We went to Dubai a few years ago, taking several days as a stopover to break up the lengthy flight between Australia and the UK. While there, we opted to stay in the older part of the city, our hotel looking out at the creek, a mosque and the oldest building in Dubai, a toweredContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Museum Of Traditional Architecture, Dubai”
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Wednesday Wander – Silves Castle, Silves, Portugal
Today has been icy cold, a real change from the springtime promise of earlier this week. So, as a little escape from the cold and grey, my Wednesday Wander this week is to Silves Castle, one of the best-preserved Moorish castles in Portugal. The castle was constructed between the 8th and 13th century, when SilvesContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Silves Castle, Silves, Portugal”
Wednesday Wander – Watery Ways
This week’s Wednesday Wander was inspired by an image I used in Monday’s post, of the Sydney ferries at Circular Quay. I lived in Sydney for a couple of years and would often take the commuter ferries across the Harbour, paying a few dollars to bob past some of the most famous landmarks in theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Watery Ways”
Wednesday Wander – Llangollen Canal
I’ve just been down a tax wormhole this morning, so it’s nice to take a break and go for a wander. Today’s Wednesday Wander was selected at random – I opened IPhoto and went to the first place I saw, which is the old canal in Llangollen, North Wales. I’ve written about Llangollen before –Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Llangollen Canal”
Wednesday Wander – Lost Lagoon, Vancouver
Looking at this photo, would you believe it was taken in the heart of a large North American city? Sure, there are a few giveaways if you look closely – streetlights just visible through the distant trees, and a manmade fountain in the centre of the lake. This is Lost Lagoon, in Vancouver, Canada. OnceContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Lost Lagoon, Vancouver”
Wednesday Wander – Ford’s Hospital, Coventry
This week I am wandering to the city where I grew up. Coventry, in the Midlands, is a city with a long history. It is where Godiva rode the streets naked, where the original Peeping Tom first looked at what he shouldn’t, where kingmakers, nobility and powerful abbeys once ruled together. It’s where the phraseContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Ford’s Hospital, Coventry”
Wednesday Wander – Federation Square, Melbourne
I lived in Melbourne for many years. I loved living there, walking along the Yarra River to work while rowers glided past and cockatoos swooped and shrieked in the eucalypts, the city a gleaming array of towers on the opposite side. It’s a beautiful city, usually ranked in the top five world’s most liveable. WhenContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Federation Square, Melbourne”
Wednesday Wander – Balinese Temple
For this week’s Wednesday Wander, I’m travelling through space and time to a temple I visited the first time I went to Bali, sixteen years ago.We had arranged a driver while there and one day, when we told him we’d like to see a temple, he suggested that, rather than see one of the moreContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Balinese Temple”
Wednesday Wander – Andorra La Vella
This Wednesday Wander takes us to Andorra La Vella, the capital of the tiny mountainous principality of Andorra. While known now mainly for skiing and tax-free shopping, Andorra has a long history, positioned as it is between Spain and France. The site of Andorra La Vella has been settled since pre-Christian times, and in theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Andorra La Vella”
Wednesday Wander – Pike Place Market, Seattle
It’s time for my Wednesday Wander and this week it’s to Pike Place Market in Seattle. I took this photo in the early evening, just after we arrived. The rain had cleared and our hotel was only a few blocks from the market, so we wandered down in search of dinner. As it was late,Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Pike Place Market, Seattle”
Helen Glynn Jones 