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Inside Mercat Santa Caterina

Most visitors to Barcelona will recognise and admire this colourful, flowing roof. It is, of course, the roof of the Mercat Santa Caterina, designed by husband and wife Enric Miralles and […]

All Roads Lead from Istanbul

The Million was a mile-marker erected in the early 4th century AD in Istanbul (then Constantinople). It marked the starting-place for measurement of distances for all the roads leading to the cities of the Byzantine […]

Istanbul’s Traditional Houses

Istanbul has a long tradition of wooden house construction.  The majority of its wooden houses date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but these buildings are deteriorating […]

Alive Alive-Oh!

Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! She was a fish-monger, but sure ’twas no wonder For so were her father and mother before Molly Malone, the […]

True Blue

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is not named that without reason… Linked to Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside and Blue Monday.

Segway Shadows

This always looks such a fun way of seeing a city and I haven’t tried it yet.  The tours in Barcelona don’t do this part of town anymore though; I’m […]