I adore Estonia, and here's another reason why. I took this photo while walking along the tower walls of Tallinn, the gorgeous capital of Estonia. As I understand of it most of these structures date back to the fifteenth century and for me, growing up with modern Australian "architecture" around me, …
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Picture pirouette: A temple in Nara, Japan by night
Ah, Nara. It was the capital of Japan in the eighth century, and now it's just a beautiful place. I lived in Nara Prefecture, immediately east of Osaka, during the second year I spent in Japan. I could ride my bike past the local rice paddies down to Nara Park, get attacked by the famous deer there, …
Picture pirouette: Picturesque Poland
The Polish capital wasn't particularly welcoming when I spent most of a week there a few summers back - mostly because Poland obviously hadn't figured out it was summer, and it drizzled the whole time, despite the heat wave that was killing pensioners in not-that-far-away France. Just the same, I …