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        • Japan
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        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
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    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
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      • War
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  • History,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    Faro’s old town: sights and impressions

    May 9, 2022 / 30 Comments
    White dome above a tiled roof

    Some of my best memories of my previous visit to Faro were of exploring the streets of the Old Town especially around the beautiful Cathedral. I was keen therefore to revisit favourite spots and discover new ones.

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    Sign saying Pie Town

    A pit stop in pioneering Pie Town

    June 24, 2021
    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
    Stone church and blue sky

    The wonders of Bulgaria’s Bachkovo Monastery

    February 10, 2022
  • London,  Portugal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Deep pink blossom

    April showers bring May flowers. This is supposed to console us on wet April days with the thought of better weather to come. It reminds us that we need the rain to help things grow. But what if it doesn’t rain?

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    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Cluster of pink flowers

    Gallery: inspired by spring blossoms

    March 26, 2022
    Brick Lane street sign and small butterfly mural

    Gallery: some street art in London’s Brick Lane

    May 14, 2022
  • Architecture,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Blue tiles with religious painting

    I doubt you can walk more than ten metres through a traditional Portuguese town and not spot a ceramic tile or several! The unique craft of azulejos portugueses is an unmistakable feature of these lovely old houses. And just as you can’t walk far without seeing them, I find it impossible to walk any distance without photographing some!

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    Red crumbling ruins

    ‘Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

    August 12, 2021
    View of a city with river and modern architecture

    The astounding architecture of Pyongyang

    November 7, 2021
    Orthodox cathedral at the end of a wide street

    Gallery: Sofia’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    March 7, 2021
  • Architecture,  Flowers,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022 / 37 Comments
    Two white bell towers

    I couldn’t go to the Faro area and not meet up with blogging friend Restless Jo, could I? Or perhaps I could! We planned to meet, naturally, but on the day fate intervened and our coffee date had to be … not cancelled, I hope, but certainly indefinitely postponed.

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    Blue tiles with religious painting

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
  • Art,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a wartime farewell in Tavira

    April 23, 2022 / 40 Comments
    Sculpture of a soldier in uniform waving

    When we visited Tavira for the day from our weekend base in Faro, I couldn’t help noticing the life-size statue of a soldier outside the station. He holds his kit bag in his right hand while his left is raised in farewell.

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    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021
    Print with blue mountains

    Dust collectors? Or precious memories?

    January 23, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022 / 56 Comments
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    One of the delights of a spring break somewhere a little warmer than home is of course to get out and enjoy the sunshine. And if you can do so by the sea, so much the better. I’m not one for lying baking on a tropical beach; I can’t take the heat and I get easily bored. But I love the sea: the sound of waves on the shore, the fresh sea air.

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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
  • Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: art on the streets of Faro

    April 15, 2022 / 33 Comments
    Mural with three faces

    Never go back, they say. And in fact, I rarely do. But occasionally I make an exception, and especially if I have fallen for a place while visiting without my husband and want to introduce him to it. Riga and Tallinn were in the past such places, and now Faro, on Portugal’s Algarve coast, has joined them.

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    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021

    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
  • Friendly Friday,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: underfoot in the Algarve

    April 12, 2022 / 44 Comments
    Cobbled pavement with black stones depicting a castle

    On our recent visit to Faro I found myself often looking down at my feet as I walked around. This was partly out of necessity; there were plenty of broken or uneven cobbles to trip me up! But it was also due to my fascination with the traditional patterns of the Portuguese pavements.

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    Large group of teenagers

    My first taste of adventure: a 1970s camping trip

    August 14, 2021
    Stony landscape with rough road

    Jebel Shams, the tallest mountain in Oman

    May 8, 2021
    Rock formation with arch and pinnacle

    Video: big skies and red rock country

    May 29, 2021

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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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