Austria
The Life of the Mirabell Palace and Gardens in Salzburg
The Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg might be a huge tourist attraction, but they have enough of a strong personality to swallow up the masses without allowing… […]
Sculptures
Europe
On the Sculpture Trail in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura
I like Puerto del Rosario. It’s got an honest, relaxed workaday charm. And it boasts a couple of beaches, with Playa del Pozos filling the role of an attractive… […]
Europe
An Afternoon in Agaete and Puerto de las Nieves on Gran Canaria
Puerto de Las Nieves and its big brother, Agaete (with which it is almost joined at the hip) are quite quirky little places that deserve more than a passing glance from the car window. […]
Europe
César Manrique, Made in Lanzarote
Like the creator of his own Universe, Manrique’s hand is in the very landscape of Lanzarote; the uniform, low, white buildings that stand against the black, volcanic terrain like images from an old scrap book of some distant, African land… […]
Great Britain
Isn’t She Divine? Scotland’s Metal Mermaid
The vision of 33 feet of woman/mermaid/siren glistening and twinkling in the sun like a disco mirror-ball in human form overlooking the A80 in Cumbernauld, Scotland nearly had me choking on my haggis pie. […]