All photographs taken between March 5 and 10, 2015. Many of these were taken while on two of the excellent free walking tours available in the city – highly recommended. I used an old Pentax P30T camera with Fuji and…
Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns
A Picture Journey of Loughcrew Megalithic Passage Tombs, Carnbane East, Sliabh na Caillí, Co. Meath, Ireland. 06 Oct 2012. Camera: Nikon F90X with Nikon 28-85mm AF lens. All pictures transferred from film. – By Jean-Jacques M. © 2012 – 2013.…
Glendalough Monastic Site
A Picture Journey of Glendalough Monastic Site, Co. Wiclow, Ireland, 06 Oct 2012. Photographs by Jean-Jacques M. Camera: Nikon F90X with Nikon 28-85mm AF lens. All pictures transferred from film. © 2012 – 2015. All Rights Reserved. Travelosopher.org
Kilkenny Castle & Churches
A visit to Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 22 Sept 2012, by Jean-Jacques M. — Camera: Nikon F90X with Nikon 28-85mm AF lens. All pictures transferred from film. © 2012 – 2015. All Rights Reserved. Travelosopher.org
Road Trip Heaven
South African roads are top class and the Western Cape region is nothing short of Road Trip Heaven. Renting a car is affordable and there is an abundance of scenic routes to choose from and to explore. Expect being stunned…
Cork, Jazz & Che
On Friday the 27th of October we, a few friends set off for Cork City on the south coast of Ireland. It would be the longest journey some of us had made since arriving on the Island. A full six…
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
We left Moscow in a coach, with the word “Sputnik” appropriately marked on its sides. The driver was taking the slightly pot-holed motorway through the Russian countryside to The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre 35 km’s away. For us it was…
Visiting The Kremlin
Day 2 – Continued Well-refreshed from our coffee break at the underground mall, we all gathered at the statue of Marshall Zhukov, close to the Resurrection Gate. The next event of our day was to be the Moscow Kremlin. It…
Moscow Metro and Red Square
Metro and Mausoleum – Day 2 Sunday morning we left our comfortable hotel, a bit bleary-eyed and groggy, to brave the famous Moscow Metro. With a multi-pass ticket, Elena let us through the turnstiles at Izmaylovo Park Station where we…
Russia Unplugged
The Arrival – Day 1 The scenery that was forming through the low, rapidly evaporating clouds as the plane descended, was a white somehow desolate snow covered earth. I could just make out fences and small houses dotted across the…
Buda and Pest
Recently I decided to take a well needed break before winter sets in. My destination was the Hungarian capital of Budapest, “The Jewel of the Danube”, a long awaited destination. Fortunately I have friends there, which made the entire experience…
The Swiss Riviera
On the 26th of April I arrived in Switzerland for a five day visit. First of all I decided to drop by the United Nations, situated in a leafy green parkland area, just a 15 minute bus ride from Geneva…