Saturday, August 13, 2011

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have been fortunate enough to visit


Location                      2011 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE VISITED
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Sydney Opera House
ISTANBUL, TURKEY         Central Historic Area including Hagia Sofia and the Blue Mosque
BARCELONA, SPAIN         Works of Antoni Gaudi` including La Sagrada Familia & Casa Batllo`
ITALY                                 Historic Center of Rome : Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Colosseum, the Pantheon, St. Peter’s 
ITALY                                 Historic Center of Florence including the Duomo, the Uffizi, numerous works by                                     Michealangelo and other great artists, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella and other historic churches, constructions etc. of the Medici family (Galileo museum...)
ITALY                                 Historic Center of San Gimignano: towers and squares and fortifications of the Middle Ages 
ITALY                                 Historic Center of Siena :layout from the Middle Ages with Gothic architecture 
ITALY                                 Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast preserves the harmony between people and nature 
SWITZERLAND                Jungfrau-Aletsch (including Gimmelwald and Schilthorn) : beauty and ecology
AUSTRIA                        Historic Center of Salzburg including Gothic and Baroque architecture,  tradition of art and music 
GERMANY                        Upper Middle Rhine Valley with castles such as Reinfels and historic towns such as Bacharach 

LOCATION                     North American UNESCO sites I have visited
Wyoming, USA                 Yellowstone National Park
Arizona, USA                 Grand Canyon National Park
Tennessee & N Carolina   Great Smokies National Park
Hawaii, USA                         Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Washington, USA         Olympic National Park
California, USA                 Redwood National and State Parks
California, USA                 Yosemite National Park
Virginia, USA             Monticello


British Columbia & Alberta, Canada Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Hopefully I am back on my blog...because I was not done!

So here I am with another exchange sister, Birgitta, in Amsterdam.  Yes, I made it to Amsterdam, but there was a lot of activity in between Australia and the Netherlands!  I plan to start posting my journals as blogs soon.  Apparently, Malaysia blocked blogs due to the political environment there and from Turkey on in Europe, the governments are limiting blog sites while they try to tax them!  At any rate, I have much to tell you!

Home now with my daughter's wedding just a week away.  I am coping with jetlag and starting to reflect and process all that I experienced on my world trip.  Posting my blogs now will help me do that.
STAY TUNED!