Postcards #8: Switzerland

Our last day on the road dawned beautiful.

Not having much time at disposal, we unfortunately needed to pass through Switzerland almost in a hurry. It was, nevertheless, a treat for one like me who is obsessed with loves mountains.

Yes, Switzerland was beautiful, orderly, and friendly.

Our route through the country (planned by the passenger; for politeness' sake, we don't mention her name here) wasn't the most spectacular of all the possible ones.  At one point, we entered a tunnel, or rather a chain of tunnels, and then suddenly... we were almost at home! :)

Next: Several posts about Italy :)

Postcards #7: The Bridge, Denmark, and Germany

Hello and happy Sunday! Now we continue our brief vacation trip. These photos were taken at the end of July.

The Øresund Bridge, between Sweden and Denmark, is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe. It was the setting for the 2011 Swedish/Danish TV crime drama "The Bridge". (Filming the third series started in September 2014. - There has been also the homonymous American version.)

Denmark was sunny and pretty and cheerful:

We spent the following night in Northern Germany. Next day, we visited the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, in Hanover. "The Splendour of Garden Art" and they were grand indeed...

... but soon we were on the road again. :)

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Next: Switzerland

August moments

Hello, dear all! Today I would like to share with you some images of these warm, lazy August days and the equally lovely hazy August evenings.

(The photos are almost Straight Out of the Camera. The colours and lighting haven't been adjusted. One or two images have been straightened and the one with birds has been cropped. All of them have been taken using a 55-200 zoom lens.)

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hosted by Judith at Lavender Cottage

Wishing you very happy August days... and evenings and nights and mornings!

Postcards #6: Lund University's Botanical Garden, Sweden

First of all: A big thank you hug to you all! Your lovely comments and birthday greetings made me very happy! ♥

And now we continue our journey... I'm almost certain that you will not be surprised to hear that also the Botanical Garden of the University of Lund, in Southern Sweden, not far from Malmö, was a lovely place. :)

There's no admission fee, the Botanical Garden is open for visitors from the early morning until evening and sometimes also guided tours in English are organized. This is a place for relaxing walks, alone or in a good company. There were many people with picnic baskets or books or just sitting and enjoying a pleasant day. The day, actually, was warm and hazy, not the best for taking photos. I'd love to see the garden on a bright spring morning or on a crisp autumn evening or when the first snow falls!

It was difficult to pick only ten photos (the maximum number of photos for each post, decided by me).  There was so much to see, 19th century villas, beautiful greenhouses, and big, old trees...

... lovely roses, flower beds of all colours and many favourite plants of mine...

As you can see in some of the photos, in Sweden it was still cloudy, but as we gradually made our way towards Central Europe, the weather changed to sunny and warm... :)

Digression: Flowery moments

While we were away, midsummer had turned to late summer. The sun's rays are tender and the humidity lingers in the air all day. The scents are different, more intense, now.

It has been raining often for the past few weeks, but there have been some sunny moments, fortunately...

... and some happy moments, too. Someone you know has been celebrating her birthday. :)

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at

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Have a lovely new week!