- Nice
View of Nice at night from Parc du Vinaigrier. - 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. - Rubber ducklings!
Now this is a lot of rubber ducks! - Typical Korea
- Antalya at night
- Aaaaah, the perfection. Antalya
- Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena
- Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena
- Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.
- Trevi
Shot through the bus window, that's the reason for the strange hue. - Gubbio just at sunrise
- Capoliveri
Piazzetta G. Marconi - 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. - 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. - La Rue Obscure in Villefranche
La Rue Obscure, the completely covered street dates from 1260s! - Valbonne, Rue Grande
Rue Grande in Valbonne. A lovely stroll in rain before a delicious dinner. - Valbonne
Another lovely street in the "Manhattan" of Valbonne. - Place Garibaldi in Nice
- Place de l'Église in Biot
Recently renovated Place de l'Église in Biot. Perfect imperfection. Dating from 15th-17th century. - A letter box in Biot
Letter boxes in Place de l'Église in Biot. Is one hole for letters and the other for pigeons? - A gargoyle?
I actually don't know what or who his is, but he surely looks scared. Or scary. - Antibes
One of the lovely streets in the old Antibes. - Map of Antibes
Map of Antibes on Rue Thuret - Chambre d'Amour in Valbonne
- Traudl and Franz
- Local art
- Spoleto underground
Spoleto has an interesting (and very practical) underground. - Siena Cathedral
Detail of Pinturicchio's Mount of Wisdom (1505): Crates of Thebes who is throwing jewels into the sea. - Siena Cathedral
The divine interior of the Cathedral. - Siena Cathedral
Floors in the Piccolomini Library. - Eroica bike race
It kind of looked ... familiar ;-) - Palazzo Vecchio
Officially, such decorations are called grotesque. - Palazzo Vecchio
Grotesque or not, I like them a lot. - Ponte Vecchio
THE brige across Arno. Built/destroyed several times. This one is from 1345 and still holds. Butchers used to have their shops here, but were replaced with goldsmiths because of the smell. - Night in Caparica
View from our hotel room. - Levico Terme
Some artificial flowers in the town centre. - The Christmas market
The Christmas spirit at the Christmas market in the Dome Square. Even the recycling bins are in festive mood :-) - The Cat's House
Well, here I regretted not carrying my proper camera. Because I couldn't zoom in to the statue of the cat on top of the roof. - Christmas decorations
A giant moon in Bastejkalna parks. - Christmas decorations
The inside of the moon :-) - Window shopping in Granada
This are some superbly executed fruits, veggies, plants, flowers, birds ... - Granada
The streets look pretty even when the shops and restaurants are closed. - Centro Cultural Fundación Unicaja de Málaga
A palace in the Plaza del Obispo in front of the Cathedral. - Spanish art
- Málaga Cathedral
Another very heavily decorated church. - Frangipani!
I just love frangipani (plumeria)! - Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune
View of the glazed-tiled hospice roof from the cour d'honneur, the main inner court. The roof type probably has central European origins, but is now a trademark of Burgundy. - Basilique Notre-Dame de Beaune
A magnificent stained glass window. But I have no idea how old it is. May be old, but my uneducated guess would say quite recent. - Bayeux Cathedral
Plenty of old windows in the cathedral as well... These are from 1260, showing the local bishops Exupère and Loup. - Bayeux Cathedral
One of the many angels in the crypt. They play all sorts of instruments. - Bayeux Cathedral
15th century fresco of angels in the crypt. - Ravenna
Wonderful street signs all over the town. - Ravenna
Not a window, actually a roof. - Mouans-Sartoux
A lovely old town, very similar to Valbonne. - Biot
Rue de la Poissonnerie in Biot.