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Pictures and memories from more than thirty years trotting around the world. Personal views on cities and countries in Europe, thhe Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. It's not such a small world!

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  • A LAST STROLL, BLUE LAGOON & AWAY

    Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 18:06 in Iceland, reykjavik, blue lagoon

    ICELAND - AUGUST 2008"MOVIE STARS in Reykjavik's main shopping street""ICELANDIC DESIGN""SCULPTURE""PERLAN - The Pearl, built in 1988 and open to the public in 1991, is a unique building, with six huge tanks storing natural hot water for heating the ...

  • ICELANDIC COLOURS

    Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 17:00 in Iceland, reykjavik

    REYKJAVIK - AUGUST 2008After a stroll showing offices and public buildings, most of them white or grey, it's time to put some colour on these Icelandic posts!"SNOW CAPED ROOF WITH BLUE - Artistic""GREY - It's a sculpture in front...""DUTY-FREE""BAR A...

  • STROLLING IN REYKJAVIK

    Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 11:54 in Iceland, reykjavik

    REYKJAVIK - AUGUST 2008Reykjavík, founded in 1786 as an official trading town, is said to be the site of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, established around 870. With no urban development until the 18th century, the city grew in the 19th c...

  • FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

    Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 13:42 in Iceland, reykjavik

    REYKJAVIK - AUGUST 2008After the Marathon, the concerts, the performances and fashion shows and before the traditional runtur - pub crawl -, the Menningarnótt (Reykjavik's Cultural Night) offers a display of fireworks for your delight. I've always l...

  • SUMMER IN REYKJAVIK

    Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 18:06 in Iceland, reykjavik

    REYKJAVIK - AUGUST 2008Reykjavík, at 64°08' latitude north, is the world's most northern national capital. Located in south-western Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay, it has a population of around 120,000 residents and receives around...

  • VELKOMIN TO ICELAND

    Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 03:33 in Iceland, reykjavik

    REYKJAVIK - AUGUST 2008We landed in Iceland just before the start of the financial crisis and the country going bankrupt. This meant that the prices were still outrageously high (similar to what happened to me in Argentina, December 2001) and that ev...