Both this photo and today’s Urban Entrances image were taken in the Klementinum, of which you’ve already seen the most famous interior location in an earlier post. I’ve read that the the Castle compound is Prague’s largest and most important historical zone, and the Klementinum its second largest. As always in Prague, curious and roving eyes will find something else fun or beautiful to view, just about anywhere, just about any time :-).
Rotterdam, one learns, is Europe’s busiest port and was until fairly recently the busiest in the world. It also has a long history of shipping, and in its urban center features both an indoor maritime museum (which I’ve not yet entered), and a living outdoor museum that you can walk through for free (as I did during the evening walk which yielded these photos), or do tours with information shared if you book and pay…I assume. Haven’t yet researched that part. And as you’ll see, some of the lovely older buildings did manage to survive WWII. I’m told that the one you see here was temporarily moved so that they could build a new tunnel under it, then brought back to its plot once the tunnel was constructed. Good engineers, these Dutch folks, eh?
These photos were both taken at Letna Park, site of the Metronome which featured in an earlier post. That’s why I get to call this entry Urban Garden. So many lovely parks and gardens to appreciate, in so many cities and countries :-).
Ok so it’s actually the world’s oldest artificial rowing course in the word, but it is connected to the water various other canals that you’ve seen before. In fact, you’ve seen the Bosbaan (forest course) itself in another post under more dramatic lighting conditions. This was taken last weekend during this year’s edition of the grand old Holland Beker rowing competition Quite fun to watch all the teams race past, though this was taken during a quieter moment between heats.
These doors and their details are all from inside one of the palaces to which our ticket gave us entry. It’s the same on that houses the window of the defenestration. 🙂
Above: George Town & mainland Penang State as seen from top of the hill. Below: two views of the hill as seen from the 20th floor of one of those buildings near the water, above….
Last shots from my work-from-London week in mid-May: The Shard as seen from near the Tate Modern, and a lovely old school building near where I stayed.
Yep, I still live in the Netherland which has greatly abundant gardens & parks, both urban and rural 🙂 … which, in case you’re wondering, is why these trees aren’t yet fully in leaf: this photo was taken more than two months ago but I’ve only caught up with it now 🙂
How did I end up exploring so much of Penang Hill, and thus having so many lovely photos to unfold for you? My first morning in Penang, after the train up from KL the prior evening, I awoke with urge to explore, so I thought “I’ll take the funicular up, then walk back down towards the botanic gardens.” Got an e-hail car to take me to the funicular base, stood briefly in the massive line full of tour groups and making a lot of noise. Thought “this isn’t fun.” Decided to just walk as much as I wanted, and was right that it got me away from the crowds. The story of why I also ended up walking back down in much the same, and so…we all have more photos, which you personally may or may not consider a good thing, by the time you’ve seen them all :-).
(so much world, so little time....) 