-Europe

Look Up, Look Down – a new challenge

One of the things about blogging that has surprised and delighted me, is just how many fantastic blogs there are out there. Whether you want to laugh, be inspired or […]

Books to inspire

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

“The dying actress … wavered a moment in the boat’s stern, then extended a slender hand to grip the mahogany railing … All around her, shards of sunlight broke on […]

-Balearics

Portaferrissa Fountain, Barcelona

There are around 1600 drinking fountains spread around the various neighbourhoods of Barcelona, some modern, some old. The one on the corner of Portaferrissa and La Rambla is accompanied by […]

-Barcelona

Lighting Up the Streets Barcelona Style

Barcelona is graced with the most beautiful street lamps. In Plaça St Jaume: On the Rambla: In Plaça Reial: On Diagonal: On Passeig de Gràcia: Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things that Light.

-Russia

Ancient and Modern Moscow

This month’s White Rabbit Bloghop challenge, calls for ancient and modern in the same picture. The two Moscow landmarks featured below, are ancient and modern in the same building. Resurrection […]

-Canaries

Mount Teide in the Pink

In honour of the Pink Saturday meme and the unusually hot summer we are having in the UK, I thought I’d have fun with one of my cooler photos. Here […]

-Ireland

The Great Famine in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration that had a huge impact on Ireland’s demographic, political and cultural future. In total, […]

City break

Vintage Car Rally

A Vintage Car Rally takes place annually (normally March) from Barcelona to Sitges. The rally first took place in 1959 ( a very good vintage if I say so myself […]

-France