Views over the Þingvellir national park, Iceland

dailies from Iceland: the golden circle

June 6, 2017

Today was golden circle day.
The most touristic tour anyone can do in Iceland does not disappoint.
We began with some history, in the peaceful Þingvellir national park, the place where the chieftains met once a year to decide the future of their countryman. One can only wish it was so simple.
The day progressed with typical farm life for a taste of creamy Sky and a trip to the massive and impressive Gullfoss waterfall. On the way back we saw hot water being expelled from the inside of Earth in geyser land and the blue waters inside a crater.
A day where blue skies and sunshine made everything even more striking.

Telma & Antonio,
From the land of Ice and Fire

Full steam ahead in the Railway Museum, York, England, UK

weekly update 022 - York and the National Railway Museum

June 5, 2017

Welcome to the National Railway Museum, one of the highlights of the visit to York, and some will say the main reason to come to the city. I would argue that it is a great reason to keep coming back.

Great Northern Railway no. 50 at the National Railway Museum, York, England, UK

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles, as well as a collection of other artefacts and both written and pictorial records.
The NRM displays a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 300 other items of rolling stock, virtually all of which either ran on the railways of Great Britain or were built there. Also on the 20 acres site are many hundreds of thousands of other items and records of social, technical, artistic and historical interest, exhibited mostly in three large halls of a former motive power depot next to the East Coast Main Line, near York railway station. It is the largest museum of its type in Britain, attracting 727,000 visitors during the 2014/15 financial year.

LMS Princess Coronation Class 6229 Duchess of Hamilton, National Railway Museum, York, England, UK

The NRM was established on its present site, the former York North locomotive depot, in 1975, when it took over the former British Railways collection located in Clapham and the York Railway Museum located off Queen Street, immediately to the south east of the railway station since then, the collection has continued to grow.
The museum is a short walk from the railway station in York, either on the road or via a staircase from the rear of the platforms. A "roadtrain" runs from the city centre (near York Minster) to the museum on Leeman Road during half term, holidays and summer. York Park and Ride also serve the museum from the car park entrance, on Line 2 (Rawcliffe Bar-York). Admission to the museum has been free since 2001.

Gladstone decorated for Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria at the National Railway Museum, York, England, UK

Copper, Steel & Iron at the Railway Museum, York, England, UK

There are approximately 280 rail vehicles in the National Collection, with around 100 being at York at any one time and the remainder divided between Locomotion at Shildon and other museums and heritage railways. The earliest are wagonway vehicles of about 1815. The permanent display includes "Palaces on Wheels", a collection of Royal Train saloons from Queen Victoria's early trains through to those used by Queen Elizabeth II up to the 1970s, among them some of the first rail vehicles to be set aside for preservation.
Other key exhibits normally to be seen at York include the 1846 Furness Railway No. 3 "Coppernob" locomotive, and the more modern express passenger steam locomotives London and North Eastern Railway Class A3 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman, its streamlined sister Class A4 No. 4468 Mallard and London, Midland and Scottish Railway Princess Coronation Class No. 6229 Duchess of Hamilton.
The museum has imported several major vehicles for display: the Chinese Class KF7 4–8–4 locomotive donated in 1981 was built in Britain and the Wagons-Lits sleeping car donated in 1980 had been used on the Paris-London Night Ferry service. Rail vehicles on display are exchanged from time to time with other organisations, and examples of new-build stock from the current industry sometimes visit the museum for short periods.

Golden hours at the Yorkshire Herald bars and restaurants, York, England, UK

After spending the whole morning at the NRM, we head back to town and stroll around looking for lunch and do a bit of shopping before catching the train back home.

Street lamps on Marygate, York, England, UK

There are still lots of buildings standing that attest to the heritage of the city, keep looking up when walking around and you are bound to find many interesting details like the wooden carvings

On Marygate, the street that runs on one of the sides of the Museum Gardens, the street lamps catch my eye. Rising from the rusted iron railing, the elegant curved shape and rusty color make a great contrast against the green foliage of the trees of the garden. Aligning two, that are closer together also help make a stronger image that helps tell the story of our walks over the long weekend on such an historic city.

