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Photo Of The Day From Scotland: Golden Light On The Royal Mile

The photo of the day for today is from Edinburgh, Scotland.

The sun was beginning to go down on this cold Spring day when suddenly the sun blasted through the clouds, creating a golden-white light on one end of the Royal Mile and deep shade on the other side.

A blast of golden-white light illuminates one end of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland on a brisk late-winter day.

Photo Of The Day: Tired Tourists in Brussels, Belgium

Today’s photo has an interesting twist. I was concentrating on the architectural shot of the historic Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg on the Place Royale. There at the base of the monument to Godfrey of Bouillon, a crusader knight, were these two people sitting on the steps. I didn’t actually notice them as I was taking the shot, so it was quite a surprise to discover the ‘tired tourists’ when I downloaded the pictures from my camera.

The man looks quite exhausted! It may have only been April, but it was rather hot and extremely sunny on that particular day. I think I inadvertently captured two people who reached their fatigue level before I did on that Saturday afternoon.

Tired tourists rest at the base of a monument to Crusade knight Godfrey of Bouillon in the Place Royale in the heart of Brussels, Belgium. The Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg is in the background.

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Photo Essay: Meandering Through Montmartre in Paris

There are more sides to Montmartre, the district that sits high atop the Paris landscape, than the crowds at Sacre Couer. This photo essay will show you some of the lovely or funny things that we saw as we walked around.

Art Nouveau building on Rue Lamarck in Paris, France

Bright pink boulangerie (bakery) in the Montmartre district of Paris, France

Montmartre cafe at dusk

Cafe interior in Montmartre

Stairway passages through the hilltops of Montmartre

Colourful chairs & tables at a sidewalk cafe in the Montmartre district of Paris, France

Nun in full habit (which is rather unusual nowadays) walking down Rue Lamarck in Montmartre, Paris, France

Cartoon advertisement in the window of a plumbing & heating shop in the Montmartre district of Paris, France

Spectacles (events) kiosk in the Montmartre district of Paris, France

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This entry was posted in Architecture and Architectural Details, Art, City Breaks, Europe, France, Humourous, Photography, Travel and tagged architecture, cafe, cobblestones, europe, France, historic, Montmartre, Paris, photo essay, retail, shops, stone buildings, tourism, tourists, travel on 14/04/2013 by Deborah Harmes.