Travel with Intent

Fruity coiffure

This colourful door is the work of Peruvian street artist, Bronikart, in El Born area of Barcelona, the city that Bronik has adopted as her new home. Copyright Debbie Smyth, […]

What's On

What to Do and Where to Go in 2018

Time for an update on my suggestions for things to do in the next few months. Art, theatre, history, literature, and anything else that catches my eye. Ideas to keep […]

-Provence

Loving the old and new in Arles

And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready […]

-Lisbon

Flying over Lisbon

-Barcelona

Medieval Barcelona

Challenges

Hot summer

– Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 August 2018 Posted as part of All Seasons

Graffiti and Street Art

Frustration

This intense portrait is the work of British street artist, Sebastien Waknine, who now lives in Barcelona. Be it physical or mental, I can feel that pain. Copyright Debbie […]

-Provence

A story with a happy ending

But Mr Kipper was soon found, and it was great to see polite thank you notes posted on the streets of Arles. However, it then turned out that the owner, […]

-Provence

Time leaves its patterns

Lines, curves, chips and ridges help us enjoy this old structure at a minute level as well as marvelling at its size and grandeur. It also leaves its patterns […]

One Word Sunday

Selfie

I’m not a selfie aficionado, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid being caught in a reflection. At other times, I feel it important to grab a selfie to display my […]

-Barcelona

Quick spot of shopping

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