Join me for one last look at our trip to Italy and France, as I share some more of my Paris photos. Ah, quelle belle ville!

France 021 — outside Notre Dame Cathedral

France 025 — impressive French Gothic architecture

France 052 — Such a friendly congregation of birds outside
the Notre Dame Cathedral!

France 054 — one of many Seine River cruises

France 007 — Fountain in the Place de la Concorde

four — Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
with an Eternal Flame.

twelve — Did you know that the Eiffel Tower is nicknamed
La dame de fer (the iron lady)?

nine — Husband and I, just before the Seine Dinner Cruise

Scenes From France – Part One: Cannes (jenniferkellandperry.wordpress.com)
Scenes from Italy – Part One: Rome (jenniferkellandperry.wordpress.com)
In Passionate Defense Of The Rest Of France (missexpatria.wordpress.com)

Scenes From France – Part Two: Paris

Published on June 19, 2012February 24, 2018 by J. Kelland Perry5 Comments

Over the previous winter, my sister and I and our spouses had planned this Italy/France trip to end on a high note. Now tell me, how better to end it than with a visit to Paris in June?

I considered it an interesting fact that this beautiful city had been originally nicknamed the “City of Light” because it was a center of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, but later earned the name when Paris began lighting the Champs-Elysees with lamps.

With so much to see and do, my camera had kicked into overdrive, so this section of my travelog will have to be shown in two blog posts. I hope you enjoy them. For the best viewing experience, click each one for a closer look.

France 372 — also a view from our window – temptation everywhere

France 240 — Academie Royale de Musique – the Paris Opera

France 357 — wrought iron balconies abound

France 355 — one of my favourite street scenes

One of our larger excursions was an afternoon at the Musee du Louvre. The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world, and a historic monument because of its beginnings as a fortress. As it is also one of the biggest art museums worldwide, these pictures as a representation don’t even scratch the surface of what waits inside its walls.