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      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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        • Cape Verde
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        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
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          • New York City
          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
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          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
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    • Colour
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      • Coast & seascapes
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    • Nature and wildlife
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    • Travel in general
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      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
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    • General challenges
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  • Architecture,  History,  Seville

    Catedral de Santa María de la Sede: Seville’s cathedral

    January 15, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Part of a cathedral with blue skies

    Seville’s cathedral was built on the footprint of the city’s grand mosque, originally constructed in the 12th century. When the cathedral was finished in the early 16th century it was the largest in the world. Although that may no longer be the case, it is still an awe-inspiring space.

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    Statue of a female figure on a building

    Gallery: on the streets of Vienna

    July 15, 2022
    Colourful houses built over water

    Chiloé: a place of witches and gnomes

    August 4, 2022
    White statue of a saint against a blue sky

    Sweet freedoms in Tirana

    May 8, 2023
  • Architecture,  History,  Seville

    A visit to the Real Alcázar of Seville

    December 29, 2021 / 40 Comments
    Ceramic tiles with blue border and brown lion and castle

    Once upon a time, when Seville was the capital of Al-Andalus, the ruling Almohade caliphate built a palace in the city which they named ‘Al Mubarak’ or 'The Blessed'. It was the hub of both the city's government and its artistic and literary life. Little of that palace remains today, apart from some foundations. On these, in the thirteenth century, the conquering Castilians built their own palace to serve as both seat of government and royal residence, a function the Alcazar performs to this day.

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    Large yellow building with white window details and ornamentation

    Rundāle, the Baltic Versailles?

    August 18, 2022
    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
  • Gardens,  Monday walks,  Seville

    A walk in the gardens of Seville’s Real Alcázar

    December 22, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Garden with orange and palm trees

    The most intriguing gardens to explore often feel like a series of rooms, each with a distinctive style of decoration. We wander from area to area, never knowing what might be around the next corner. We get glimpses through trees and over hedges, and sometimes wider views that draw us on, ever eager to see more. Such are the gardens of the Real Alcázar of Seville.

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    Three bright red flowers

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
  • Architecture,  Art,  Photographing Public Art,  Seville,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Seville’s mushrooms, art or architecture?

    December 4, 2021 / 26 Comments
    Large wooden curved structure

    In the Plaza de la Encarnación of Seville a strange structure reaches skywards. This is the Metropol Parasol, often referred to by locals as the Mushrooms, Las Setas de la Encarnación. The dramatic forms arch overhead, framing views of the surrounding streets and buildings.

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    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
    Black and white photo of two women with umbrellas tinted pink

    Sofia, city of contrasts and a work in progress

    October 5, 2022
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  History,  Monday walks,  Seville

    A walk in Seville’s picturesque Triana district

    December 2, 2021 / 29 Comments
    Two images of narrow city streets

    Just to the west of Seville’s city centre, across the Guadalquivir river, lies Triana. This former working class neighbourhood was once home to the Escuela de Mareantes (School of Navigation) which instructed many of the famous sailors of the 15th and 16th centuries. Both Columbus and Magellan studied there before their expeditions in search of new worlds. It is famous too for its tradition of ceramic tile work and its unique style of flamenco.

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    Colourful manhole cover

    Gallery: the humble manhole cover as public art

    June 22, 2021
    Colourful houses built over water

    Chiloé: a place of witches and gnomes

    August 4, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Crafts,  Culture & tradition,  Photographing Public Art,  Seville

    Gallery: Majolica, the ceramic tiles of Seville

    November 27, 2021 / 40 Comments
    Tiles painted with a bull's head

    Spain, along with its neighbour Portugal, is home to some of the most beautiful tilework in the world, and much of it originates in Seville. Or more accurately, in the Seville barrio of Triana. Known as Majolica, or sometimes Talavera, after the ceramic centre of Talavera de la Reina in Castilla, these tiles have been produced in this country for hundred of years. Made initially for churches and palaces, the art later spread to homes, adorning floors and walls.

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    Sign saying Tinkertown

    ‘While you were watching TV’

    May 20, 2022
    Man's hands working with tin

    Using our hands: handicrafts around the world

    April 27, 2021
  • Lens-Artists,  Seville

    The bliss of returning to the air

    November 24, 2021 / 46 Comments
    Cityscape with river in the distance

    I believe I’ve mentioned once or twice in this blog that I love travelling! It’s the thing I’ve most missed during the past two years, when the world has been turned upside-down. Yes, I know that sadly worse things have happened to very many people than a few missed trips abroad. But the fact remains, I’ve missed travelling, and I know many others have felt the same.

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    Hill with tower in front of high snow-covered mountains

    Gallery: Nepal on the diagonal

    December 5, 2022
    Elephant reflection created artificially

    Gallery: creating the surreal in post-production

    July 24, 2022
    Golden temple reflected in a lake

    Exploring the temple gardens of Kyoto

    May 9, 2021

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Some favourite photos

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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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