It was raining quite heavily. The queue for the Duomo was far too long to bother with; you couldn’t tell where the umbrella-totting crowds ended andRead More

It wasn’t the glorious morning light I was hoping Slovenia was going to supply. In fact it was rather dull and overcast. Amazing how the weatherRead More

While in Slovenia the other week a little photo one-up-manship created itself between me and buddy Douglas. Basically it was finding the mundane, the ordinary orRead More

There are just two tombs inside the Haghia Sophia. There is the one for Empress Eirene and another for Enrico Dandolo (1107ish-1205). His tomb stone hasRead More

Their proudest fact – on the magnificent Bystantine water storage cistern – is that James Bond was filmed here. That’s James Bond circa 1963, From RussiaRead More

The lunar landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey is perhaps best observed from a balloon – but this photo gallery is firmly land-based. The passage of time andRead More

The Topkapi Palace complex, one of the major sights in Istanbul, a shame you are forbidden to take photos in many of the rooms. Not thatRead More

Would have loved to have spent longer exploring this massive complex; but as is usual with these trips time was limited. Conditions were not good forRead More