“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… The Bayeux Tapestry at Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Symbol of love is universal… What does the script mean? (Japan)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Lovers from everywhere share their hopes and prayers (Japan)
For this challenge, I chose to share things that struck me as fascinating (different from your normal environment) or that raised questions for me about the eclectic tchotchke we collect when we travel; the places we see; and the memories that linger of foreign lands – far and near.
The famous Bayeux Tapestry above is made of linen embroidered with colored wool yarn, and is about 230 feet long showcasing fifty scenes with Latin captions. It depicts events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings (wiki). It was made in the 1070s and disappeared for a while then rediscovered in 1729. When I saw it in the Bayeux museum, it took my breath away.
At one of the temples we visited in Japan, there was the huge heart and sign above, an area to write about your love hopes and wishes, and then a place to hang them up for the heavens to bless you. The energy was light and uplifting and I enjoyed being there as people buzzed about writing and giggling with each other…
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Market in France
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… A neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Temple garden in Kyoto
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Coke can in Japan with Sarah Jessica Parker
If we are to take Kipling’s words to heart, then nothing beats the smell of local cuisine at an early morning market…. the sweet incense filled air at a Kyoto temple, or try smelling the sweet, fresh air on a stroll in one Stockholm’s finest, tucked away neighborhoods. As I considered this one, food came to mind and, of course, language. Sarah Jessica Parker was on a Coke can in Japan (years ago) and I thought it was kinda interesting… and saved a can. More below!
“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… Halloween on its way in NY w/ tips and events in Japanese…
Since Halloween is upon us, I thought the photo above would give us something to smile about. One of my daughters studies/speaks Japanese and reads the local Japan newspaper at college; so I borrowed the Halloween page. What are your thoughts? What photos did you share on Foreign to fit the challenge? Was it easy/hard to find photos that supported your perspective on the subject? Were you drawn to certain types of photos for the prompt? Do share? Thank you! Have an awesome weekend!
*Please bear with me as I continue to catch up on reading and commenting on your blogs… I’m halfway there. Thank you all for your patience!
My fellow bloggers were equally creative with their selections. I will list some when Zemanta offers them up! I added a few from WP Daily Post below. (I will update it and add more). We all appreciate trackbacks/ping-backs and Likes from fellow bloggers too! Check out how others interpreted the theme – Foreign – also below. ***
This post was inspired by a prompt from WP Daily Post: Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign. While foreign (rightly so) often brings up images of things outside of your own nation, it can also apply to things outside of or different from your normal environment, or even something which is out of place in general. I’m sure you’ll be able to find some great examples of this. My photo is from a recent trip to Bulgaria, where my inability to understand Cyrillic characters was one of the things which made *me* feel foreign. Share a picture which means FOREIGN to you!
Positive Motivation Tip: Follow the calling of your heart and see the world… How we treat others begins in our homes and our thoughts… Seeing the world clarifies it. Keep an open mind.
PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photos from my personal collection.
Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
Positive Kismet
Related articles
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign (hereandthere5.wordpress.com)
- weekly photo challenge : foreign (bodhisattvaintraining.wordpress.com)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: “Foreign” (babyjill7.wordpress.com)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign (staceycovell.com)
- Are bodies of 10,000 lost warriors from Battle of Hastings buried in this field? (telegraph.co.uk)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign (beijingcityphoto.wordpress.com)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Charlieray45′s Blog
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Esenga’s Voice
- Weekly Photo Challenge: FOREIGN « iñigo boy
- CHINA: Foreign to me | Summerfield84′s English blog
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign – Joy and Woe
- Weekly Photo Challenge : Foreign | Les Petits Pas de Juls
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « What’s (in) the picture?
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Italian Brat’s Obsessions
- Weekly Photo Challenge – Foreign | Just Snaps
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Far Away
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Lucid Gypsy
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Bams’ Blog
- Photo Journal/ Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign – Teaching in Bahrain «
- Weekly Photo Challenge – Foreign | Chittle Chattle
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Figments of a DuTchess
- WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: FOREIGN « Francine In Retirement
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | A Little British Pea …
- Weekly Photo Challenge; Foreign « So where’s the snow?
- Weekly Photo Challenge – Foreign | Canoe Communications
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « To Breathe is to Write
- Challenge photo de la semaine – étranger « Paris en photographies
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « patriciaddrury
- Weekly Photo Challenge (Foreign) « janna hill
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « Lagottocattleya
- Best Wednesday night ever: Pitbull Concert in La Paz! « 3rdculturechildren
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | IsobelandCat’s Blog
- Foreign « the thirdeyeworld
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « s1ngal
- Foreign concepts « MindBlur
- Weekly Photo Challenge – Foreign « The Urge To Wander
- Foreign? | Thirdeyemom
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Travel. Garden. Eat.
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Cardinal Guzman
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Children’s Books & More
- Weekly Photo Challenge: In a Foreign Land « Life in the Foothills
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « My Life Afterglow
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | Even A Girl Like Me
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « beeblu blog
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « Ruth E Hendricks Photography
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign | The Serenity Space
- Guess Whose Aunty Stole a Giant Manioca Root? | The Wanderlust Gene
- DailyPost Photo Challenge- Foreign « Just Fletcher
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign « Just a few photos
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign… | Mirth and Motivation
Recent reader discussion...