Detail of medieval building ornaments 2, York, England, UK

Since I couldn't make up my mind as to which photo to use to end this post, I'm leaving you with two. On the left I have two swans that were swimming along the river while the sun was setting. On the right is a long exposure typical of urban environments with light-trails from the bus that crossed the Lendal bridge, and the water reflections on the river.
Pick you favourite and let me know?
I'll be in Iceland when this gets posted, hopefully I will share some daillies from the trip while I'm there. But next week we start focusing on Copenhagen, Denmark, which at this time is my second favorite city in the world.
Until next week,
Keep wandering this rock of ours.

White Swans under The Yorkshire Herald, York, England, UK

Lightails on Lendal Bridge, York, England, UK

Inside the Harpa concert venue, Reykjavik, Iceland

dailies from Iceland: Harpa and ice-cream on Reykjavik

June 5, 2017

Today was feel like a local day.
The day started with a guided tour to the Harpa, iconic building for music and architecture lovers alike, the tour shows you how this ingenious building was created, aiming for perfect acoustic conditions but also to integrate culture in day to day city life.
After another stroll up the hill, we had a tasteful brunch at the Rok, surrounded by locals exiting mass in nearby Hallgrimskirkja, followed by a nice hipster coffee at the Reykjavik roasters.
No summer Sunday is over without ice cream and so off we went to the maritime museum area and a delicious pineapple cup at Valdis.

Telma & Antonio,
from the land of Ice and Fire, and Ice-Cream

Views to the West from the Dyrhólaey Lighthouse, Iceland

dailies from Iceland: On to the South Coast

June 4, 2017

Our first tour in Iceland went south, through black sand beaches, weird shaped rocks and water, all around, in the shape of rivers, waterfalls and lots of rain.
Or even steam that comes out of the earth and led to the name Reykjavik, smoky bay as the settlers thought they were seeing smoke.
The first stop was the photogenic Seljalandsfoss the magnificent waterfall that welcomes you to go behind it and then greets the adventurous with a shower of its mighty waters down from the glacier, followed by a harsh lesson on global warming when we paid a visit to the shrinking glacier Solheimajokull.
After lunch, we took a short stroll to the black sand beaches, and up the hill to enjoy the great views of Dyrhólaey and finally contemplate Reynisdrangar and the basalt sea stacks in the middle of the sea.
This was a day of many contrasts, unpronounceable names and water, lots and lots of water.

Telma & Antonio,
from the land of Ice and Fire

Hallgrimskirkja and moody skies, Reykjavik, Iceland

dailies from Iceland: we have arrived in Reykjavik

June 3, 2017

Reykjavik is a city like no other. Trying to find similarities, one thinks about New England, but also Sweeden and something else that is probably Icelandic.This mix produces a town that feels warm and inviting , surrounded by water and a strange silence.

Rain awaited us as soon as we arrived so off to the firts coffee house we could find where we were greated with good coffee and a big smile.
Walking along the seaside we marvel at the beautiful mountains on the horizon with brushes of white from the last snows. And in flagrant contrast the stunning Harpa hall.
As the day as been long we head to centre of town with it's colourful houses and finally found a seat to eat at the famous Lebowski bar for a nice and unexpensive burger.
And as everywhere we looked we could see her lingering in the distance we decided to pay a visit to the taller building in the city : Hallgrimskirkja which encompasses all we have seen so far.

Strange and beautiful in a way that seduces us and makes us look for more.

Telma&Antonio

York Minster and the hidden gardens of the City Walls, York, England, UK

weekly update 021 - Inside the Walls of York

May 30, 2017

Welcome back to the City of York, the historic heart of Yorkshire in the North of England. This week we are focusing on the walk around part of the city walls and the Yorkshire Museum Gardens.

