Saturday, April 25, 2009

Tartan Tourism

When you walk down the Royal Mile you come across lots of tourist souvenir shops, selling all kinds of tartan tat and scottish kitsch. Funnily enough though I think this dress is quite cute!

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Edinburgh Close

Edinburgh is full of interesting nooks and crannies and passage ways. The passageways are called Closes.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

View

From The Royal Mile looking down to the Scott monument, Edinburgh
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Bud

In my garden-it's either a peony or a dahlia I think!
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

More Prague

I think this will be my final day of photos from Prague.
I like this one of Jack looking out over the river:



One thing that really makes Prague such a beautiful city is the amount of parks and trees. It really is a green leafy place, and you can always find a nice bit of park to rest in:

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Night time in Prague

I really like this photo on the Charles Bridge of one of the portrait artists packing up for the night.


more:





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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Prague: Doors

If you're into doors, then you would love Prague. I could have taken hundreds of photos of doors alone- they were all beautiful, big heavy ornate doors; humble weathered wooden doors, metal doors-doors of all shapes and sizes.

I love the door in the John Lennon wall:



and here are a selection of other beautiful doors:

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