Postcards from Around the World

44 thoughts on “Postcards from Around the World”

1. I enjoyed your visit to La Jolla much more than I enjoyed my own so I shall pinch this for a Monday walk. I can’t believe you still have these photos unused after all these years, Jude. You make it look very beautiful, which it no doubt is, but I was sunk in June gloom and a bit disappointed. Love the way the seals just abandon themselves so completely to relaxation. Wish I could do that. Happy Sunday!

   1. I have posted the odd photo or two, but never got around to full posts on a lot of places. Pretty much running out now though. Why the June gloom? And, yes, seals do seem to make themselves at home when they find a good beach. Totally oblivious to people here.

      1. Apparently it’s a thing in California, June gloom? But I didn’t know till I got there. Bad timing!

         1. Because of the fog? I thought that only applied to San Francisco.

         2. I’d love to see that, Jude. No, this was just gloomy grey skies. Jena still with you or a flying visit? We’re over in Spain, at Ayamonte. No mates to play with today and we’ll be heading back to watch tennis shortly. Shame about Murray and Raducanu. It could have been fun 😁💕

         3. No she left this morning, it really was a flying visit. Another one next weekend by Rohan who is at a conference In Lisbon, but flying home via London, so popping down here for about 36 hours!

            I really don’t think they were ever going to play mixed doubles. I reckon that was said just to stop too much fuss over his last match. The farewell ceremony was just too rehearsed.

         4. I didn’t see his last match. The young lady is playing next. I’ll split my time between that and Sinner but that could soon be over.
            Great to see them, no matter how briefly 🤗🩷

         5. May Gray and June Gloom are very much a thing here in San Diego. We don’t get reliably blue skies until mid-July. But, reading about the crazy hot temps everywhere else, I love our mild temps here in SoCal, even if they do come with a marine layer of cloud-cover.

         6. 🤭🩵

   2. And yes, I should have linked to your walks. Will add it when I get on the computer.

      1. No worries about that. It’s in, anyway.

2. I enjoyed this walk too. Lots of variety to keep me entertained, and a refreshing sea breeze to accompany me, perhaps.

   1. Not sure what it would be like in summer, but it was very pleasant in March.

   2. See Jo’s response.

3. A lovely walk, that coastline is beautiful and the wildlife residents equally so.

   1. Yes, I really enjoyed it. I fact I enjoyed all my visits to San Diego.

4. Looks an interesting place, Jude!

   1. It’s a very posh resort, but also very much a nature resort too so appeals to everyone.

5. What a lovely coastal walk! I really like those sculptural rocks and cliffs, and it’s great to see all the seal pups 😀

   1. It’s a lovely walk along the coast and the number of seals, sea lions and birds was wonderful to see, especially as they are so close to the promenade. I’m glad I took the bus out there, even if I did overshoot and ended up at Scripps pier and had to get the next bus back!

6. That looks like quite a swish place to live, and no doubt the property prices reflect that. I think the people were getting too close to the seals though.

   Best wishes, Pete. x

   1. I believe that Del Mar which is just a bit further north of here is the most expensive area of SD, but La Jolla must be quite high too. The seals are protected from the public getting too close by a rope (but it still seems too close to me) and these seal lions were on a rock so no one could get any closer. The animals don’t seem to mind humans! In San Fran they are very close to the piers.

7. This looks like a lovely walk, Jude – so many beautiful sights and animals on the way. Loved that sculpture too – must have had some help to get those together…

   1. It was a lovely walk and I was so happy to see all the marine life!

8. A really gorgeous area.

   1. Yes. Have you been there?

      1. No, not yet. Only farther up the West Coast.

9. Oh what fun it would be to be a seal. Interesting outdoor sculptures and places I have never been. You must be having fun looking through these parts of your previous travelling life.

   1. Mmm… not sure how great it to live in our oceans nowadays, seals around our coast often get tangled up in fishing gear. I made the most of my ‘conference’ trips especially when it meant visiting places on several occasions. We were lucky with the weather on the whole considering it was February / March when we were in California. And yes, it has been lovely to revisit old places – my reasoning behind this series was to cull all the crap photos before I back them up! By doing a post on the blog I can pretty much delete the rest of the photos.

      1. Good thinking, Jude, regarding the photos. I keep trying to sort them all. Deleting them is the easy part😊

10. So many things to like – the seals, of course, and the churches are beautifully decorated. John went to a lot of conferences in San Diego, but I never got round to going with him and now he’s retired it’s too late. The way things are going though I’ll be quite happy never to visit America again.

    1. A shame you never got to SD. I really miss our conference trips, sometimes we got away 2 – 3 times a year. Now the OH isn’t keen on travelling anymore, especially on a plane.

       1. Got a train journey coming up which we’re doing to be green and avoid flying, but now really dreading it. 2 changes, what could possibly go wrong?

    2. Me too, regarding America.

       1. Sad, isn’t it? And terrifying.

          1. It is very sad and terrifying, and why are they allowing a man to lose even more dignity and other to even run again is beyond me.

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