Preparing for a banquet inside York's City Wall, York, England, UK

Inside the secret garden from the York City Wall, York, England, UK

If you're in York, and are rewarded with nice weather, head for the City Walls. You'll get great views of the city inside and beyond the walls, from a great vantage point. And best of all, at the time of writing, completely free. So head down to High Petergate street, and climb a few stairs up to the walls. This will not really be an option if you have limited mobility, as the steps are steep and the passage quite narrow.
Once up on the wall you are rewarded with a view of the rooftops of the buildings around the wall and the city beyond, as I showed last week. But even better are the views inside the wall perimeter to the the great York Minster, and all the historical buildings and gardens that still exist within the protective wall.
You can see the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, more commonly known as the York Minster, in the background of the first two images here. As it tends to happen on our latest travels, the main church of the city we are visiting is in the middle of a major renovation, which means we will need to go back to shoot it, and go inside and also climb the main tower to get even wider views of the city. The York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.
Apart from the Cathedral there are some very well kept and pretty gardens, some are part of event venues and restaurants, while most are for private houses. Inside one of those I found this statue of a small girl that imediatelly made me think of Alice in Wonderland. If someone knows if that is really the case, please let me know!

All Saints Church tower, York, England, UK

After coming down to the walls, and having a great lunch on one of the many pubs and restaurants you can find in the centre of York, we strolled down to the end of Parliament St. and got to the All Saints Pavement Church, on the Parish of All Saints Pavement with Saint Crux and Saint Michael Spurriergate. Now that is a mouth full. I just loved the church tower architecture, which has a lot of empty spaces within the arches and it's octogonal shape. Having blue skies, scattered with white fluffy clouds, I went for a very steep angle to maximise the contrast with the stone colour and also to isolate it from the rest of the modern buildings that surround it.

Mrs. Thornil last will to the Holy Trinity Parish, York, England, UK

Detail of medieval building ornaments, York, England, UK

York being a city full of history, actually founded by the Romans in 71 AD, then called Eboracum, and having it's great expansion in the Middle Ages, there are multiple examples of this medieval heritage scattered across town. I chose a couple to highlight this here. Above is a detail of a building on Coney St, which today is mostly dominated by shops, that shows some carved heads on the buildings wooden frame facade. On the left is a wooden framed tablet with the last will of Mrs. Thornil, in which she donates money to the Holy Trinity Parish in Goodramgate to the education of poor girls. This can be found inside the Holy Trinity Church, in the center of town.

Yorkshire Museum and the Museum Gardens, York, England, UK

William Smith's 1815 Geological Map - Yorkshire Section, York, England, UK

In the heart of the York Museum Gardens you will find the Georgian building of the Yorkshire Museum, opened in 1830 and one of the first purpose-built museums in the UK. Reopened in 2010 following a nine-month £2million refurbishment project the Museum houses five galleries showcasing some of Britain’s finest archaeological treasures and many rare animals, birds and fossils, in exciting displays. The gardens also houses The Hospitium, a 14th century two-storey building that you can hire as the setting for your ceremonies, and overlooked by the striking ruins of St. Mary's Abbey pictured on the last post.

While strolling through the gardens I found a very interesting geological map of the Yorkshire area made out of colored pebbles. This a copy of a segment of the famous 1815 Geological Map of 'England and Wales with part of Scotland' by William Smith. The full original title of the document is : A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales with part of Scotland; exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the Varieties of Soil according to the variations in the Substrata, illustrated by the most Descriptive Names by W Smith. This was the first geological map that covered such a wide area, and is only six years older than the first geological map ever produced.

The Hospitium on the Museum Gardens, York, England, UK

So I'll leave you this week with another sunset image from the shores of the River Ouse, great place to finish the day when in York and have nice weather. Next week I'll finish the set about York, with a trip to the National Railway Museum.
This week we are getting into a plane heading to Iceland, for a short scouting trip. Hopefully we will be publishing some daily posts with a summary of the day.
Until then,
Keep wandering this rock of ours...

Sunset by the shores of the River Ouse, York, England, UK

Sunset over the Lendal Bridge, York, England, UK

weekly update 020 - Welcome to York

May 24, 2017

Welcome to the historic walled city of York, located at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. This, and the next two posts, are dedicated to this city in the North of England and all photos we’re taken during our weekend trip back in 2016.

