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BZH 2017 – Paimpol 2017 – Festival du Chant de Marin

Posted on: September 12, 2018

Sat 12 August 2017 Paimpol Festival du chant de Marin 2017 The Paimpol festival happens every 2 years and is held in the port where thousands of attendees spend the weekend watching international and local musicians across a variety … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music, Photography, Travel
Tagged alan stivell, barque, bcuc, boat, bretagne, breton, brittany, crowd, europe, eurotrip, evenings, events, favourites, france, gigs & festivals, guitars, harbour, harp, international act, malicorne, memories, music, music festival, outdoors, paimpol, parade, photography, sailing, sea, ship, south african, tall ship, travel, travelogue, water, weekends

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Kapstaden till Kiruna – 11 days in Sweden: day 10

Posted on: October 14, 2017

Fri 14 October 2016 Gothenburg A relatively last minute addition to my itinerary was visiting Gothenburg. It was, once again, a ‘stars aligning’ kind of thing where Tiger Lou, another of my favourite bands, happened to be playing and … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, Photography, Travel
Tagged architecture, autumn, birds, boat, buildings, church, city, full moon, goteborg, gothenburg, history, kapstaden till kiruna, lakes, leaves, long exposure, macro, memories, moon, moon rise, nature, night, nights, outdoors, photography, plants, plants & flowers, ship, station, stockholm, street, sunset, train, travel, trees, water, winter

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Kapstaden till Kiruna – 11 days in Sweden: day 9

Posted on: October 13, 2017

Thurs 13 October 2016 Södermalm I spent my fourth day in Stockholm exploring the shops and streets of Södermalm. The highlights included great views, second-hand shopping and a tasty fish dinner.

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Tagged art, autumn, boat, buildings, cbd, church, design, flowers, history, kapstaden till kiruna, long exposure, museum, nature, night, ocean, outdoors, photography, scandinavians, sculpture, sea, ship, signs, statue, stockholm, street, sweden, travel, winter

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Kapstaden till Kiruna – 11 days in Sweden: day 8

Posted on: October 12, 2017

Wed 12 October 2016 Södermalm & Djurgården After 2 days in Gamla Stan I moved to my next accommodation, a floating hostel (a boat!) in Södermalm. I arrived just before lunchtime and then took the ferry across the water … Continue reading →

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Tagged architecture, autumn, birds, boat, castle, cbd, city, ferry, history, kapstaden till kiruna, memories, museum, ocean, photography, scandinavians, sea, ship, sodermalm, stockholm, tourist, travel, trees, vasa, water, winter

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Dutch tall ships at the Waterfront

Posted on: May 27, 2013

12 & 14 May 2013 Following pretty closely after last month’s Russian Sedov, two weeks ago the V&A Waterfront docks were graced by 3 more tall ships, this time Dutch – the Tecla, Europa and Oosterschelde. We checked them out on Mother’s Day … Continue reading →