Fortunately, this challenge offers the use of different reasons for selecting our favourites from 2017.
Emotional pull – walking around Borough Market, London, the scene of a terror attack just three weeks later.
Memorable experience 1 – a week in Saint Petersburg, with my daughter and our fabulous guide, Elena, seeing many highlights of the city that are off the regular tourist trail. Sometimes cold, sometimes wet, worth every minute.
Palace Square & Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
The Botanic Garden of Peter the Great
Yusupov Palace: Plotting the demise of Rasputin
Faberge Museum
Memorable experience 2 – East Sussex with family: visiting Batemans, the home of Rudyard Kipling, Sheffield Park and its beautiful gardens, and the white cliffs of the coastline.
Photographic effects – Experimenting, and modestly claiming some success!
Gardens – regular visitors would be disappointed if some Aussie gardens missed the “Favourites” list.
Inspired by The Weekly Photo Challenge set by Ben Huberman
Wishing all my blogging friends a Merry Christmas, and a Safe and Prosperous New Year.