Szentendrei Door

While we (MJ, Kris, Scott and I) were in Hungary, we stopped by this little artist village for an afternoon.  It had a bunch of very small streets, alleys, and foot paths between buildings that are not in a logical pattern.  Most of the buildings are homes with unique entrances like this one.  I stopped to take so many photos, I lost the rest of our group.  They kept going (I was supposed to catch up) and after 5 minutes I was lost in these little streets.  I thought I knew what direction they went, but I was wrong.  So I wandered around for another 30 minutes before they found me…..  They grabbed an outdoor spot at a café and saw me walking by.  Honestly, I knew I wasn’t in trouble because we had a time and place to meet later for our trip back to Budapest, but I wasn’t sure I’d find them before that.  It all worked out and we had an amazing lunch at this cafe (see some iPhone food photos of the lunch below).

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Palace of the Grandmaster

Officially known as The Palace, the Grandmaster’s Palace is in the walled city of Valletta Malta.  It was built starting in the 16th century and they finished it in the 18th century.  It was originally built as a palace of the Grand Master of the Order of St. John, who ruled Malta and at that time, they called it the Magisterial Palace.  Today it serves as the Office of the President of Malta and as a museum.

I took this photo inside the Palace.  I just loved the mural painted around this entrance and how it worked (matched) with the marble flooring. 

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Palace of the Grandmaster

Residential Door in Maras Peru

After a tour of the Salinas de Maras (salt flats) and Moray (Inca archaeological concentric terraces), we spent some time in the small village of Maras.  This very small village had narrow cobble stone streets with lots of interesting residential doors.  This picture is an example of one such door.  You can’t tell by looking at the picture, but the doors were only about 5 feet tall, which was typical of the doors in many old residential structures around Peru.  The old government and cathedrals were the exact opposite.  Many of them had doors over 20 feet tall.

Anyway, something about these doors caught my attention and I spent some time capturing them with my camera.  By the way, I’ll post some pictures from the Salinas de Maras and Moray in the future.

Have a great weekend.  

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The Door

I apologize for posting two pictures from the Washington National Cathedral in back to back posts.  Between work and the Baldrige Quality Award Program, I’ve been busy.  With that said, my post will be short.

Here is a picture from within the Washington National Cathedral.  I loved this door.  It has a history around what, why, who, etc….  I am sorry I don’t remember any of it.  But that will give you a reason to either do some research and/or go visit this outstanding example of unique architecture.

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Vintage Bank Vault II

I got so many great photos of the vacant Washington Trust bank vault that I keep posting pictures from this day.  I am sorry if you’re getting bored of them, I just can’t help it.  I am hoping to go back to this location at least once more to capture a few more pictures…..

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