Once again...ten more tries for a 'dream'

Perhaps you've heard of the "Dream Trip" contest sponsored by Condé Nast Traveler magazine...it's a big one--the grand prize is $25,000 for whatever travel-itinerary you can dream up!

Well...in this month's magazine, on page 18--here's the announcement:

They're doing it again!

Last year, I was honored, and my wife and I thrilled, to have been one of the twenty-five finalists...honored, thrilled, and then, it must be honestly said, disappointed that we didn't win...(S. was pleased, though, that all finalists received a Clairsonic skin care system...and I also got a SeaLife underwater digital camera...snorkeling in Tucson, anyone?)

So...for what it's worth--below are my ten submissions.

(any guesses on which one(s) were taken on my iPhone?)

I am hereby shamelessly requesting your votes...

OR--go to www.cntraveler.com/dreamtrip 

and submit your own photos...

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faces of Barcelona, from the Ist to the XXIst centuries;

looking out from the Museu d'Historia,

Roman marble framing a guy on his smartphone

in the medieval Plaça del Rei

Urban angst, from the hills of Park Güell, Barcelona

"Nighthawks for Dumplings"

--this streetscape in Seoul's Bukchon district reminded

me of a Hopper painting; 

on my last night in Korea, this scene

pulled me in for a memorable dinner

 Buddha vs. steel-and-glass...

the ancient Bong-eun-sa temple faces 

Seoul's now (in)famous Gangnam district

a streetscape from León, Nicaragua...

stark and vibrant side-by-side

 Hiking out of the forest...into color...

Goat Lake in WA's central Cascades;

after the seemingly endless grey of winter and spring,

summer beckons; a friend and I hiked out of the woods

into this ethereally-lit glacial-lake-scape, 

meeting forest service workers there to clear the trails

 The 'new' adobe mission church in Taos Pueblo, NM

 ...not easy staying white;

a summer morning's maintenance 

in the gardens of Versailles

 Benches require napping on a summer afternoon in Paris

On one last walk through the Jardin des Tuileries this summer,

this guy caught my eye:

sunbathing in front of a carnival-ride

while on his cell phone during his lunch hour--

the highs and lows of office-work-life in Paris

If anyone is so inclined, clicking on the link under the photo will take you to the photo on the Conde Nast site...where you can vote! Once a day is all it takes...Merci!