I thought doing a weekly photo challenge would spark me out of my blogging ennui. This week’s challenge is foreshadow. I felt like it was kind of a vague but I went through my Flickr archive to see if anything jumped out at me. And this is what jumped out. This is a photo that I took from the plane as we were flying over France, before we were ready to land in Paris. I will never, ever forget this moment. I was in complete awe. The only other time I have felt this way was when my plane descended into New York City for the first time more than 20 years ago – this excitement of entering an unfamiliar place and not knowing what was there. It is a surreal experience. Especially so because it is a half a world away from home. I looked down and studied the landscape as the sun rose over France. I wondered what this place would be like. I wondered about the adventures I would have in the next few days. I hadn’t a clue what to expect.
I think a lot about this trip, the very act of flying across the world to another place. 16 hours before this photo was taken I was in the Portland airport and it was early in the morning. It was dark when we parked our car at the long term parking lot and took the shuttle to the terminal. 16 hours later I was in a place where it was now morning. How incredibly weird. We time traveled. And we ended up in a different world. A different space.
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What a beautiful photograph Moni !
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Thank you!
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Incredible photo… I love the colour and the lights of Paris. Isn’t flying amazing?
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Thank you! Yes it’s really amazing
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I want to go back to Paris so bad. I think my life goal now is to see the world. So many beautiful places to see.
You’ve been inspiring me to get back into blogging…it was mostly for acting, but now I think it needs to be more about life stuff in general. So while you may be bored with it, I really enjoy seeing and reading your posts everyday. ~xoxo
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ah! Thank you so much for that Ruth. It is nice to hear that people read and like what I blog. It does help me to write about stuff I am going through. I am just feeling very blah lately in general. I hope I get out of it soon. I hope you do start blogging! I loved it when you did before. I’ll look forward to it, too! 🙂
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Moni, Thanks for sharing the beautiful photo. I travel quite often and one of my favorite views is the onset of dusk and the lights of the cities and towns coming to life. The world seems so peaceful from above!
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What a beautiful shot, Moni. Photos of flight and aircraft themes are one of my favorites. It always gets me excited and reminds me of wonderful trips I’ve taken and those to come in the future. Your picture elicited the same feelings. Thanks!
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thanks for the nice comment! And thanks for stopping by!
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