Vintage Amsterdam
This vintage store in Amsterdam made an eye-catching change from water, bikes and cheese! Linked to One Word Photo Challenge: Turquoise, Weekly Top Shot and Vintage Thingie Thursday.
Paris Sky
Linked to Skywatch Friday.
Peace Palace
One of the most photographed buildings in Den Haag is the grandiose Peace Palace (Vredespaleis), standing in 5 hectares of land between the business district and the town centre. Towards the end of the […]
Space Invaders and Rubik Cubes
Invader is a well-known French urban artist, born in 1969, who works largely with square mosaic tiles, producing street art based on Space Invaders and other 1970s arcade games. He also produces works […]
Q is for… Quantum Gravity
I was happy to be asked for permission to use one of my photos to illustrate a piece about Quantum Gravity for a conference on the topic. Quantum Gravity is defined […]
Seeing Red in Istanbul
Linked to Ruby Tuesday.
Language is a Virus
Isn’t it amazing how these strangely shaped designs can be put together to make up letters and words, things that have meaning to us? Back in 1962, in The Ticket […]
The Parisian Tiger Who Came to Tea
This striking mural in Paris’ Le Marais district, brought back fond memories of Judith Kerr’s perennially-popular The Tiger Who Came To Tea; I loved reading it out loud to my […]
Clogs and Canals
It’s not every day you see a floating clog… Unless you live in Amsterdam, that is. Linked to Monday Mellow Yellow.
Michelin Man rolls through Paris
The jolly Michelin man of tyres was born in 1898 and is still recognised around the world. Cleverly, he has changed with the times, even becoming slimmer in our health-conscious era. In 1999 […]
Going Pink in Amsterdam
Linked to Pink Saturday and Scenic Weekends.
Travel with Intent 