This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. For Saturday, we head to Shanghai, in China – and the Pudong, or East Bank. But I should give a bit of background first, I guess .. For many people, the most familiar images of Shanghai are those of The Bund, an embankment, or quay, along…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. And for Friday, it’s a bit closer to home (for us, at least) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Often called The Coathanger by locals, the Harbour Bridge is the tallest single span arch bridge in the world. It was also the longest such bridge when it…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. For Thursday, Westminster Bridge in London. With Big Ben. The Houses of Parliament. A Red Double-Decker bus. The Union Jack. The only cliches missing are a bowler hat, an umbrella, and a black cab! Actually, some of the cliches I mention aren’t actually accurately named.…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. And for Wednesday, its the view from Victoria Peak of Hong Kong, and its residential towers. To get to The Peak, you can go by bus, by taxi, by car – or by a funicular railway – where two carriages are connected on a giant…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. Today’s view is one of the most recognisable in the world – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, crossing from the Marin headland to the city of San Francisco. And under the bridge, pleasure craft sail the waters as they flow from San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. (It was going to be W for Winter – but we actually don’t have many winter images because we tend to travel in autumn or spring ..) Today’s image is, of course, of the ruins of the Amphitheatrum Flavium – better known to us…
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. The city of Valletta was built, as we’ve mentioned, in the mid 1500s after the Great Siege by the Ottomans. The Turks had set up on what is now Valletta and bombarded Fort St Elmo – eventually they were repulsed, but not until the fort had been all…
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. And I thought San Francisco’s streets were steep! Valletta is a lovely city to look at – full of history, and culture, and religion. But unless you are a mountain goat, there are some streets that are .. lets call them a challenge 🙂 Like the Triq-L-Ifran, or…
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…
This week’s theme is V, for Valletta. OK, I shouldn’t laugh. Yes, I am a republican, and would like to see Australia cut its ties to the British monarchy. But I admit, it’s puerile to snicker at this piccy of Queen Vicky with a pigeon pooping on her head. Doesn’t stop me doing it, though…
