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Window with a View

Wouldn’t it be marvellous to live here, high up in Montmartre, with views across Paris? If you’re tempted, there’s one for sale! Linked to Lingering Look at Windows and Whimsical Windows.

Old Buls

Movember could have been designed for this distinguished Belgian, Charles (or Karel) Buls, politician, writer and mayor of Brussels from 1881-1899. He was a great proponent of language equality, insisting […]

Beguiling Pompeii

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.

False Steps

I featured some of the many steps in Paris in a recent post.  Here are some more steps… …………………… or are there? If you are a fan of trompe l’oeil, […]

Two Doors in Montmartre

Jean-Baptiste Clément (1836-1903), a singer, was “Mayor of Montmartre” during the heady 70 days of the 1871 Commune, when this area actually seceded from Paris. The Commune (La Commune de […]

Hergé’s Adventures in… Brussels

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist, born in Brussels. His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of […]

Warm Tones in Tenerife

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it. Linked to Whimsical Windows Delirious Doors.