So where are we going? Busy crossroads in County Kerry (don’t you love the little graveyard stuck into the corner!) Something a bit quieter….Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos I wonder what Council official was given the task of naming these roads in Cabopino, Spain… ….I have to wave the Irish flag for our Dublin boys….. ….not […]
Read MoreIsn’t this a beauty – and it might look a bit familiar….. This is Palácio de Mateus in northern Portugal. In the 1940’s, a local company – developing a new wine – approached the owners of the Mateus estate for rights to the name and image. The story goes that they offered a lump sum […]
Read MoreAQUACULTURE (County Kerry) QUIET (not to mention TRANQUIL and PICTURESQUE!) THE QUAYS (Dublin) EQUIPMENT QUOTE (Oscar Wilde, Dublin) QUAD QUITO QUACK! QUACK!
Read MoreThis world map graces the exterior school wall in the tiny, remote hamlet of Indian Church in Belize. What particularly caught my eye was the fact that Belize wasn’t marked on the map so we can assume it predates the country’s independence in 1981.
Read MoreThis is the Peace Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland. Opened in 2011, it was designed to connect the unionist and nationalist communities on opposite banks of the River Foyle. Two identical halves – each suspended from a single, sloping pylon – overlap at the centre to form a structural handshake across the river.
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