Home thoughts from abroad is a new series on Travel Words featuring a single photograph that reminds me of a country visited and showing something that uniquely identifies it as being ‘abroad’.
Sitting in the square drinking coffee whilst taking the weight off my feet after several hours of exploring the old town of Geneva allowed my eye to roam noting the little things that instinctively scream out ‘foreign’. Like a bike casually tied to a tourist sign in French. Round roof tiles and open shutters letting out the sound of someone practising the recorder. Badly…
TRAVEL WORDS 
A la recherche de temps perdu – love the pastel shades, Jude.
mais peine perdue
Thanks Tish 🙂
Do you speak reasonable French, then, Jude? I can hear that recorder…. 🙂 🙂
So can I!!
I took languages at school and rather liked them, but apart from my stint as an au pair in Geneva I have never really used any of them. Latin names for plants I suppose, but the Latin we studied was all about the Romans – very boring.
The photo comes from this piece I wrote eons ago: https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/postcard-from-geneve/
Should link it to Cathy’s site.
Will check it out later, Jude. In a bit of a flap because I’ve lost my tickets to Lisa’s.
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I love this series, Jude!
Thanks Sue. I am enjoying doing it.
And plenty more, I hope!
I get a feeling of heat from that photo too. Feels like a warm day, and the muted colours suit the shot well.
Best wishes, Pete. x
It was bizarre Pete. Geneva in late September and they were experiencing a heatwave!
Is there any other way to practise the recorder?
I love this series. It really does invoke another place. I can feel that warm sunlight. And I want that pretty bike.
I hated the recorder. I used to pretend in class, but always got caught out when the teacher went around singling people out.
It’s the little things that are so memorable and you have captured them in this photo
I love the colors in that photo and the words in your description!
Thank you!
I love all the little details in this photo, Jude. It reminds me to take more notice when I am using my camera. Exciting news, there I have a new one being delivered today. Yay!
That’s nice. What have you gone for?
A Panasonic Lumix TZ110. It’s teeny but has a big zoom. It’s the updated version of what I had. Now I just have to learn how to use the new features.
Ah, yes, the features…
Gorgeous pic – quite peaceful 🙂