Alphabet Hunt Challenge - Letter M

The hunt for words starting with letter M begins!

I was looking forward to the post by @barbara-orenya to open this week's challenge and when I saw that the first word was Milano, I knew what my post would be about - Memories, memories from my travels and the images will represent words with M. We keep our memories stored in photos and now I am going to dig into my archive in search of M words.

To see more about this wonderful challenge, follow this link.

I will start with something that is located near me - Madara horseman, or Madara rider

This carving was made on the nearly vertical cliffs nearby my working place, close to a village called Madara. It represents a ruler on a horseback followed by a dog and with lion defeated under. The relief is unique, made in the beginning of 8th century and included in the UNESCO heritage list.

Interesting to know that the relief is 23 m above the ground, made us wonder how it was made. After a poll, the Madara horseman was selected as national symbol of Bulgaria.

Let's move to our neigbouring country Turkey and see the impressive Mosques in Istanbul.
I was there to meet a client and on the next day before the flight, my colleague and I had some few hours to kill. We went to see The Süleymaniye Mosque. It was rainy morning and when we arrived the rain has just stopped.

The weather changed when we continued our tour to the Blue Mosque. The sky cleared and the sun was shining.

My next stop shall be of course in Thailand. I can't miss it since it was my last trip and i have so many fresh memories. The word that I chose is Mango smoothie, that I had it literally every day. Nothing better than a fresh fruit juice on ice in hot sunny day.

In this photo next to the mango smoothie is cold Thai tea, that my son offered me to try and it was very refreshing.

How about sitting on a terrace with a sea view and enjoying the cold drink?

While still in Thailand I visited the Mall where I snapped shots of the Mini Cooper

Not a driver, but a fan of Mini I like the convertable one.

Also the shiny red Countryman.

My memories will bring us back in Europe and first in Switzerland. The summit of Moleson is at 2002 m height and we reached it by cable car. This is my younger self some 11 years ago in front of the cable car.

Anywhere in Switzerland the landscape is simply stunning. Even though I had a simple camera and no skills whatsoever, the photo below still brings nice memories of the trip in the mountains.

And the last choice is Madam Butterfly in Milan, Italy.

No, I am not Madam Butterfly. I am in front of a shop window dedicated to the opera. I don't remember which shop it was.

Milan in December, with all the Christmas decorarion and spirit, is a wonderful place to visit.

Searching for the photos was very pleasant and I was like I'm back again in these places. It is so nice to have such memories, isn't it?

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