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Full Tilt

Port Aventura, near Salou in Spain, makes a great day out for the kids if you’re visiting Barcelona or Tarragona.  It is a pleasant theme park, with a good mix […]

Sofia in the Pink

The incongruity of soft, pink flowers versus military tanks is what caught my attention when I snapped this view from my hotel room in Sofia. Linked to Pink Saturday.

Pathways in the Languedoc

The beautiful Languedoc in Southwest France has myriad paths to delight any walker. And some for drivers too Related post: Travels with a Donkey Linked to Cee’s Which Way? Challenge-week […]

Candles

The first photo is from the stunning Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona, the second is from the imposing Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille. . Posted as part […]

Sitges: Simply Beautiful

Sitges is an extremely beautiful Catalan town: white and blue buildings, stunning coastline, sandy beaches, wide promenade, carefully tended gardens.  It is also an artistic city, with a strong heritage […]

Bugged

Bugs are a necessary evil (ok, that’s a bit strong, I know, but on the whole, I’m not fond!) of more adventurous travel.  The two above are from South Africa, […]

Which Way?

Cee has started a new photography challenge this week, called Which Way?  To mark its debut, I am featuring some of my favourite bridges.  Most have already appeared in this blog […]

Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo

There’s no point beating about the bush, I might as well say it now, I loved this book. The author, Jean-Claude Izzo, was born in Marseille of immigrant parents (Spanish […]

Wordless Wednesday – Bulgaria

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.  The idea is that the photo says so much that it doesn’t need a […]