London Skies

Will you let me romanticize, 

The beauty in our London Skies, 

You know the sunlight always shines, 

Behind the clouds of London Skies. 

- Jamie Cullum

Buckingham Palace

Goose in St. James's Park

Public art along Euston Road

Heron in The Regent's Park

Townhouses in Belgravia

Street art in Portabello Road

Graffiti in Portabello Road

Flags for the Royal Wedding

Street music in Bankside

Hiking along Hadrian's Wall

Views from a long hike along Hadrian's Wall:

Ruins of a Mile Castle

The wall

More of the wall

The North Sea

A foggy afternoon walking along the coast of the North Sea:

Cows in the fog

North Sea

Ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle

Newcastle

A morning exploring Newcastle:

Gateshead Millennium Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Bridges

Castle Keep, or Garth's Castle, or New Castle

The Sage Gateshead music centre behind a bridge

New wall and old wall

Lake District

Photos from a day driving through the Lake District:

Sheep by Lowes Water

Road by Honister Slate Mine

Wast Water

Wast Water

Western Ireland

King John's Castle and the River Shannon in Limerick

Cliffs of Moher

Doolin harbour

The Burren

Roadside view of Galway Bay

Dublin

Perfectly poured pints of Guinness at the Guinness Storehouse

Cobbled street in Temple Bar 

Different phases of Dublin Castle

The Coach House

Ha'penny bridge over the River Liffey

The Road to Herstmonceux

After being at Herstmonceux Castle for nearly four months, I finally went into Herstmonceux village. The village is about 2 miles up the road from the castle. There really isn't much to see there - although there is a great Indian restaurant - but the walk was very enjoyable.

Garden

Cow...

Free manure

Napoli

Apartment building 

Apparently parts of Naples are very nice, but we didn't have enough time to make it into those areas. Here is the Naples we saw:

One of many piles of garbage along the waterfront

We did have time to get a pizza at Pizzeria da Michele, which makes some of the best pizza in the world.

Hanging out at Pizzeria da Michele

This is what the best Margherita pizza in the world looks like

Pompei Viva

Column capitals 

Forum

Pompeii pots

Amphitheatre

Birth of Venus mural

Mural in the Pompeii brothel

Body cast and pottery on display

Vatican City

Some shots of the Vatican city:

In keeping with the Space Invader theme that has apparently sprung up in this blog...

Space Invader just outside the Vatican walls

 Approaching Saint Peter's Basilica:

Swiss Guard

Columns and statues outside Saint Peter's Basilica

I gave up on trying to find a photo that captured the immense size of the Basilica, but I did get a few photos of the amazing multi-domed ceiling.

Light streaming into Saint Peter's Basilica