Travel Stories
102 Lapland – Day 102 – Daily Content Challenge
Lapland A Bell from Lapland – Day 102 – Daily Content Challenge Lapland stretches across Norway, Sweden, Finland and into the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Lapland makes up about one third of Finland’s total area and it is a region, not a country. Lapland is very sparsely-populated. About 184,000 people call the region home. It…
Read More101 Erin Go Bragh – Day 101 – Daily Content Challenge
Erin Go Bragh! – Ireland Forever! Erin go Bragh! – Day 101 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is from Ireland. This bell shows two symbols of Ireland. At the top is an Irish harp. This type of harp is called a Celtic harp. A Celtic harp has a triangular frame and is known as…
Read More100 Belize – Day 100 – Daily Content Challenge
Belize Bell from Belize – Day 100 – Daily Content Challenge Belize is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. It was colonized by Great Britain and called British Honduras before being granted independence from Britain in 1964. The name was changed to Belize in 1973 but because of border disputes between the…
Read More099 Fortress of Louisbourg – Day 99 – Daily Content Challenge
Fortress of Louisbourg A Bell From the Fortress of Louisbourg – Day 99 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is one I purchased to remind me of a visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg. French settlers from Placentia, Newfoundland founded a settlement in 1713 on the rocky shoreline of Cape Breton Island. They named the…
Read More098 Bethlehem – Day 98 – Daily Content Challenge
Bethlehem Day 98 – Daily Content Challenge – Today’s bell is from Bethlehem. Bethlehem is a Palestinian town south of Jerusalem located in the West Bank. It is the birthplace of Jesus. The Church of the Nativity shares Manger Square with the Church of St. Catherine and the Mosque of Omar. Bethlehem has been under…
Read More097 Windmills and Tulips – Day 97 – Daily Content Challenge
Windmills and Tulips Windmills and Tulips – Day 97 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is a reminder of the Netherlands. Windmills and tulips are the two things that come to mind when I think of Holland. Oops, I guess I should say the Netherlands. The official name of the country is the Kingdom of…
Read More095 Christmas Music – Day 95 – Daily Content Challenge
Christmas Music in July Christmas Music in July – Day 95 – Daily Content Challenge I love playing Christmas Music on the handbells and most of our rehearsals in the fall focus on pieces our choirs will play during Advent and the Christmas season. Sometimes we don’t have the opportunity to play all the Christmas…
Read More094 Tallinn – Day 94 – Daily Content Challenge
Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn – Day 94 – Daily Content Challenge Tallinn. Do you know where that is? Yes, it is the capital city of Estonia. I had the opportunity to go to Tallinn and play handbells with an International Group of ringers at a concert in one of the churches in Tallinn’s historic main square.…
Read More093 Bethlehem- Day 93 – Daily Content Challenge
Bethlehem – Emmanuel Emmanuel – God With Us – Day 93 – Daily Content Challenge The bell I am sharing today is one that I believe I bought while in Bethlehem the time I was in Israel participating in an International Handbell Festival. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. His parents had to travel from Nazareth…
Read More092 Montserrat- Day 92 – Daily Content Challenge
Montserrat Montserrat – Day 92 – Daily Content Challenge Montserrat is written on the bell I am sharing with you today. Where is Montserrat? How did this bell get to be on my shelf? Two questions I asked myself when I picked it up today to take a photo to share with you. Montserrat is…
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