Over at Carmi's blog, Written.Inc, people are posting fantastic travel pics for this week's Thematic Photographic theme.
Travelling is one of my very favourite things, so I found this topic rather daunting. I have so many photos - where should I go with this?
I spend my working days with teenagers, and so eventually I decided to go with travel shots in which I've taken children and teenagers. Some I've posted before, some I haven't...
In 2005 I was lucky enough to take a group of students to Shanghai.
The Chinese exchange group came to New Zealand for 2 weeks,
then about a month later we went there for 2 weeks.
School was very different -
But McD's tastes the same wherever you go:
By the time we left to come home, the kids and their billets had become good friends,
and there were some very tearful farewell huddles:
In 2010 I was in Greece.
I was delighted by this beautiful bronze boy in
the National Archaeological Museum in Athens
My favourite kid shots from my trip to Turkey are this one in Istanbul
of a little boy celebrating his circumcision day:
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and this group of children at the Mausoleum of Ataturk, in Ankara:
Italy, 2011. This is the Fontana del Panthon, in Rome
and I love the expressions in this school group photo in the Naples Museum
A little girl on Capri
and a less fortunate child, in a shed of other relics, at Pompeii
One of my all-time top 10 kid photos - two cherubs, in St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Lastly, two more school groups, one waiting to enter the Duomo, in Milan:
and the other in Vernazza on the Cinque Terre:
Hope you enjoyed some of my kids-around-the-world photos.
Bon voyage!
I loved them, though my heart hurt for that poor little urchin in Turkey. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMine too. He was very proud to have his photo taken though, as were his parents...
Delete...celebrating his circumcision day:
ReplyDeleteAwww, the look on his face!
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Oh, I know! Poor little chap.
DeleteHumanity alters slightly according to local custom.....but these images tell me that we are all the same. LOVELY!
ReplyDeleteThat is certainly so. Thanks Gilly!
DeleteThis demonstrates the good work that can be done with children. Fine collection of pictures including th children on the statues of horses.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bob.
DeleteFun! Of course, travel photos are definitely your thing. You've been everywhere!
ReplyDeleteWell thank you - but not everywhere - still heaps of places I would like to go to!
Deletewow Alexia!! you've traveled to many far lands!! =) i love ALL your pictures!!
ReplyDeleteback when i was in school...classes never went on trips like that! not to other countries!!
i was a little stunned to see the face of fear? the unknown? panic? of the little boy celebrating his circumcision day! yikes! i didn't even know this was a celebration anywhere! ouch.
hope you're having a happy weekend!
Looks like fun times, made me think of another travel set I think I'll go post. (Traveling with students can be fun, but stressful too.) Great set of photos.
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