Silent Building?
I enjoy stripes in architecture and the one above gave me the impression of sound, along the lines of the object below. Linked to Organised Noise Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 January 2016 […]
Winter Protection on Skeppsholmen
Skeppsholmen’s Admiralty House (Amiralitetshuset) was built in 1647-50 when the Admiralty Board moved over to the small island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm. The beautiful copper-coloured building is a pleasant sight as […]
Bye Bye to the Goat!
Twelve days to go until Chinese New Year, when it will be out with the goat and in with the monkey. New Year comes along on 8 February this year and, […]
Tickled Pink
Linked to Fun Foto Challenge and Floral Friday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 January 2016
A Short and Winding Walk
On my busy trip to Copenhagen last week, I managed to grab a quick break one lunchtime. Very conveniently, I was in the part of town that houses a tower that […]
Cerulean in Salcombe
Salcombe is a beautiful spot on the southern coast of Devon, an incredibly popular resort where its narrow lanes become incredibly crowded as the summer population swells to around ten times the size […]
Thorvaldsen’s Return
In central Copenhagen, next to Christiansborg Palace, there stands a museum dedicated to a single artist, to the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), a Dane who spent most of his life in Rome. The outside […]
Danish David and his Shadow
Many full-sized replicas of Michelangel’s marble David are on display around the world; the one above is a bronze cast that stands in front of the Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, the Danish Royal […]
Travel with Intent 