Romantic Murals meet Irish Pub
Madrid has many Irish pubs, just as you’d expect from any city these days. This particular one claims to be the smallest Irish pub in town. It was closed when […]
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Debbie Smyth
Calderon Gagged
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 — 1681), born and died in Madrid, was the dramatist and poet who succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age. He is well […]
Orange Modernism
This beautiful orange roof towers above the Plaça Catalunya, at the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Ronda de Sant Pere. Linked to Mandarin Orange Monday.
Artists on the Seafront
These two distinguished looking fellows, are two beloved Catalan artists and one-time Sitges residents from the modernist period. Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (1861 – 1931) was a Barcelona-born painter, poet, collector, cultural […]
Silent Sunday
One photo, no words for Silent Sunday.
Off Guard
Linked to Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Scene.
Clothed in Shadows
Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday.
Smoke that Thunders
Linked to Weekend in Black & White, Weekly Top Shot and Photo Friday.
Truth is Mysterious, Liberty is Dangerous
You’ll know from some of my posts that I recently visited Istanbul for the first time and fell in love with the place. The thing I loved the most was […]
In The Pink
Spring in the Puerta del Sol brings pink and cheerfulness into our lives. Linked to Pink Saturday and Favourite Photo Friday.
View to Sea
Summer is approaching. Linked to Good Fences – a new version of Friday Fences, now run by TexWisGirl.
Travel with Intent 