This odd Russian idiom, куда царь пешком ходит, means going to the toilet. Apparently, the toilet was the only place the Czar wasn’t carried to. It seems this habit also […]
The Butterfly’s Burden by Rafi die ErsteRua de Vilar, Porto, 2021 Rafi explains the story behind this striking mural on her Instagram site: ““The Butterfly’s Burden” is a visual poem […]
Inside the Águas Livres Aqueduct, Lisbon, May 2017 Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own enclosed post.To join the challenge, please […]
An arctic tern sculpted by Geoffrey Dashwood, North Berwick, East Lothian Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 February 2022 Posted as part of Skywatch Friday , Hammad’s Weekend Sky and Marsha’s PPAC …
London, August 2020 Many of us say “bless you” if someone sneezes, but in Mongolia they are more effusive: бурхан оршоо бутын чинээ сахал урга (bless you and may your moustache […]
Inside the Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break […]
“Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise” – an idiom that tells us it is better to remain unaware of things that may cause stress and upset. It comes from the Thomas […]
Travel with Intent 