Wanderlust Wednesday : China

I met a fellow China traveler the other day. We swapped food stories, attempted broken Chinese, and told funny cultural stories. Low and behold, it made me miss China. I've had some good adventures there, and would gladly take more. Maybe in this place :

Ancient Town of Fenghuang, China

Photo from Sunsurfer

Wanderlust Wednesday : Lavender Fields

I planted two breeds of lavender in our house-side flower beds this spring. There was a phase where every morning, before getting in the car to work, I would pick a lavender leaf, squish it between my fingers, and breath it in on my drive. Serenity. Take me here...

Lavender Fields in Sault, Provence, France

Photo courtesy of sunsurfer.

Wanderlust Wednesday : Sequoias

First, a bit of trivia. The word "sequoia" is one of very few English words to have all five vowels. The shortest English word with all five vowels is "eunoia" which means "beautiful thinking".

Okay. Wanderlusting! I think the place that has captured my imagination most in the United States is the redwood forest. Giant sequoias. I read once in National Geographic that no camera can actually capture the vastness of these trees in a printed or filmed image.

So basically, there's no way to really experience them but to see them and touch them. How mysterious! Some day trees, some day...

Image from Flowersociety.org

Image by TreeClimber

Wanderlust Wednesday : Blue Lagoon

Sometimes I dream of experiencing new parts of the world. Literally... I dream. My subconscious asks for it.

This is one new place on my list of possibilities:

Blue Lagoon Clinic in Grindavik, Iceland

It's a huge natural hot water pool for swimming, soaking, and viewing the beautiful landscape.


Images courtesy of TripAdvisor.com