There is a section of Nimes, France that has many street art murals. It is just above the old town section where we are staying. They title it "Expo de Ouf, Carte des Fresques. I translated it to Crazy Exhibition, Map of the Frescoes. Murals, as those of you have read some of these blogs are aware, …
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The House of Olivier Jullian
Since 1990 the house at the corner of Bec-de-Leevre, Benoit Maison and Hotel -Dieu in Nimes France has had its walls decorated with repurposed scraps of tile, bike parts, dishes, construction refuse and more that is imbedded encrusted into the walls. We saw a picture of a piece of one of the walls. …
Crazy About Murals: The best alley in Spokane
Anyone who has been reading the blog knows I have an infatution with murals. Many previous entries have featured murals. It occured to me that Spokane deserves equal coverage. There is an area here that I have noticed murals when I drive past on Monroe Street, but until yesterday I had neglected to …
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Mayan Culture, A Crash Course: Chichen Itza, A Cenote and Tequila tasting
Yesterday, Thursday, we went on a Chichen Itza tour. I intended to write about it last night. Technology, again, reared its ugly head. Suddenly my phone had difficulties sending photos to Gmail. Then it started to do weird things to Gmail. Some photos got through. Sometimes one of six made it, …
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Ciudad de las Canteras (City of Quarries), Barber shop competition
There are two extensive desert gardens in Oaxaca city. One is in the center of town adjacent to Santo Domingo Church, Jardin Etnobotanical. It is not well visited and is consequently a wonderful escape into the silence of seclusion. We discovered it in 2018 and it remains one of my favorite places …
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