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-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

F is for… Famine

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 […]

City break

Windows from Sitges, the sequel

I promised another selection of windows from Sitges.  Here they are, this time with balconies but no flowers. Posted as part of the Thursday Lingering Look at Windows and Whimsical […]

-Italy

Venetian Reds

Red in the otherwise jet black gondola and red geraniums on the balcony above, make this a beautiful little piece of Venice. Linked to Ruby Tuesday.

-Barcelona

Masterpiece in the Born

One of my favourite places to sit in Barcelona is in the little square in front of Santa Maria del Mar in the Born.  It is a massive, imposing building […]

Beach holiday

Sitges Mural

This mural  is on a hotel wall on the seafront in Sitges.  It features the  church of Sant Bartomeu and Santa Tecla of Sitges.  Here is the real thing: Posted […]