Cecilia Clark
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: March 23 - 25, 2024
We arrived in Jaffna in the afternoon. At our hotel, the Jetwing Mahesh Bhawan, in Jaffna City we were welcomed with burning incense, and...
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Cecilia Clark
Mar 254 min read
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: March 21 - 23, 2024
The first morning in Sigiriya we were up before dawn to hike up Pidurangala Rock for sunrise. Before the sun came up, it was blessedly...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 224 min read
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: March 19 - 21, 2024
In 2006 Dan and I were Earthwatch volunteers at the Primate Center in Polonnaruwa. As volunteers we followed monkeys (toque macaques and...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 203 min read
Colombo, Sri Lanka: March 17 - 19, 2024
Vacation in Sri Lanka. Touring Colombo, Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple,
Cecilia Clark
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Winter's Sunset: December 2023
I am pleased to share that today, December 29, 2023, my photo "Winter's Sunset" submitted last evening to YourDailyPhotograph.com was...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 14, 20232 min read
Porto, Portugal: November 5 - 8, 2023
We stayed a couple of nights in Coimbra before driving to Porto. We dropped the car at the airport and returned to Porto in a taxi as it...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Chapel of the Bones, Évora, Portugal: November 2 & 3, 2023
From Seville it was an easy drive to Évora, Portugal. After checking into our lodging we walked to the the Church of São Francisco (St....
Cecilia Clark
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Travel Travails, Portugal: November 3, 2023
On our way to Coimbra we hoped to visit some sights along the way. In particular, not too far from Évora is Cromelique dos Almendres...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Halloween and All Saints Day at Setas de Sevilla: October 31 & November 1, 2023
In English "setas" means "mushrooms." Setas de Sevilla originally called Metropol Parasol is the largest wooden construction in the...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20232 min read
Sevilla's Sacred Sites: October 29 - November 1, 2023
Saying that there are a lot of sacred sites in Sevilla is very much an understatement. We stopped in at two of the most famous religious...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20233 min read
Sevilla, España: October 29 - November 1, 2023
We arrived in Seville, thanks to GPS, without any issues. At the hotel we handed our car keys to a hotel employee and that was the last...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 5, 20233 min read
Lisbon-Algarve, October 28 - 29, 2023
It was an easy 2-1/2 hour flight from Terceira to Lisbon. Lisbon is one hour later than Terceira so we lost some daylight for the drive...
Cecilia Clark
Dec 2, 20231 min read
Terceira Island, October 26 - 28, 2023
Sunrise, Serretinha Natural Pools, Terceira Island Continuing with the BrunoAzera photography workshop on Terceira Island. Vila de São...
Cecilia Clark
Nov 30, 20235 min read
São Miguel Island, October 21 - 25, 2023
After checking into our hotel in Ponta Delgada on the southern coast of the island and meeting up with the third participant in the photo...
Cecilia Clark
Nov 30, 20233 min read
Lisbon, Portugal, October 18 - 21, 2023
Rossio Square with São Jorge Castelo beyond In May 2020 we had plans to travel with friends to Portugal for a Rick Steves tour. It...
Cecilia Clark
Aug 17, 20235 min read
Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada: August 11 - 16, 2023
Bonne Bay Looking toward Winter House Brook Canyon in Tablelands, Gros Morne National Park To depart from Fogo Island, we took a ferry...
Cecilia Clark
Aug 12, 20236 min read
Fogo Island, Newfoundland: August 7-11, 2023
We stayed at the extraordinary Fogo Island Inn. The Inn was built 10 years ago by Fogo native Zita Cobb. Fogo residents who aspire to...
Cecilia Clark
Aug 9, 20234 min read
Detour to Niagara and Toronto, Canada: August 5-8, 2023
Our plan for this vacation was to travel to Newfoundland, a province in Canada which neither of us had yet to visit. Beginning June 2023,...
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