Belém, on the western side of Lisbon, contains the largest concentration of museums in Portugal and is viewed by many as having the biggest cultural heritage of the capital. It is […]
The beautiful Azores lie around 1,360 km west of Portugal, 1,510 km northwest of Morocco, and 1,925 km southeast of Newfoundland. It’s a few years now since I visited, but their stunning beauty (and highly changeable weather) remain […]
Is it Cologne with its great cathedral? Milan with its glamour and its pace? London with its river and its bridges? Lisbon with its beauty and its grace? Funny looking […]
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Linked to Shoot and Quote: Direction.
“This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent bare, ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky; All […]
I am a fan of Cow Parade and similar public art displays. The cow below is one of my favourites, decked out in blue, white and yellow, so typical of […]
This edible-looking, chocolate cow was part of the 2006 Cow Parade, held in Lisbon that year. I’m a big fan of these public art parades: the artists somehow manage to capture a lesser-known element […]