7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday week #136
Hello fellow Hivers!
Welcome to my 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday.
Today, you can participate by submitting your personal pictures from your travels to the continent of Europe.
Please see the winner of the last week´s European Thursday @davidgermano with the following entry:
Just a Thursday walk in my "backyard", after lunch... Not bad, don't you think? A photo taken with my smartphone, near the city of Évora (Alentejo region, Southern Portugal). Cheers!
Your entries need to be submitted by 8 A.M. Central European Time in order to be considered for the challenge with a description of approximately 30 to 50 words.
Only use of personal images will be accepted and only one picture can be submitted for a daily photo challenge.
Best 10 entries will receive a 10% upvote and other valid entries will get a 5% upvote from me. Out of those best 10 entries, one winner and one runner-up will be picked. Their entries will be shared on Appics in separate posts and they will receive my upvotes on their posts as the reward. The winner will get my 100% upvote and the runner-up will get my 50% upvote on Steemit and on Appics too if their posts were posted through Appics.
For more information about the 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge and its rules & conditions, please see the latest update post.
Picture taken on the way home from cold Germany after the holidays in the surroundings of Valdepenas one of the best wine regions in Spain. Finally again light, deep blue sky, gentle hills and my so beloved red earth, all this in addition with more than 23° end of January, yes I´m back home !
Water mill and some picturesque colorful houses in Furnas, a beautiful little town situated in the Furnas Valley in the eastern part of the Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. Surrounded by lush subtropical vegetation and green hills, the town is known as a site of strong geothermal activities as it sits on a bottom of what used to be a massive volcano.
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It is from Iceland, one of the most amazing places I had visited. This spot is nothing special, it is not an important landmark or important mountain, but yet so beautiful place. That is why I like Iceland that much. You can stop anywhere and take a photo...
A wonderful port city in France. That is La Rochelle. A view of The Saint Nicolas Tower (on the left) and The Chain Tower (in the middle) from old port. One day we must revisit this charming city!
Old Castle in Stuttgart, Germany
This is a part of the Old Castle in my hometown Stuttgart. It is one of many historical sights in the city and usually it is well visited as it is a museum nowadays.
It is one of the oldest buildings in Stuttgart and from its beginnings around 1200 until the 18th century it was a moated castle. There are even rumors of a previous building from the middle of the 10th century.
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Sunset and Boats in Koper
After long days of rain, the weather finally opened up and rewarded the world with a sunset in Koper, Slovenia. It sparked my desires to live in a sailboat, so I took a photo to remember of that goal whenever I look at it.
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One of the great things of travelling without fixed plans. During my stay in Hungary, ended up here: Tihany, a small village near lake Balaton, surrounded by smaller lakes and nature. I had never heard about it before, and ended up being one of my trip's highlights!
The Castle of Guimarães was built during 10th century to defend the monastery from attacks by Moors and Norsemen. It was abandoned during the 15th century and was restored over the course of the 20th century. This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence. It was also the birth place of the first king of Portugal Alphonso 1.
This photo shows the silhouette of the the famous sculpture of Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix and Calvary, located on the Charles Bridge in Prague. This sculpture dates from the 15th century. In the background you can see also other iconic silhouette of Prague: St. Vitus Cathedral at the Castle hill.