Congratulations Gourab! With over 40 photos to choose from, yours received the highest rating among members. You’ve not only brought honor to the Canada Chapter (your home away from home chapter), but you have won a year of free dues for yourself. Thanks to everybody who submitted their wonderful “Town Plazas” theme photos for the September contest. They can still be seen and commented on by visiting https://pollunit.com/en/polls/tcc-2025-september »
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In April 2023, I was in Samarkand on the first day of my trip to Uzbekistan. Registan Square was my first stop of the day, and the grandeur blew me away. Being told there was a free light show in the evening, I returned to the square following a full day of sightseeing and a hearty plov dinner. I managed to find just the right spot, watched the show and clicked a few symmetrical photos of the Square. Registan Square during the day was marvelous, but the lit-up buildings, against the night sky, were ethereally beautiful.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dorothy Thompson, Richland Center, Wisconsin
Red Square in Moscow, Russia, is lit up at night. It is not only in the historic center of the city, along the walls of the Kremlin, but it is also constantly busy, attracting locals and visitors. Moscow was the last stop in Russia on my Trans-Siberian Railway trip from Irkutsk.
Mark Aspelin, Sandia Park, New Mexico
Wrocław’s Old Town Hall, in southwestern Poland, looks like it was built by someone with a thing for sharp angles and no fear of overdoing it. It was a clear afternoon when the sky felt just as expressive as the architecture, as locals and tourists moved through the square.