As with most of the historic cities and villages in the UK you can find your way easily around the town’s points of interest using these signposts. I’ve become very fond of them, so will be featuring them on most posts dedicated to British towns and villages. Perhaps the most well known, and least useful, is the one situated in Land’s End.

York Art Gallery is a finalist for Museum of the Year 2016, York, England, UK

Reopened in 2015, after major redevelopment, the York Art Gallery was established in 1822 and houses a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. In 2016 the gallery was in the final select for the Museum of the Year award, a title that ended up going to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Modern art installation on the gardens of the York Art Gallery, York, England, UK

The back of the gallery connects to the Yorkshire Museum Gardens and the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey. At the time of our visit, this strange art installation adorned the grounds, giving a surreal view of the traditional buildings of the streets surrounding the gallery. If the weather is nice, this a great walk to do, since most people tend to head straight to the Museum.

St. Mary's Abbey ruins, York, England, UK

St. Mary's Abbey ruins is most likely the second most visited attraction in the city of York. Once the richest abbey in the north of England, it lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, to the west of York Minster.
The original church on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olaf II of Norway. The abbey church was refounded in 1088 when the King, William Rufus, visited York in January or February of that year and gave the monks additional lands. In 1137 the abbey was badly damaged by a great fire.[5] The surviving ruins date from a rebuilding programme begun in 1271 and finished by 1294.

The University of York King's Manor, York, England, UK

All that remains today are the north and west walls, plus a few other remnants: the half-timbered Pilgrims' Hospitium, the West Gate and the 14th-century timber-framed Abbot's House (now called the King's Manor).
From 1667 to 1688, it was the residence of the Governor of York. After 1688, the building was hired out to private tenants until the nineteenth century, when it was taken over and expanded by the Yorkshire School for the Blind. On the departure of the Blind School in 1958, the Manor was acquired by York City Council, who leased it to the University in 1963. The University later moved to the Heslington Campus, but still maintains King's Manor for its Department of Archaeology (including the Archaeology Data Service), Centre for Medieval Studies, and Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies

York rooftops from the City Walls, York, England, UK

Walking the streets of York, England, UK

Leaving the Museum gardens through to Marygate road, the walk back to the York Minster and the City Walls, you are rewarded with a quiet road full of english character. If you do go up to the city walls, keep an eye out for the great views over the city's rooftops.

Ring for Peace at the Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, England, UK

One of the less known little churches worth a visit it the Holy Trinity Church in Goodramgate. Next week I'll publish an image from the interior, but for now would like to draw your attention to the bell that hangs at its door with the invitation 'Ring for Peace'. The Defence Of the Realm Act forbade the ringing of some church bells during war time – this project asks people to ring a bell for peace to commemorate the 100th anniversary of WW1. With permission of The York Bell Fund, three remaining bells from the old church of Holy Trinity or Christchurch (The Butchers’ Church), King's Square have been located across the City.

Speeding under the Lendal Bridge, York, England, UK

I'll end this long post with another image of the Lendal Bridge, where we finished our first day in York. The day started under heavy clouds, but ended with great sunshine, which took me to the river's edge with my trusty travel tripod to do some long exposures. Hope you liked the introduction to the city of York, next week there will be more.
Until then,
Keep wandering...

Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II and the Basilica di San Pietro by night, Rome, Italy

weekly update 019 - Dailies from Roma

May 15, 2017

Finally we've made it to Italy, after a few years postponing it as I tend to prefer the colder northern climates. But Rome is definitely an unavoidable destination in the world, and I'm very glad to have been persuaded to go at last.

St. Peter's Basilica from the Via della Conciliazione on a cloudy night, Rome, Italy

This post is just an introduction to the trip, and the city, illustrated with the photos I shared daily while there. The weather on the first two days went from grey and gloomy to short strong showers, so not the ideal to leave a good impression or take pretty pictures. But when you're in a city so steeped in history and full of art, a decent photographer can produce some illustrative images. The bad weather also meant that we could just walk into an almost empty St. Peters square in the middle of the Vatican City, without any queues. Just two days later, on a sunny Sunday, you could hardly see the street leading to the Basilica for all the tourists and pilgrims that headed towards the Vatican.

