-Day Trips from Madrid
These trinkets, in a shop window in Toledo, are examples of the art of damascening. This involves inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate patterns. This is still practiced in […]
-Paris
One photo, no words for Silent Sunday. . .
-London
A garden tea party, Kew style. Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday.
-London
I often feature Shoreditch for its street art, but it’s a great place for a spot of shopping too. This trio of triplets is from the Boxpark designer outlet, close […]
Pink Saturday
Harpenden is a staid and affluent town in Hertfordshire, just 20 minutes or so out of London by train. But this row of houses could easily be in a Cornish […]
-Belgium
Linked to Weekend in Black & White.
-London
The Church of St Mary-le-Strand, whose foundation stone was laid back in February 1715, is something of a hidden gem, standing on a small island in the middle of the Strand, […]
-Paris
Delicious cakes in a Montmartre show window look twice as good in reflection. Linked to Weekend Reflections.
-Manchester
Manchester has quite a reputation for rain so go prepared! If you do get caught short, however, there are plenty of umbrella stalls around. This busker and his dog were […]
-London
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Winston Churchill Linked to Cee’s Black &White Challenge: Back of Things.
Travel with Intent 