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Z is for… ZigZag

There was something about this zigzag water feature that just invited people to step their way across them. I have reached the end of this year’s  April A to Z Challenge.  It has […]

Across the Rooftops of Istanbul

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 87 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own […]

Beautiful Ruins

Celtic settlement of the Catuvellauni tribe; major Roman city of  Verulamium; Anglo-Saxon territory of Verlamchester – the modern Cathedral city of St Albans has an extraordinarily long history and there are still visible traces of […]

Y is for… Yah Boo Sucks

This strange character was thumbing his nose to all around him in a busy square in Stockholm. Yah boo sucks = to show you have no sympathy towards someone (source: urbandictionary.com)  Part […]

Resistence

The annual Istanbul Street Art Festival has, in the last two years, brought some giant murals to the district of Kadıköy, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. This piece is Resistencia by […]

Benches on the Bosphorus

  The Bosphorus-side benches here in Ortaköy make the perfect spot to rest and admire both the modern Bosphorus Bridge and the ancient Ortaköy Mosque (officially known as the Büyük Mecidiye Camii or Grand Imperial Mosque […]

Oddity or Art?

Useful or artistic? I’m not sure. Linked to Odd Ball and Mundane Monday Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 April 2015