View thru My Global Lens

Dear blogging friends and followers,
There haven't been enough hours in the day for me to blog much the past months, but I want to take a moment to wish you an amazing new year.
I am in Moldova, very engaged in an exciting start-up project. Still I plan to post occasionally in the weeks ahead to show you a little of this small interesting little-known country in Eastern Europe, as well as other places I hope to visit. ...

To think that ten days ago I was snorkeling in tropical waters. It's a bit of a shock to the system to land in winter wonderland. But here I am, in Austria, enjoying the beauty of white landscape.
My honey and I took a two-day drive through the Styrian Alps this December 24 and 25. A magical white Christmas....

Last week my honey and I landed in Austria. Coming from the tropics, we've been relishing the white winter wonderland here. (See previous post.)
But I've also been reminded again how the sky can take on such different personalities in different countries. ...

One of our first stops on our two-day Styrian Alps road trip this past week (see previous posts) was the well-known old pilgrimage town of Mariazell.
I thought of James and his meme Weekend Reflections when I took this first photo; the town seen in a big red Christmas ball, with the basilica as an advent window on the building behind it. It's been a while since I joined this fun....