a photo a week – sun & water

“Let’s go somewhere the sun kisses the ocean” Unknown I don’t have to go fare … only 15 min walk from home. It’s all on my doorsteps. The whole of my adult life has I lived where the ocean has …

lens-artists photo challenge #56 seascapes/lakeshore

I spent most of my adult life at sea …. and I have also lived my adult life at places where the ocean docks. For me there is only one ocean … it only that it is given different names …

my take on dubai (part 2)

… the early sunrise desert safari is my highest note in Dubi. Even if it meant that we had to be up by 04.15am. The pick up was 05.00am at our hotel. It was a very chilly start on our …

birthday celebration with sea view

In the “old days” we celebrated Midsummer, the longest day of the year (21.06) whenever it happened, but today we celebrate it during the weekend closest to date. Midsummer is the biggest yearly event and holiday in Sweden, something you …

a beach full of freedom

“Freedom is the kite’s response to the wind.” Marty Rubin Just now on the beautiful Danish island Fanø, where they host the International kite flyer meeting just now. An event they have hosted for 35 years now. The reason why I’m …

travel diary, back in porto – 24 hours in costa nova (part 1)

Friday morning … and it was still wet-WET!!! The neighbour’s birds started to sing around 5am – but I enjoyed that. 3 cages they had outside their windows. I had plans to take the 09.45am train to Aveiro and it …

weekly photo challenge – my place in the world

My place in the world has been on the ocean … and by the sea. In my book there is only one ocean, it has been given different names depending on where it docks. (The Bosphorus strait, Istanbul – May …

weekly photo challenge – layered

“That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Majorelle Garden in  Marrakesh – December 2016) “All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is …

sea, hollyhocks and tennis

“The ball is round, the game is long.” Björn Borg This week we are only going to have one great day with some sunshine, and that was yesterday, so I thought I will make use of my Summer Jo-Jo and visit …

saving lives since 1561

“If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you!” Mehmet Murat ildan Kullen’s Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse location in Scandinavia founded 1561 by the Danish king Fredrik II. In those days, it was a “Parrot lighthouse” with an iron …

an open landscape – my beloved scania (skåne)

Skåne County (Swedish: Skåne län), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the southernmost county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Skåne. Area total: 11,034.5 km2 (4,260.4 sq mi) and around 1,3 million of …

travel diary – porto – my last day

Met the ocean, beaches and high waves.  On my program was to visit Foz do Douro and the morning was made for it – sunny and blue sky … and only a tram ride away from the Palácio da Bolsa (Infante), 20 …

weekly photo challenge – the road taken

The road I took was on water – I have sailed all 7 seas … sailed under the Northern Star and the Southern Cross, visit 6 continents (never Africa by sea), been seasick twice  …. and I have passed the …

sl-week 47, blue

“The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free!” Bryan Procter This view I had at a very nice restaurant in Sopot, Poland a couple of weeks ago  … this image is taken on a …

sl-week 46 – wind

A photo that I took in September in 2008, the last time I visited my favorite destination in Europe – Biarritz, France. While living in UK with direct flights to Biarritz, I visit so often I could …. but now …