WATERLOGUE WISTFULNESS

In a previous post I introduced you to the Waterlogue app. I am fascinated with its ability to take a photograph and turn it in a beautiful watercolor painting.

Although it has been several years since I've traveled to Europe, I still have wonderful (and wistful) memories of the places I visited. Therefore, I'm going to start a series of Waterlogue Wistfulness posts. I'll take a favorite photo from my travels and post it as a Waterlogue watercolor.

I visited the city of Delft during a trip to the Netherlands in 2010. Although the weather was awful that day with a cold, windy, drizzly rain, I thought Delft was such a charming city with its small canals and the beautiful Oudekerk and Nieuwekerk churches. I love this scene. It shows the architecture of the narrow buildings fronting the small canal, the wet, brick street next to the canal, the small bridges over the canal and bicycles which are so quintessentially Dutch.

If you are interested in purchasing variations of this print, please visit my Travels in Watercolor blog by clicking here.

Thank you for visiting,

A Great Europe Trip Planner 

Photo taken by me during my visit to Delft in May, 2010.
Waterlogue image created by me. 

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA...

Well, we didn't descend that far under water, but after completing our Atlantis submarine excursion, we did receive dive certificates confirming we had submerged 143 feet below the Caribbean Sea's surface.

We were really excited about the Atlantis submarine excursion. It was recommended to us by a relative, and it did not disappoint. We were picked up at the Barbados cruise port and driven to the Atlantis headquarters to board the boat which would take us out to meet the submarine. A very Caribbean-colored building...

We boarded the Ocean Quest and sailed out to meet Atlantis...

I wasn't sure what to expect. The boat stopped only about a half-mile from the shore. Everyone moved toward the front of the boat and waited...suddenly something started to emerge from the sea looking like a large beluga whale...

Periscope up!

Finally, we could see the entire submarine surface...

Our boat tendered alongside the submarine so the passengers currently on the submarine could board our boat, and we could descend into the submarine.

So we turned in our boarding passes...

And descended down the ladder to begin our excursion. In my next post I will share photos of our journey under the sea.

Thank you for visiting,

A Great Europe Trip Planner 

All photos were taken by my husband and me during our visit to Barbados in April, 2015.

THE CAREENAGE (IN PHOTOS)

The second port stop on our cruise was Barbados, an island we have always wanted to visit. After our submarine excursion (more on that in another post) we took a taxi into Bridgetown. Taxis from the port to town are even cheaper here than in St. Thomas ($5.00 one way). During my research for the Barbados port stop I saw photos of the wharf and promenade along the Constitution River or Careenage as the locals call it: where smaller vessels would careen (or tilt) for repairs) which runs through the center of town, and I knew I really wanted to see it.

Here are my favorite views of the Careenage area of Bridgetown...the photos this time.

The pedestrian-only, swing bridge over the Constitution River...

The boats docked in the lower part of the river.

The promenade along the river.

The view from the Bridge House restaurant.

 
Thank you for visiting,

A Great Europe Trip Planner 

All photos were taken by me during our visit to Barbados in April, 2015.

THE CAREENAGE (IN WATERCOLOR)

Thanks to reading Julia Willard's fantastic travel and photography blog, Falling Off Bicycles, I recently discovered the coolest app: Waterlogue. The app allows you to take a photo and create a beautiful watercolor painting out of it. This app allows me to combine two of my favorites things, travel and photography with the third: art.

The second port stop on our cruise was Barbados, an island we have always wanted to visit. After our submarine excursion (more on that in another post) we took a taxi into the town of Bridgetown. Taxis from the port to town are even cheaper here than in St. Thomas ($5.00 one way). During my research for the Barbados port stop I saw photos of the wharf and promenade along the Constitution River (or Careenage as the locals call it) which runs through the center of town, and I knew I really wanted to see it.

Using the Waterlogue app, here are my favorite views of the Careenage area of Bridgetown...

The pedestrian-only, swing bridge over the Constitution River.

The boats docked in the lower part of the river.

The view from the Bridge House restaurant.

The promenade along the river.

Thank you for visiting,

A Great Europe Trip Planner 

All photos were taken by me during our visit to Barbados in April, 2015.
Waterlogue images created by me.