Inside the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

The second day started with a quick visit to the Vila Borghese gardens, and a lengthy visit to the Galleria Borghese which houses an impressive collection of works by my favourite sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and also a great collection of paintings and frescos organised over two floors. If you like classical art this is an obligatory visit.

At the end of the day, we went for the two other well-known tourist traps in Rome, the Spanish Steps and the Treviso Fountain. And don't be fooled by the images in all the movies and television were these places aren't completely overrun by visitors and people selling all kinds of useless knick-knacks like selfie sticks and strange, gooey, dolls that make annoying noises. Even on a rainy Thursday evening, both places were full of people, so I would say to try and go there early in the morning if you want some space to photograph.

By the third day, we had a glorious sunshine and a, boring cloudless, sky. I know, only photographer complain about a blue sky. And we decided to go to the Colosseo, the Foro Romano and the Palatino. These are basically two attractions and you can get a single ticket for both. I would advise to buy this in advance, as the queue to buy tickets on location was huge. And then there is the queue to actually get into the sites. I was not expecting these sort of amount of visitors waiting to get in. You can see on the picture to the right the huge amount of people present at the time. If after you visit these sites you can still walk, you can visit the imposing monument to the fatherland, the Altare della Patria pictured below.

I think that a four-day visit is great to get a feeling for the city, but there are things that we didn't get to visit, and will probably come back for, like the museums which we didn't get to visit any. It is definitely worth staying in the old part of town and just walking everywhere, which we did. We stayed in an apartment from Airbnb, just of Piazza Navona. Gabrielle, our host, was great and the apartment had the perfect location and a great neighbourhood feeling.

This is for the first impressions, soon I'll start showing the full-colour images, and more in depth posts.
Until then,
Keep wandering, keep looking...

Weekly update 018 - Farewell to Vienna

May 12, 2017

Fountain on the Austrian Parliament Building, Vienna, Austria

So it seems I cannot keep a regular posting schedule for the whole year. For a bunch of reasons, most of them of my own doing, I keep having some gaps on my content creation, which is one of the areas I'm trying to improve. Since the last post we have travelled to Rome, more on that later, started planning next year's big trip to the other side of the world and also gearing up to the Iceland trip next June.

Horse carriage under Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria

This week is the last post dedicated to the wonderful city of Vienna, and I'll leave you with a mixture of images that depict the great architecture found within the city. The top image depicts one of the many horse driven carriages that delight tourists as it takes them sightseeing across Vienna. Oddly, the trip passes through the inside of the Hofburg Palace, on an internal road that crosses the palace under a great domed ceiling shown below.

Ceiling of the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria

Neue Burg Palace entry from the Burggarten, Vienna, Austria

Visiting Vienna during Easter is a bit of a gamble in terms of weather. This photo of the Neue Burg Palace taken on the first day there shows that temperatures were a bit cold, people are wearing heavy coats, and a bit of sunshine would make the sky a bit more interesting. On the other hand, it does capture the mood of a city in the centre of Europe during the colder months, and also made this nice park less appealing to most tourists. Also had to do a bit of work post-processing to remove scaffolding from part of the facade, as it was going through renovations. That is one of the most complicated things to deal with when doing travel photography. You can't just wait until the scaffolding comes down and take the picture then. So some monuments and vistas you must give up on, in Vienna this time I just didn't photograph the St. Stephan Cathedral in Stephansplatz because it was mostly covered by the works being done.

One of the most interesting clocks I've found during my travels is the one picture above, located at the Hoher Markt. This beautiful art-deco clock planted on the walls was created by Franz Von Matsch in 1911 and was commissioned by the Anker (Anchor) Insurance Co. At noon, this clock draws masses of tourists as it pipes out organ music and hauls historic figures round the clock.

