'The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. The sea–reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A haze rested on the low shores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness. The air was dark above Gravesend, and farther back still seemed condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest, and the greatest, town on earth.' ...
Jao Rim <3 <3
ReplyDeleteHopefully I'll visit Rome one day) Wonderful photographs, dear Ivana, you are a lucky one to be there! Thank You for sharing such a nice post!
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I wasnt there but I hope.. One day. It looks like an amaaaazing place.
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Zgodni kolaži :) Rim je predivan <3
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Many thanks for this further post about Rome, dearest Ivana, which awoke again my rememberings regarding my travel in the 90s to Rome ...
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I want to visit this fabulous place ! :)
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