Travel Theme: Connections

I’ve got into the habit of trying to tie the photo theme challenges from Where’s My Backpack? and The Daily Post into a single post, but this week I’m drawing a blank. I just couldn’t find a strong enough travel-related link between the two. So I’m afraid I’m going to pass on The Daily Post’s Habit theme, and instead concentrate on Ailsa’s Connections.

So here are a few Connections I came up with…

Past to Present

The Pantheon in Rome was built almost 1900 years ago and is still in use for its original purpose (more or less)

Inside to Outside

Also taken at the Pantheon, the oculus in the centre of the dome

Continent to Continent

Iceland sits astride the boundary between the European and North American tectonic plates, so you can literally stand with a foot on each continent.

Sue and me on the Bridge Between Two Continents

You didn’t believe me, did you?

Generation to Generation

Sue and her goddaughter, Abi. What’s this got to do with travel? Well, they live on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Island to Island

I’ve twice sailed on the Celebrity Summit, the last time between islands in the Caribbean

East to West

Check Point Charlie once divided East and West Berlin, now it’s a symbol of reconciliation

Night to Day

Sunrise in Death Valley

The people in Death Valley have really long legs

Day to Night

Jamaican Sunset 1, Port Royal

Jamaican Sunset 2, Negril

Jamaican Sunset 3, Negril

Sea to Sky

Rainstorm off St Croix, US Virgin Islands

New to Old

The Louvre Museum with its new glass pyramid entrance, seen through the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

Earth to Space

But perhaps the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed was the penultimate launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010.

Blast off!

The vapour trail that once connected Atlantis to the Earth