The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. One of the most famous tourist attractions on Madeira is the Monte Toboggan ride. At the top of a hill above Funchal is the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte, or “The Church of Our Lady of the Mountain.” It’s a beautiful Catholic church…
The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. The Madeira Botanical Gardens in Funchal date back more than 50 years. They were built in 1960, on land that was formerly the family home of hotelier William Reid. The gardens themselves are quite lovely – and cover a whole range if flora,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. For Wednesday, it’s the Jaoa Gomes bridge – a 140m high bridge that connects two tunnels near the Madeira Botanical Gardens (where I took this picture from) Built in 1974, it’s one of the highest structures in ‘Europe’ (although, as I’ve already said, that’s…
The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. Madeira, like all of Portugal, has a deeply embedded religious ethos – and that’s shown in its dozens of churches that are dotted across the island. This church is apparently St Anthony’s (or, strictly speaking, Santo Antonio) The parish church of Santo António was…
The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. Madeira is geographically closer to Africa than Europe – it’s about 500km from the North African coast, and a full thousand km away from the European landmass .. but it is considered to be part of Portugal, and hence a part of Europe. This is…
The theme for our travel pics this week has been L for London – and we’ll wrap up with a picture that evokes images of OIiver, and Notting Hill, and other London-based movies. This is a street in Bayswater – these days a smart, cosmopolitan suburb of parks and Victorian era stucco terraces – but…
The theme for our travel pics this week is L for London – and for Saturday, it’s the Houses of Parliament,and Big Ben. Well, strictly speaking, it’s neither the Parliament, nor Big Ben. Big Ben, for example, is not the tower. Or even the clock. It’s the Great Bell, which is in the clock, which is in the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is L for London. Now, I don’t know what you picture in your mind when someone says “the Tower of London” – but I suspect it’s not this. But this is, in fact, the infamous tower. Why is it infamous? Because of its role as a…
The theme for our travel pics this week is L for London – and for Thursday, it’s another view of the London Eye. This was taken from Westminster Bridge, towards the Queens Walk, or Eastern end. It was taken in the gloom, and we thought this was an interesting juxtaposition between the old and the new…
The theme for our travel pics this week is L for London – and the Wednesday image probably isn’t all that unusual for people from the US, or the UK – but for those of us from the antipodes, all I can say is … Squirrel! This cute little feller (or feller-ette) was in Hyde…
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