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Rest of Catalunya

Sky Watching Was Not in Vain

Sant Pol de Mar is a picturesque coastal town in northern Catalunya, sitting between  Canet de Mar and Calella. On this occasion, its beautiful sky too, brilliant blue with low rolling clouds, further […]

-London

Americans in London

The United States and Britain have had a long and strong relationship.  London contains many memorials and buildings, and bars too, that recognise and commemorate this friendship. 1. FD Roosevelt […]

-Edinburgh

Arches over the Water of Leith

The four-arched Dean Bridge towers 32 metres above the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. The four graceful arches support a road bridge, measuring 136m in length and 12m in breadth, that carries the […]

-Botswana

L is for… Loo with a View

These views are from what should surely be voted the most scenic loo in the world. Take your time and enjoy the views through the window. Very convenient for keen wildlife […]

-Portugal

City Silent and Bare

“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 […]

-Manchester

Toast Rack and Fried Egg

I was born and spent the first five years of my life in Manchester, England.  My elder sister went to college there in the early 1960s, before we all moved […]

-Marseille

Inside Notre Dame de la Garde

Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally Our Lady of the Guard) stands high above Marseille, watching over the people below.   Local inhabitants commonly refer to it as la bonne mère (“the good mother”). Standing, as it […]

-Manchester

Multi-coloured Elephants

First came Cow Parade, in Switzerland in 1998, and then came Elephant Parade in 2007. In the mid-noughties, on holiday in Thailand, Marc Spits met Mosha, a young elephant who […]