Where My Eyes Have Been

French vintage postcard

Rouen, France 1850/1900

Cathédrale de Rouen, façade ouest, au soleil

Photo de Clifton Johnson

Rue du Gros-Horloge

My solo hike through Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains ended on Halloween at Bran Castle.

Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France Found here

Η Αράχωβα είναι ένα ορεινό γραφικό χωριό στους πρόποδες του βουνού Παρνασσός στη Βοιωτία, Βόρεια Ελλάδα.

In the countryside

Our final stop on the trip was the Acrocorinth, where we tired ourselves out by climbing up to the ruins for some final epic views. 

   An ornate two story facade located in front of the early basilica flanks the Lechaion Road between the North Shops and the Monumental Gate. The upper story consisted of a row of six larger-than-life-size figures standing against Corinthian piers. The two best preserved pillars represent men in eastern dress wearing Phrygian caps. Two heads of women from the same monument indicate that the males were accompanied by female figures. They may have been personifications of geographical places. The monument has been thought to commemorate the victories of the Emperor Septimius Severus over the Parthians in CE 197.

Portrait of the Roman emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE), found in the Julian Basilica at the eastern end of the Roman-era forum of Corinth.  Artist unknown; ca. 60 CE.  Now in the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.   Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

Corinth Canal, Greece - by ThanasisStergios