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Debbie Smyth

X is for… Xenomania

Xenomania – an inordinate attachment to foreign things (as customs, institutions, manners, fashions)-Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary For all my xenomaniac readers and followers, here is a mosaic of some favourite photos from […]

‘You speak Russian?’

Some of my readers will be aware that I speak Russian.  Or more correctly, I used to speak Russian. Since I left university in 1980, I have barely used it […]

Flowery Brussels

The inner courtyard of Brussels’ Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) currently boasts an attractive flower display containing the black, yellow and red of the Belgian flag.  The surrounding pink hydrangea […]

Enthusiastic Learning

A visit to a local school features on many a trip to Africa.  Instinct tells me to steer away from these trips, fearing villages geared only to tourist visits and […]

Pets on Sunday

This week’s challenge at Sunday Stills is Pets.  These photos have very little to do with my blog’s travel theme, though the second is in the English Lake District; I […]