Tiled house

The upper storeys of a tiled house in the Bairro Alto, Lisbon.

Sailing by

The 25 April Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) in Lisbon from the car ferry that runs between Lisbon and Cacilhas. The exposure was 4 seconds and the camera was balanced on the side of the ferry as it crossed the Targus river.

Europe starts here

Well, just down the coast actually. One of the most westerly villages in Mainland Europe, Azenhas do Mar.

Belem

Belem Tower (Torre de Belem), near Lisbon.

French tiles

Among the monuments at Brou, near Bourg-en-Bresse, Burgundy

Monument to the Discoveries

Or, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, in Belem, Lisbon.

Lisbon tiles

In the centre of old Lisbon, former dairies still have their elaborate decorative tiles.

Lisbon Metro

Wonderful clean tunnels with hardly any advertising. Touched up in Picasa.

St George's Castle

Ramparts at the castle overlooking the old town, also known as Castelo de Sao Jorge

St George's castle and old Lisbon

From the Cristo Rei monument, looking northeast.

Winter woods

Near Boar's Hill, Oxford

Oxford skyline

The original is 6183x800 pixels; stitched together from a half-dozen medium telephoto pictures, handheld. Olympus's Camedia software used.

The view is from near Boar's Hill to the west of Oxford, looking east to Shotover Hill (centre-right horizon). Click on the picture to see annotations for more locations, including BMW's Mini car factory.

Cristo Rei

The outstretched arm of the Cristo Rei monument. Soft focus and other tweaks courtesy of Picasa.
Large version on black

Fados e folclore

Seen in the Barrio Alto, Lisbon

Sintra

The National Palace at Sintra. The two towers are kitchen chimneys.

Large version On Black

Lisbon Parque metro station

The Parque metro station in Lisbon has tiles and decorations celebrating Vasco de Gama and other Portuguese explorers. This exotic creation entwines the station platform going south.

Lisbon and Sintra tiles

A mosaic of mosaics.

April 25 bridge, Lisbon

A panorama from three photos, stitched using Olympus's Cammedia software.

Full size version from Flickr

Monseratte tiling

Seen on the estate of Monseratte near Sintra.

Fado in Alfama

A fado singer doing his turn in the Parreirinha de Alfama restaurant in Lisbon.

Bairro alto

This map of the Bairro Alto, Lisbon, is drawn on to tiles affixed to a wall.

Swinbrook

More Fettiplaces at Swinbrook.

Swinbrook

And the great thing about Swinbrook's church is (or are) the monuments to the Fettiplace family. First of two here.

Swinbrook

St Mary's church is less than a mile from Widford.

Widford

The form of this arch in St Oswald's also caught my eye.

Widford

The west end window, St Oswalds, Widford, Oxon.

Widford

This is St Oswald's, Widford, Oxon, in its field setting. In front of the church you can see remnants of a deserted medieval village.

Widford

St Oswald's church, Widford (near Swinford in Oxfordshire) has some primitive wall paintings. I'm amazed how "I'm feeling lucky" in Picasa picks up the colour and makes the detail more apparent.