The Rest of the World
Work and play has taken me to all of the continents....ours is a wonderful planet and I've been fortunate to see so much of it. Travel is such an inspiration; if I haven't travelled it's hard to pick up a paintbrush.
In 2022 I turned to watercolours and the occasional words to reflect ten of the most memorable places I've enjoyed, other than Frigiliana and St Helena.
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1. Padova, Italy
.......can anything compare to seeing Giotto's masterpiece and being shown Gallileo's lectern by one of Gallileo's successors, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy, Cesare Barbieri?
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2. Angkor Wat , Cambodia
......hidden away for centuries and only now emerging from the jungle, the biggest and most stunning temple complex in the world.
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3. Cusco, Peru
built by the Incas and vandalised by the conquistadors, the most vibrant city in South America
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4. Trinidad, Cuba
colonial architecture in a communist setting, sheltered from the tackiness of its nearest neighbour
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5. La Paz, Bolivia
....where the airport is a mile higher in the thin Andean air and the road down takes you from mud huts to skyscrapers
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6. Lagrasse, Aude, France
.....a medieval village in France's most attractive and underrated region, a sea of grapes and former home to the Cathars until their massacre by Rome
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7. Stone Town, Zanzibar
stunning beaches and (the clue in the name) stone buildings with a shameful history
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8. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
a welcome break across the River Plate and away from the litter, graffiti, traffic and noise of Buenos Aires
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9. Montserrat, Lesser Antilles
.....still recovering from the hurricanes and volcanic devastation of 25 years ago and lacking the capacity to ever restore things to what they were.
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10. ......and a final bow to Frigiliana
.....having now completed the cobbling of all of the streets in the old town, a task started with great imagination many years ago