Wiener Pestsäule, Plague Column on Graben Street, Vienna, Austria

One of the most well known sculptural pieces of art in the city of Vienna, is this strangely named Pestsäule, or in English, the Plague Column. Although also commonly known as the Dreifaltigkeitssäule (English: Trinity Column). n 1679, Vienna was visited by one of the last big plague epidemics. Fleeing the city, the Habsburg emperor Leopold I vowed to erect a mercy column if the epidemic would end. In the same year, a provisional wooden column made by Johann Frühwirth. The column was inaugurated in 1693, after more than 10 years after is was originally commissioned.

The streets of the city centre are filled with impressive buildings and sculptures, and you can fill a very long book just with pictures of them. But since this series of posts must come to an end, lot's more cities and places to show, I selected these two to finish it. On the right is a great example of the ornamental work done on the buildings with statues being added to the facade, both at street level and above. And on the right is another view of the gothic masterpiece that is the Vienna City Hall.

Detail of building in the corner of Bognergasse and Tuchlauben, Vienna, Austria

Rathaus through the park, Vienna's City Hall, Vienna, Austria

With the end of the series dedicated to Vienna, next I'll be focusing on a small set of posts about the city of York and it's Railway Museum. Before that I'll publish a post with the first impressions of Rome, and the dailies I published during our stay there.
Until then,
Keep wandering, keep looking...

Schönbrunn Palace gardens and city view, Vienna, Austria

weekly update 017 - Easter at the Schloß Schönbrunn

March 10, 2017

The Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn in German) is a former imperial summer residence located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,441-room Baroque palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historical monuments in the country. The history of the palace and its vast gardens spans over 300 years, reflecting the changing tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. Since the mid-1950s it has been a major tourist attraction.
This beautiful palace and its impressive gardens are located just 5Km away from the Hofburg Palace at the center of Vienna, is one of the must-see places in the city. And going there during the Easter is probably one of the best times since the gardens by then have regained the green color after the cold winter, and you get the privilege of visiting a small but very interesting Easter market just inside the main gates.

The Easter market in front of Schönbrunn Palace is considered to be one of the most romantic Easter markets. In front of the backdrop of the palace, 60 exhibitors offer all sorts of culinary pleasures as well as decorative Easter decorations and handicrafts from Austria. Children have fun in the Easter Bunny workshop, where they shape marzipan bunnies and make Easter flower arrangements, in the Easter nest hunt and in the Kindermuseum, while the adults enjoy the entertainment at "Jazz at the Easter Market".

Schönbrunn Gloriette through a fisheye, Vienna, Austria

Schönbrunn Gloriette sculpture detail, Vienna, Austria

After going through all the delicacies of the Easter market and visiting the exquisitely ornate interiors of the palace itself, a visit to the gardens is in order. Specially if you happen to have the great fortune to be presented with a glorious sunshine as we were on the day of our visit. The gardens are vast extending for 1.2 km from east to west and approximately one kilometre from north to south, it was placed together with the palace on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1996. This is a great place to visit with kids since it has a small Zoo, believed to be the worlds eldest still in function, laid out around 1720 and originally had four quadrants with a central (probably elevated) pavilion. Consisting of paths between tall, narrow hedges without the dead-ends and false turns of a classic maze, it was intended to offer an inviting setting for a gentle stroll.
On top of the hill you will find the small Gloriette, pictured here, a tower-like two storied pavilion built around 1775, probably to designs by Isidor Canevale. The octagonal structure with its balconies and built-on stairwell was probably used as a viewing pavilion. On the ground floor, the interior is decorated with Rococo architectural murals which on the second floor open up above a balustrade into a painted sky.

Having a snack, or a not so light lunch, at the café inside the Gloriette is a great way to enjoy the panoramic view of the city that it's location provides. Also a great idea is to spend some time lying on the lawn in front of it, after the snack, and contemplate the palace, gardens and the city beyond. This seems to be a favourite activity of many people on that sunny afternoon, and the grass was full of people, young and old, enjoying the Spring sunshine.

Next week I'll be showing a few selected images of statues around the city, and if you like statues like I do, this is a great city to visit as there are many, with differing styles and for all tastes.
Until then,
Keep wandering, keep shooting...