Storm the Bastille! Vive la France!
Bastille day is France’s national holiday to commemorate the storming of the Bastille. The Bastille was a prison that the French monarchy used to lock up anyone who did not agree with them. On July 14, 1789, a large number of French citizens gathered together to attack the prison and this was the start of the French Revolution.
More on Bastille Day by Somewhere in the world today…
Original tumblr post by kevinpriest:
Bonne fête de la Bastille !
Don't let the economy keep you from traveling!
Negril, Jamaica: just got back from a week on this beach. A week wasn’t long enough!
-MD
Saw this little guy at Boulder Beach in South Africa’s Western Cape last summer/winter (it’s in the Southern Hemisphere after all).
I just got back home from my vacation. I had to be up at 2:30 this morning to catch a bus to Montego Bay from Negril, and after a long layover in Miami I’m home, but pretty much exhausted. Anyway, I’ll be back to regular posting soon. Expect many beach pictures to follow shortly!
(via truecanadianheart-deactivated20)
“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing.” — Hellen Keller
The most dangerous animal in Africa; a hippo with her baby. I took this on a safari in South Africa last summer.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” — Lao Tzu
“There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.” — Bernard-Paul Heroux
“A wise traveler never despises his own country.” — Carlo Goldoni
A rainy day in the Paar Mountains. Hope to go back to South Africa someday soon.
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” — Paul Theroux
Are you a traveler or a tourist? I’d like to think I’m the former.
-MD