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StoriesAlicia FowlerFebruary 11, 2018Europe, Summer, Greece2 Comments

Greece with my mama

StoriesAlicia FowlerFebruary 11, 2018Europe, Summer, Greece2 Comments
Greece with my mama
StoriesAlicia FowlerJanuary 02, 2018Asia, Nepal, Kathmandu, BuddhismComment

Kopan in pictures

StoriesAlicia FowlerJanuary 02, 2018Asia, Nepal, Kathmandu, BuddhismComment
Kopan in pictures
StoriesAlicia FowlerOctober 29, 2017usa, mountain, Seattle, nature22 Comments

Mt. Rainier

StoriesAlicia FowlerOctober 29, 2017usa, mountain, Seattle, nature22 Comments
Mt. Rainier
GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 20, 2017city, Lima, PeruComment

Guide to Miraflores & Barranco Lima

GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 20, 2017city, Lima, PeruComment
Guide to Miraflores & Barranco Lima
GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 18, 2017Advice, Money23 Comments

How to travel around the world for cheap

GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 18, 2017Advice, Money23 Comments
How to travel around the world for cheap
GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 17, 2017Japan, nature, city, outdoors5 Comments

Guide to Japan

GuidesAlicia FowlerAugust 17, 2017Japan, nature, city, outdoors5 Comments
Guide to Japan
StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 16, 2017Tokyo, Buddhism, Japan, kyotoComment

Japan's Temples and Shrines

StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 16, 2017Tokyo, Buddhism, Japan, kyotoComment
Japan's Temples and Shrines
GuidesAlicia FowlerJuly 13, 2017advice, China, Latin America, Greece16 Comments

Ten tips for surviving life on the road

GuidesAlicia FowlerJuly 13, 2017advice, China, Latin America, Greece16 Comments
Ten tips for surviving life on the road
StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 02, 2017Tibet, China, Buddhism1 Comment

Tibet

StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 02, 2017Tibet, China, Buddhism1 Comment
Tibet
StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 01, 2017Naxos, Greece, SummerComment

Naxos

StoriesAlicia FowlerJuly 01, 2017Naxos, Greece, SummerComment
Naxos
StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 29, 2017Seven wonders, China, Ruins, world heritage1 Comment

The Great Wall of China

StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 29, 2017Seven wonders, China, Ruins, world heritage1 Comment
The Great Wall of China
StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 28, 2017Tokyo, nature, Temple2 Comments

Taiyoji Temple Stay

StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 28, 2017Tokyo, nature, Temple2 Comments
Taiyoji Temple Stay
StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 22, 2017kyoto, nature, Japan14 Comments

Forest bathing in Kyoto

StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 22, 2017kyoto, nature, Japan14 Comments
Forest bathing in Kyoto
StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 12, 2017peru, machu picchu, hiking18 Comments

Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu

StoriesAlicia FowlerMay 12, 2017peru, machu picchu, hiking18 Comments
Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu
PlacesAlicia FowlerMay 04, 2017Patagonia, Park, Chile3 Comments

Torres del Paine

PlacesAlicia FowlerMay 04, 2017Patagonia, Park, Chile3 Comments
Torres del Paine
StoriesAlicia FowlerApril 13, 2017places, puerto natales2 Comments

Puerto Natales

StoriesAlicia FowlerApril 13, 2017places, puerto natales2 Comments
Puerto Natales
GuidesAlicia FowlerApril 04, 2017love, family, how to3 Comments

