Nice
View of Nice at night from Parc du Vinaigrier.

Torch Lily
A lovely pharmacy garden in the hospice.

Château de Chenonceau
Everywhere in the castle were huge bouquets of wonderfully arranged flowers. They give the castle a royal touch :-)

Pomposa Abbey
Ah, the apocalypse. One of the seven-headed beasts. But the real beast here is you, Alesso Bersano.

Palazzo Vecchio del Podestà
A lantern in the entrance hall of the old town hall. It was super hot and sunny, so vaulted entrances like this are a fine invention. Rebuilt in 1239 and enlarged in 1337.

Sunset in Caparica
Costa da Caparica and the hills of Sintra in the background.

Hall of Destiny
The ceiling in the Hall of Destiny: Lusitania, surrounded by the Portugal kings. Afonso Henriques, who has the Book of Destinies of Portugal, is surrounded by Hugues Capet, King of France, and Henry of Burgundy, father of Afonso Henriques.

Rubber ducklings!
Now this is a lot of rubber ducks!

A detail in Théoule-sur-Mer
What a lovely detail on a house in Théoule!

Hindu Temple, Saint-Denis

Plumeria, Frangipani
Wonderful and so pure.

Heliconia rostrata

Cala lily in La Forêt de Bébour
The only thing the cows do not eat, so there are plenty of cala lilies everywhere.

Solandra Maxima

Fresh food on Jeju
Sea pineapples. Which have nothing to do with pineapples. They are edible ascidians.

Jeju

Lava tubes

Leaves on Jeju

Jeju United, Jeju world cup stadium

Typical Korea

Lemons in our guesthouse

The Lycian Way
From Olympos to Adrasan

The Lycian Way

The Lycian Way
Towards Adrasan

Çıralı beach at sunrise

Çıralı pansiyons

Antalya at night

Aaaaah, the perfection. Antalya

Porto Azzurro
Passegiatta Carmignani

Porto Azzurro

Iron mines
Laghetto delle Conche. There was almost no lake there. But the colours were spectacular!

Iron mines

Agave blossom

Elba aquarium

Elba aquarium

Elba aquarium
A piranha

Sulphur
Sulphur, Mine de Gyona, Sicily, Italy

Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is.

NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum

Paper kite
Paper kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly and its chrysalises (pupae).

Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house

Stephansdom
The roof of the Stephansdom.

Stephansdom

Swarovski
Whyyyy?

A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena.

Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena.

Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
Originally from the 7th century. This is a copy from the 8th century in Carolingian minuscule script. In Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena.

Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena

Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena

Andy Warhol Autoportrait by Blub
In Sansepolcro.

Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Glazed terracotta. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.

Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral.

Holy Face (12th century)
Holy Face (12th century), originally from Eastern Europe. Notice that Jesus is fully dressed. Sansepolcro cathedral.

Souvenirs from Orvieto

Corsica quarter, Orvieto
Orvieto is still divided into four districts, this one obviously being Corsica.

Another souvenir from Orvieto
Is this Medusa, the Sun or a plate of pasta?!?

Spoleto Cathedral, Interior

Coronation of the Virgin
Coronation of the Virgin by Filippo Lippi (1467-69). Spoleto Cathedral

Ponte delle torri, Spoleto

Trevi
Shot through the bus window, that's the reason for the strange hue.

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Iridescent clouds

Roman Theatre, Gubbio
Roman Theatre (1st century BC), Gubbio

Gubbio just at sunrise

Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child (1476) by Alvise Vivarini. Saints Francis, Peter, Paul and John the Baptist. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Napoleon's villa
Ceilings. They are different in every room.

Chiessi
A wonderful sunset with Corsica in the background.

Dilbar and setting sun
I was hoping to catch a perfect sunset ... and then Dilbar came. Dilbar, the mega-yacht, the fourth largest in the world and the largest by the volume, 156 m long.

Capoliveri
Piazzetta G. Marconi

Elba

Santo Stefano alle Trane
This church dates from the second half of the XII century. Completely destroyed in 1442 and once again 1747, last renovation was done in the 1970s.

St Agatha
St Agatha (1512-1518) by Giovanni Busi, called Cariani. Roman governor of Sicily ordered to cut off breasts of a noblewoman Agatha of Catania, who rejected him. She was later healed by St Peter.

The Christ Child Disputing with the Doctors
The Christ Child Disputing with the Doctors (1480-1485) by Bernardino Butinone.

An allegory
An allegory (1590) by El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos. A very unusual painting, probably illustrating "the simple moralising message that lust appeals to our foolish and baser instincts".

St Bavo's Church in Haarlem
The Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem (the Grote Kerk) (1648) by Pieter Jansz Saenredam.

St Bavo's Church in Haarlem
The Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem (the Grote Kerk) (1648) by Pieter Jansz Saenredam, detail.

Wooded Landscape
Wooded Landscape (1662-1663) by Meindert Hobbema

Flower Still-life
Flower Still-life in a Sculptured Stone Vase (1718) by Jan van Huysum. Oil on copper.

The finding of Moses
The finding of Moses (1730-1735) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. I'm sure they wore clothes like this, right.

The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail.

The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail. The painting is full of funny details.

The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1849-50) by Sir Joseph Noel Paton, detail. There are so many details in this painting... Lewis Carroll counted 165 fairies :-)

Church of San Giacomo e San Quirico
Some Guarnerius Sculpsit in 1679.

Church of Padreterno in Rio nell'Elba
What a lovely street!

Rio nell'Elba

Rio nell'Elba
I still don't understand how TWO apartments can fit into such a small house.

Church of the Holy Souls
Most of the scenery is dating from way after Jesus was born.

Capoliveri
Via Circonvallazione. I don't know what this building was, but it looks old.

The Sun
Sun of the Sun/Moon glass statue in Capoliveri.

Art by Skim
There was a Skim exhibition in Capoliveri. I just love his works!

Vermeer by Blub
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer. By Blub.

What a beauty!
Street art in Capoliveri.

Monte Capanne cable car
These cable car cages are for two persons only.

Monte Capanne cable car
These bird cages are truly something special.

Monte Capanne
On the way up Monte Capanne

Monte Capanne
Almost on top of Monte Capanne. Marciana in the background.

Tiger graffiti
Tiger graffiti in Èze. Exceptionally well made.

La Rue Obscure in Villefranche
La Rue Obscure, the completely covered street dates from 1260s!