My last ‘Odd One Out’ Challenge turned out to be a bit easy so I am hoping that this one is a little more challenging.
Pictures of doors taken in Greece – which is the odd one out?
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Cyclades, Greece, Greek islands, History, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amorgos, Athens, Blue doors, challenge, Corfu, Greek doors, Kimolos, Odd One Out
The Museum Quarter in Leicester has some very fine houses and some grand doors. It reminded me straight away of Dublin.
Click on an image to scroll through the Gallery…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, History, Literature, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Blue doors, Heritage, Leicester, Leicester Museum, Thursday Doors
My favourite doors are in the Cyclades where, next to the white that we all associate with the islands, the prevailing colour is blue and this colour combination has become a trademark of the islands.
It turns out that this isn’t just because it is a favourite of the people who live there or that the local hardware store simply overstocked and sold it off cheap in a clearance sale, the widespread use emanates from an ancient belief that the sky-blue shade of turquoise has the power to keep evil away. It is believed that the radiation of the colour composes a sort of invisible shield, which prevents the approach of bad spirits.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
Posted in Athens, Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Culture, Cyclades, Greek doors, Lego, Life, Riga, turqouise doors, turquoise windows
Posted in Cathedrals, Europe, History, Literature, Malta, Postcards, Travel
Tagged Blue doors, Culture, Gozo, Life, Malta Balconies, Malta Doors, Mellieha
Blue is used everywhere in the Cyclades, church cupolas, windows, doors, walls, staircases and fences which provide blue ‘belts’ around buildings, which supposedly provide protection against evil. Turquoise stones on jewellery, belts and weapons are put there to safeguard people, animals and even plants. Blue ‘eyes’ and blue stones mounted on gold and silver are presented to babies and small children as a talisman for protection and in the Greek Boy Scouts all the boys where a sky-blue scarf around their necks for this very same reason.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Beaches, Childhood, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Literature, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Greek doors, Life, Photograpgy, postaday, Travel
Generally speaking I would say that the blue doors of Greece are my favourites but the wooden doors of Spain are equally appealing. This orange door in Besalu in Catalonia rather caught my eye.
Posted in Europe, Greece, History, Spain, Travel
Tagged Besalu, Blue doors, Catalonia, Door Furniture, Doors and Windows, Girona, Knobs and Knockers
Antiparos, Greek Islands
On the way back we visited the ancient kastro that has a quaint but neglected mix of houses, some inhabited but others abandoned and crying out for refurbishment. There were some little shops and a folk lore museum that didn’t take long to look around and by mid morning it was time for a first mythos of the day and after that we ambled back to the hotel for a swim in the pool and a drink on the terrace.
Posted in Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Travel
Tagged Antiparos, Blue doors, Culture, Cyclades, Greece, Greek Island Hopping, Greek islands, Kastro Antiparos, Life, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in Europe, History, Spain, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Besalu, Blue doors, Catalonia, Girona, Medieval, Peratallada, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge
More Doors…
Posted in Europe, Food, History, Hotels, Portugal, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Albufiera, Algarve, Blue doors, Blue doors and Windows, Portugal. Burgau Portugal
Have Bag, Will Travel 