Cruiseday Tuesday – How cruise-ship meals are prepped.
“… it is just a bit busier than the average home kitchen :-)”
Weekend Wanderings – layin’ down on the job.
“…I am not a particularly good photographer – but I am an enthusiastic taker-of-pics”
Travel Pics Theme: V for Valletta. On the Waterfront…
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. And for Thursday, the Floriana waterfront. The waterfront here was initially developed with stores or wharves on the left (the Pinto stores seen here), and the Forni stores to the right (out of shot here, but you can see them in a #travelpic from earlier this week) In between…
Travel Pics Theme: V for Valletta. Elevating the view.
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. I remember once being told that “You don’t want to see how sausages are made, or you will never eat another snag!” Well, today you get to see how the sausages of our #Travelpics photos are made. The pictures we choose are all from those shot by either…
Travel Pics Theme: V for Valletta. Saluting its bravery
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. Valletta is the capital of Malta, a small republic about 80km south of Italy which has been at the crossroads of empires for millennia. Malta has been strategically important for traders and military forces from the Phoenicians and Carthaginians to the Greeks, the Romans, to Byzantine and…
Travel Pics Theme: O for On-The-Water. Martinique
Martinique is a lovely French island in the Caribbean – with stunning black beaches, and quaint little fishing villages, and a tragic past. Twice, in the past 250 years, nature has tried to wipe out Martinique (or at least the human habitats on it). The Great Hurricane of 1780 produced a storm surge which killed…
Travel Pics Theme: K for Koper. Goodbye, Slovenia
This week, our Travel pics series has been K for Koper. And we’ll end with a view of the Slovenian coast as we sailed away. There’s something very special about a sunset, especially one on board a ship. And this one was extra special – we’d just spent a lovely day in Koper, in Slovenia – and…
Travel Pics Theme: G for Gardens. Koper Window-garden
This week, our Travel pics series is G for Gardens. And here’s the thing about gardens. They don’t have to be big, formal, organised gardens like some we’ve featured this week. And they don’t have to be commercially productive, or a big tourist attraction, or functional in any way. Some gardens, of course, are tiny –…
Travel Pics Theme: Fort-de-France
This week, our Travel pics series is F for Fort-de-France. We were in Martinique’s main port for just one day – on April 9, 2015 – while on a 25 night cruise from the Dominican Republic. We were travelling on the MSC Musica, on what I thought was an exceptionally good deal – a ‘re-positioning cruise’ that…
Travel Pics Theme: D for Dominica
This week, our Travel pics series is D for Dominica. And for Saturday, it is Windsor Park and the national stadium of Dominica. Built on a former rubbish dump known as Cow Town, the venue is the home of cricket in Dominica – although it’s also used for everything from political rallies and calypso competitions to the…
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