The French Baroque style Wheeler Hall on the campus of the University of California Berkeley is home to the university’s English and College Writing...
Container ships from international shipping giants HMM and Yang Ming at the port of Oakland, California on September 21st, 2024,
Handling equipment at the Oakland container port seen in front of a fog-shrouded San Francisco skyline.
The Sather Tower is a landmark that’s visible from all over the UC Berkeley campus. The 307 foot tower, completed in 1915, houses four clock faces...
We’re in California for a few days for a wedding and staying in downtown Berkeley. The university here is pretty gorgeous and I plan to spend a bit more...
Most images of Edinburgh Castle are taken from the Princes Street side but here’s one taken from Salisbury Crags on the opposite side of the city....
The hospital building sits at the west end of the Edinburgh Castle complex overlooking Princes Street and the centre of the city.
The main gate into Edinburgh Castle is emblazoned with the national motto of Scotland, “Nemo me impune lacessit”, which translates as “No...
We started our summer trip with a couple of days in Edinburgh so here’s the first of a short series featuring the city’s iconic castle. Castle...
Receding layers of hills send behind an Adriatic cruise boat near the island of Kor?ula, Croatia on Monday, August 19th, 2024. This was the only time I got the long...
The Cathedral of Saint Dominius is built within the walls of Roman emperor Diocletian’s palace in the centre of Split, Croatia. Although construction...
Two motor yachts from the Adriatic fleet of cruise company IslandHopping.com seen anchored off the island of Šolta, Croatia on August 22nd, 2024. The vessel...
The Cathedral of St. Lawrence tower dominates the skyline in the UNESCO world heritage site of Trogir near Split in Croatia. Building of the cathedral...
A collection of windows and shutters seen while wandering the narrow streets of the medieval town built inside the walls of Roman emperor Diocletian’s...
The church of St. Jerome sits on a promontory jutting into the harbour in the city of Vis on the Croatian island of the same name. You may recognise it if you’ve...
This photo (and others I was taking early last Wednesday morning) almost got me left behind on the Croatian island of Brac when our boat’s captain...
Our temporary home this week is Motor Yacht Magellan, part of the IslandHopping.com fleet in the Adriatic. This was taken back on August 16th while we were...
This lighthouse on the island of Lismore can be seen from the right side of the ferry during the hour-long journey from Oban on the mainland to Craignure...
During our brief visit to New Lanark last week, we took the usual walk up the River Clyde to see the waterfalls. Corra Linn, shown here, is the second...
These two huge sculptures, designed by Andy Scott and completed in 2013, can be found at the end of the Forth and Clyde Canal between the Scottish towns...
