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London’s Eye

Also known as the Millennium Wheel, the London Eye stands almost 140m tall on the banks of the Thames River. It opened in 2000 and was the world’s largest Ferris wheel. Today it remains one of the largest in Europe and is a very picturesque part of the London

Mont St Michel

In 2015 I visited France. With some colleagues, we took an overnight trip to visit Mont St Michel, the famous abbey on an island in France’s Normandy region. We timed our arrival for the mid afternoon and enjoyed a spectacular sunset. We also enjoyed sunrise the next morning, and

Torre de Hercules

Torre de Hercules

Hercules’ Tower (Torre de Hecules) is the oldest Roman lighthouse that is still in use today. Located in the city of A Coruna in Spain’s Galicia region, the lighthouse was built in the 2nd century (CE). This image was created in the morning of a cloudless summer’s day.

Malta's Blue Arch

Malta's Blue Arch

The Blue Arch in Malta is a spectacular location for wonderful seascape images. There are multiple compositions here so it pays you to get the iconic images, and then move around and find something that helps to tell your story. For me, the ‘Blue’ story in this location is that

Chapel by the Sea

Chapel by the Sea

The fishing village of Georgiopoulos in Crete was an interesting short photo adventure sortie from Souda Bay, one of our stops on Northern Trident 2015. About an hour by taxi from Souda Bay, we went to Geogiopoulos for a single reason – to get sunset and blue hour photos of this

Phare du Petit Minou

Phare du Petit Minou

One of the landmarks clearly seen on entering the magnificent port of Brest in France is the lighthouse known as the Phare du Petit Minou. For mariners of today and days past, lighthouses guide the way to safety around hidden dangers. A lighthouse seen from an appropriate distance can provide

The Back Streets of Crete

The Back Streets of Crete

TDuring our visit to Crete in Greece, I had the opportunity to spend some time walking around the old city of Chania – a city which has been a part of both Greece and the Ottoman Empire over the centuries, although in the modern era it is firmly Greek. I was

Valletta by Night

Valletta by Night

Valletta in Malta has to be one of the most stunning cities I’ve ever had the luck to visit. Sailing into Valletta seemed a lot like arriving on a Game of Thrones set. It is a spectacular city in a beautiful nation, with a people that was very inviting.

Trojan Odeum

This odium (a smaller version of an amphitheatre) is part of the ruins excavated at the ancient city of Troy (Troia or Troya), located near Canakkale in Turkey. Troy has multiple ‘layers’ of ancient cities, dating back to 3,000 BC, with this odium being in the relativelly recent ancient