Valerie Parker

A Historian, Archaeologist, and Anthropologist. I believe the best way to understand the world & the beautiful diversity of the people in it is to travel.

[Valerie Parker @ValVsTheWorld]

@PhotoTAW I've been there! It's so cool! Definitely worth doing a virtual tour of! :-)

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The Kilns, #FriscoMiningTown, #BeaverCounty, #Utah

#picoftheday #valvstheworld #wanderlust

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An empty road in Pompeii, Italy. #pompeii #Archaeology #archaeotwitter #picoftheday #visititaly #italy #italia

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#NeuschwansteinCastle #Bavaria #Germany December 2019

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People like to say we don't have seasons in Southern California. we do, they just don't really look like seasons in much of the rest of the world. This little guy fell off a tree today, one of the last leaves to fall. In January. #leaf #nature #todayinla #socal #California

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The Ferris Wheel, Prater, Vienna, Austria. Taken in December 2012

Photo by Matt

#prater #vienna #wein #austria #ferriswheel #themepark #visitvienna #visitaustria #europe #map_of_europe #visiteurope #themeparks #carnival

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It's been awhile since I posted a picture of some #redrock, so here's a photo from our Nov 2018 visit to #BryceCanyon, #Utah.
I'm itching to go hiking now. Ngl. #brycecanyonnationalpark
#nationalparks #protectournationalparks #queensgardentrail #nature #redrock #visitutah

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...and a beautiful LA Sunrise.

#sunrise #la #losangeles #california #cali #socal #nature #todayinla

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Another LA Sunset.

#sunset #losangeles #la #california #palmtree #palmtrees #visitlosangeles #visitcalifornia #visitcali #picoftheday #todayinla #nature #clouds

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Was talking to a friend about how much I love #Italy, & how it's such a different, slower paced lifestyle there, compared to LA. Felt appropriate to share a photo from my last trip, in April 2017.
Shot is from #Sorrento, looking back over the #BayofNaples at #Vesuvius
#italia

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@Gsterre Thanks. :-)

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Haven't been able to follow any new users on @Instagram for days. It keeps telling me action is blocked. Isn't the limit somewhere between 100-200 in a day? I didn't exceed the 100 the day I was first blocked, & now can't even follow a single account back. What gives IG?!

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We spent #Christmas Day in #Colmar, #France this year, enjoying the beauty of this little old town. The town so beautiful the Allies actively avoided bombing it during the war #marchedenoelcolmar #christmasineurope #europe #visitfrance #historic #lapetitevenise #littlevenice

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All days should start with Welsh cakes.

#welshcakes #wales #welsh #cymru #food #foodphotography #foodporn #foodstagram

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Another one from yesterday's venture in Llandaff. The Cathedral and its cemetery
#cardiff #caerdydd #llandaff #landaffcathedral #wales #cymru #visitwales #cemetery #graveyard

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Visited #llandaffcathedral today and took a walk around the grounds through the #cemetery
#cardiff #caerdydd #wales #visitwales #cymru #history #historic #graveyard #llandaff #cathedral #welsh

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From the #Parisian #Catacombs, last week. I put my new-to-me #Pixel and it's Night Sight feature to good use, and the pictures were absolutely stunning. Much better than what my Panasonic Lumix was able to accomplish when I first visited in 2008
#paris #france #catacombsofparis

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Enjoying am absolutely glorious day at #StFagans National #Museum of History on an absolutely glorious day. You don't see cloudless blue skies like this in #Wales often. It's kind of weird. We appear to have brought the California sunshine with us #history #historic

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After 19 years of trying to get here (it was closed for restoration the other 3 times I came to #Paris) I've finally seen #Monet's #WaterLilies. Of the 8 paintings on view, this is a portion of my favorite #museelorangerie #impressionism #impressionist #art #giverny #france

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New fav #ChristmasMarket is the #Medieval Christmas Market, or #Mittelaltermarkt, in #Esslingen, #Germany. It felt like the Renaissance Faire back home, only obviously more authentic (because Germany) & cool. So cool, we went two days in a row. #christmas #xmas #weihnachtsmarkt