One of my favorite light sculptures from this year’s edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival, which this year I did by boat. Last year we were in lockdown, so no boat tours were possible, now that I know where to find them all, I can go back see some of my favorites again from the banks of the canals instead of from a moving boat :-). The building behind it is the Amstel Hotel, apparently the first hotel in Europe to be electrified, if I understood what the boat tour guide told us.
More shots from the remarkable Curral das Freires, high up in the middle of the island. Another good place to re-visit when the weather is clearer, for hiking and other pleasures :-).
All from the gardens at the remarkable Serralves museum & foundation in Porto. I do hope to get back to the city – and this park & museum complex – in sunnier weather at some point. Well worth a visit.
If you’re wondering, yes I’ve shown you this canal several times before, but never when it was frozen so birds can walk on it. 🙂 This was the day returned from my vacation trip in Madeira & Porto. Eek! As upcoming posts will show, it’s since gone gray, rainy, and well above freezing but still fairly cold.
Like this sudden rainbow offshore at Porto Moniz (NW corner of Madeira), may you find wonder and beauty in 2023. Or just go for a nice swim in natural rock pools, or any other place that suits you. Or just generally have fun, enjoy life, and bring light to those around you :-).
More shots from the remarkable Curral das Freires, high up in the middle of the island. Another good place to re-visit when the weather is clearer, for hiking and other pleasures :-).
More of the lovely little north-coast town of Sao Vicente.
(so much world, so little time....) 