Silent Sunday
Cadaqués, Costa Brava, Spain
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Malaga in a hurry – So you’ve time for only one Museum
If you think that you’re a collector, you should check this place out! Owner Gonzalo Fernández-Prieto, along with British professor Ian Phillips, opened the Glass and Crystal Museum in 2009. Well…. its advertised as a glass museum but its much, much more…… The first thing is the neighbourhood…. Not all of Malaga’s Old Town […]
Read MoreSculpture Saturday
This weekly challenge is hosted by Mind over Memory You will find this piece on the Paseo Nuevo in San Sebastian, Spain. Construcción Vacía (Empty Construction) is one of a series of steel structures from 1957 by Basque sculptor Jorge Oteiza. Doesn’t it look all the more ominous and foreboding against the threatening […]
Read MoreMy Top 10 of Everything – Fabulous Ancient Sites around the Mediterranean
How does one go about selecting just 10 gems! There are some glaring omissions but I’ve tried to give a geographical spread (obviously there could be 10 sites in Greece alone….or Italy….or Egypt….). There are sites here from everyone’s bucket list as well as some lesser known treasures. I’ve visited all ten, some more than […]
Read MoreMalaga in a hurry – So you’ve time for only one Church…
Cathedral de la Encarnación de Malaga does not open onto a massive square. Nor is it situated on the highest ground in the city. So you approach it through the narrow streets of the old town. This means that it may not pack a punch with its first impression. But this is truly a beautiful […]
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