Sultans, Tiles and Circumcision
My favourite part of the Topkapi Palace is the area known as the Fourth Courtyard. Here the lovely gardens and terraces are home to a number of kiosks and pavilions […]
Stormy Florida Sky
The wet and windy weather that hit Florida just as I arrived in February was mild compared to the ice storm that was terrorising most of the other states. I […]
Spicy Window
This is one inviting grocery store in Brussels. English speakers who don’t speak French would probably guess that the name of this store has something to do with spices, and that wouldn’t […]
The Tardis Lands in Glasgow
Police Boxes like this one used to be a common sight around Britain. They predate our era of easy mobile communications; they were located in public places to allow the […]
Bridging the Ages
Istanbul’s Galata Bridge connects the old town with the new; atop are the trams and the fishermen, beneath are the bright lights and restaurants, beyond are the domes and minarets. […]
Galleries of the National Museum of Scotland
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 29 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]
Liliputian Library
Informal, ad-hoc libraries seem to be popping up all over. This one in Oakland, California, might be tiny but it is beautiful. **************************************************************************** Lilliputian Library, reblogged from Oakland Daily Photo. This little […]
African Fish Eagle
The striking black and white of the African Fish Eagle is a common sight and sound in the trees of the Okavango Delta. It is an afrotropical species that nests in […]
I is for… Istanbul
And a very cold, dull, grey Istanbul at that – it’s not that I edited out the colour, there just wasn’t any there in the first place. Linked to Tagged […]
Sprouting Up in Brussels
Many of my recent travels seem to have resulted in the same mantra- “miserable grey, wet and cold: must return in better weather to explore properly”. This tree looks good […]
Beyond Hope
There’s a Congolese artist, known to some as “Papa Machete”, who produces some thought-provoking and somewhat disturbing sculptures. Freddy Tsimba was born in Kinshasa in 1967 and studied at the […]
Travel with Intent 