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Beach holiday

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 […]

-Bulgaria

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, […]

Challenges

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 […]

-France

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 […]

-Bulgaria

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 […]

Alphabet Challenges

B is for… Boat

Whenever I visit Tarragona, I like to pop down to the fishermen’s district, El Serallo. It is home to a well known fish market, and many fish and seafood restaurants. […]

-France

Cryptozoology and the Libraffe

The Oxford Dictionary defines cryptozoology as “the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster and the yeti”. […]

Challenges

Autumn Vines

Beautiful, golden vines in the Baix Penedès  area of Catalunya in northern Spain.   Posted as part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Autumn.

-Ireland

A is for… Alphabet

At the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin the public are granted access to the 65 metre-long Long Room. As with the British Library, Trinity College Library is a legal […]

Beach holiday

Windows from Sitges

Sitges is an incredibly picturesque town: white and blue buildings, sandy beaches, modernist architecture, flowers, gardens, statues, …  And its windows are no exception. For this Thursday’s Lingering Look at […]