Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt 2014 (Part Two)

Along with many other bloggers from all over the world, I have been playing along with Rinda's Summertime Scavenger Hunt and here is my second installment with photos taken during our recent trip to Europe.

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)

2. A garden gnome

3. Birds on a wire

4. A group of tourists

5. A rack of post cards

6. An urban street scene

7. A rural landscape

8. A tattoo on a person

9. A bakery

10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)

11. A horn

12. A mascot

13. A sunrise

14. A parade

15. A juggler

16. A sign in a language other than English

17. A lamp post

18. A water fall

19. A public garden

20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.

21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.

If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:

Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp

Alternative B: A bird house

2. A garden gnome

I was having trouble encountering garden gnomes until I spotted this guy, not exactly in a garden but in front of a store, while we were visiting the lovely city of Nantes for the first time. 

Couldn't have been any fancier, could he?

5. A rack of postcards

Any guesses to where we spent the first three days of our summer vacation? ;)

6. An urban street scene

If you guessed London, you were right :) We spent three short days in London before heading to France. I had not visited since I was a student (a long, long time ago!) and it was a first time for my husband and kids. It is an very expensive city but it was worth it! And so photogenic!

14. A parade

Of course, it was then easy to go find a parade in front of Buckingham Palace...

11. A horn

And look, I got a few horns too! :) 

19. A public garden

London is well known for its public gardens and I took this shot while we walked through Saint James Park after the changing of the Guard

7. A rural landscape

And now back to France for a view of the lovely French countryside framed by our train window

16. A sign in a language other than English: 

Love this old sign indicating the town hall in the French village where my dad has his bookstore

17. A lamp post

Rather old fashion and actually part of the 1900s market town in the Puy du Fou park.

13. A sunrise

I have kept this one for last, even though chronologically it should be first, because I didn't actually take this shot. Is that cheating? My son took the sun rising over dark clouds from the window of our plane as we were crossing many time zones before arriving to Europe. Just blame it on the fact that he had the window seat and I the aisle ;)

That's 10 more photos I can cross off the list! I need 8 more to finish (since I failed last year, I am really motivated to finish this year!) and I have exactly one more month to do so! I'll keep you posted for sure ;)

Thank you for stopping by!