Category Archives: Travel writing (not Zimbabwe, Italy or the UK)

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The end of the world – Sagres

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Fisherman (top right) at Cabo St Vincente
Cabo St Vincente

The car door wrenches open. Wind swirls in flapping us out in a cling of hats and cameras towards the lighthouse at Cabo St Vincente – the south-westerly tip of Europe, of the Sagres Peninsular in Portugal.

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Sunshine and storm in Stockholm in spring

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The waterfront in Stockholm in May 2012

The waterfront in Stockholm in May 2012

We are in Stockholm for three nights.

There is spring sunshine and a snowstorm…and there is the old, the grand, the brand new, and plenty of food.

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