A proper send off

GuidesAlicia FowlerApril 04, 2017love, family, how to3 Comments
A proper send off
The sky though... Let the digging begin! #travelmore #optoutside #optoutdoors #diggingforgold Negev Desert. Doing a bit of digging. #traveldeeper #desert #travelphotography #travelblogger Love a good tchotchkes shelf. Do you speak Hipster? ;-) Even though it’s been a sleepy Shabbat here in Tel Aviv, good food still abounds. Delicious midday lunch? dinner? at Port Sa’id. Amazing vibe! Then finally the adventure train arrives. Its approach feels sudden and dramatic. The dome above you changes. The ground below you shakes. You only have a few seconds to board, to choose to leave behind what you knew to face what’s unknown and emerge changed. The you who will greet you on the other side is you who departed, in one more ways than one. Then the adventure approaches. The light changes. Shadows appear and shadows fade. The train asks if you dare to board it. Heading out another journey! It’ll be a long trek to Tel Aviv. Funny how travel can feel like a train passing by. First it approaches so slowly, you barely even feel the ground shake to foretell the coming adventure. "Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.  The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.  Although its light is wide and great,  The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide.  The whole moon and the entire sky  Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass." - Dogen • • • #zen #reflection #chicago #cloudgate #thebean #dogen #cityscapes #ig_travelerworld #traveldeeper #dametraveler #skyporn #cloudy #travelblogger So true. • • • • • #picoftheday #quotes #muddywaters #chicago #skyporn #clouds #inspiration #cloudgate "Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice." - Maya Angelou ** ** ** #thoughtfultuesday #quotestoliveby #chicago #ig_travel #abstractphotography #goldenhour #sculpture 💭"I hope the scale of my works is way bigger than what you see. I hope they live in you." -- Anish Kapoor ** ♥️The way the light played on this sculpture, how the shadows bent to the curves, and the skyscrapers bowed to us -- that all felt familiar and eeriely off balance, lived in me. ** ❓Have any sculptures or art lived in you? ***** ***** ***** #motivationmonday #motivationalquote #anishkapoor #chicago #art #lightphotography #travelblog #ig_travelerworld #picoftheday 😍 this mesmerizing dome of the Baha'i House of Worship. ** On the design of the Baha'i House of worship, Louis Bourgeois said, "there are combinations of mathematical lines, symbolizing those of the universe, and in their intricate merging of circle into circle, and circle within circle, we visualize the merging of all religions into one." ** #thatskytho #traveldeeper #motivationmonday #motivationalquotes #bahai #worldreligions #travelblogger "The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story." - Anish Kapoor, artist of Cloud Gate ** ** ** ** #cloudgate #thebean #chicago #quote #artist #modernart #motivationalquotes #motivationmonday Cloud Gate, aka, The Bean. Part 1/4. ** Morning sun on broken ice seems so long ago in these dog days of summer! I love waking up early to catch a sunrise. Here, the sun bounces against bits of ice in April. Yes, April! (Wait for the full photo of The Bean to appear -- it's worth it.) ** #picoftheday #instatravel #sunlight #abstract #sunrise #abstractphotography #sepia #sepiatone #vsco #vscocam The Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Chicago is totally out-of-this-world. What’s the most otherworldly architectural site you’ve visited?? ** Took a little detour yesterday to the Bahá’í House of Worship of North America, located in Wilmette, the northern part of Chicago. Designed by Louis Bourgeoise, the temple was incorporates architectural features of Western and Eastern design, as well as symbolism of many world religions, including the 9 pointed start of Bahá’í. What I found most surprising in the history, honestly, was that the faith was introduced at the Chicago World Parliament of Religion in 1893, then just ten years later in 1903 plans were underway to build a temple in North America, and by 1953 the temple opened. That’s a mere 60 years for a new faith to flourish! Of course, Bahá’í beliefs — like the oneness of humanity and unity of all religions, to start — must have surely struck a chord in a changing country at the turn of the century and through two world wars. I find this faith to be utterly fascinating and each of its houses of worship to be otherworldly. Have you visited a Bahá’í house of worship? Or any other house of worship around the world that stopped you in your tracks? ***** ***** ***** #traveldeeper #Bahá’í #bahai #architecture #architecturephotography #architecture_hunter #travelblog #postcardsfromtheworld #ig_travel #worldreligion #religion #chicago #americanarchitecture #travelphotography #travelpic #summer #sunset #travelblogger #travelgram #architectural #architecturelover #travelmore #optout #religiousarchitecture #usa #travelling #gardens #gardenlovers #sundayfunday #goodvibes

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Photos and Potatoes features photo essays and travel stories by Alicia Fowler who is currently on a world trip sabbatical. Sometimes the stories make you laugh, sometimes they make you think, and sometimes they make you want to buy a plane ticket right then and there. Oddly, there are not many potato stories. Or photos. They get eaten too quickly. 

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