Visited the Cavern Club the other day. Today it is 100 meters away from the site of the Beatles’ famous appearances there. A sad excuse for beer, the occasional good band, and the obligatory group of Japanese tourists.

This is my favourite image from those I took in the Turkish markets this summer.

39 degrees… its ok in the shade or under the dapple of the trees, but dare to stray into the sun, even to cross the road, and its an hour in a café drinking iced tea to recover.
With quite a bit of time to kill before my hotel room was ready, I wondered off into the town. I didn’t have an intention to snap any pictures, my eye was caught by a particular window and what ensued was two hours with my camera in my hand. Fortunately the sun wasn’t at its highest, the buildings were casting a shadow and I could dive into air-conditioned shops every so often.
Bordeaux has a wonderful sleek silent tram system. There are no overhead power lines and the tracks are flush with the road surface. They glide with great beauty through the tree-lined Quinconces and on into the streets.

I recently came back from visiting Sammy and Sarah in Köln.

As I arrived Rosen Montag was reaching its crescendo with the final huge parade through the streets. Thousands of people out enjoying themselves. The streets were thick with broken glass from all the beer bottles, but two hours later after a massed army of street cleaners had descended on the city centre you would have barely known it… so German so efficient.

Well most of my visit was spent catching up, but I had two hours to kill before I needed to head off to catch my plane… so time to grab some street shots, as is my habit. I’ve had a bit of time now to work on what I brought back and here is one of them above.

A walk after dinner alongside the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao

I arrived in Brugge and booked into the hotel in time to take a leisurely walk in the spring sunshine.