Falling in Flanders

Over the long weekend at the end of May, I travelled to Belgium for another skydiving training camp, this time … More

Along the coast a bit

A little to the West of Faro is the town of Alvor. It is a great holiday destination, with things … More

In my post following the March on Europe in London, I announced my decision to visit all 27 ‘other’ countries in … More

In January this year I attended the annual Plenary meeting of the International Parachuting Commission which was held in Faro … More

Cities and cathedrals are closely related in England. Mainly because a conurbation can only call itself a city if it … More

And at the end of my day admiring the heritage and architecture of Amsterdam, I was welcomed back onto the … More

I know I am not the first and will not be the last person visiting Amsterdam to take pictures of … More

The second house I visited on Monumentsdag is the Huis Hammerstein. In contrast to the Makelaers Comptoir, which is a … More

Heinrich Hoffmann was born in 1809 in Frankfurt and trained there as a doctor specialising in psychiatry; running Frankfurt’s lunatic asylum. … More

Regular readers will know that I like, appreciate and share public art. I often wonder whether artists know how their … More