Travel theme: Cities

Posted on May 30, 2014 by ailsapm

After last week’s slice of rural life at the Sheep Olympics, I thought I’d change things up a little with a very urban travel theme.

Graffiti on London‘s South Bank.

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A rainy day on the Via Condotti in Rome.

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Seattle by night from the top of the Space Needle.

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Manhattan, in all her quirky loveliness…

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…and again – I adore the Big Apple, there’s always something quite magical to photograph.

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So join in this week’s travel theme and take me on a tour of your favourite concrete jungle. Here’s what to do:

  • Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Cities
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  • Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
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xxx Ailsa

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London is a teenager, an urchin, and, in this, hasn’t changed since the time of Dickens. Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman. – John Berger

The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It’s the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism. – Jean Baudrillard

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Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall. And I’m just getting started. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far, I’d love you to follow my travelogue - wheresmybackpack.com - and remember, anyone who tries to tell you it’s a small world hasn’t tried to see it all.
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  2. ddominikwickles's avatar ddominikwickles says:
    June 4, 2014 at 4:22 am

    Love to see so many people doing yoga!

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  5. Forestwood's avatar Forestwoodfolkart says:
    June 4, 2014 at 5:08 am

    Almost missed this one. Great photos for this them, Ailsa. The Big Apple one is the best, I think. I chose Tokyo as my featured city. http://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/travel-theme-cities/

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  8. Jenny's avatar jennylratcliffe says:
    June 4, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Love your quirky Manhattan architecture shot, Ailsa – fantastic. And the yoga city…wow…finding zen surrounded by so many others must be tough! Here’s a slice of Singaporean city sights…

    Travel theme: cities.

    • ailsapm's avatar ailsapm says:
      June 5, 2014 at 5:09 pm

      Love it, Naomi, what a great city, and yaay to rum and coke and jamming with Haskell in Seattle! 🙂

      • Naomi Baltuck's avatar Naomi Baltuck says:
        June 6, 2014 at 7:54 am

        Thanks, Ailsa! They’re coming to Seattle for another visit in October–crossing the country on the train. When I grow up in my 90s I want to be just like them.

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  12. Forestwood's avatar Forestwoodfolkart says:
    June 5, 2014 at 5:10 am

    I thought I had posted a comment and link to a post here, but the wordpress goblins seem to have stolen it, so here it is again: http://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/travel-theme-cities/
    I think the photo from the Big Apple is the most interesting. Fabulous architecture.

    • ailsapm's avatar ailsapm says:
      June 5, 2014 at 5:05 pm

      I love Tokyo, Amanda, it’s such a metropolis but when you wander through all the little streets it has a surprisingly ‘village’ feel to all the little suburbs. xxx

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  17. The Bee (@Morgaine620)'s avatar The Bee (@Morgaine620) says:
    June 6, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    Hi there I admit I am too late and I promise to do today’s sooner 🙂 Great Blog http://riverflowing572.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/where-is-my-backpacks-travel-theme.html

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