Photo of the Week - Berlin TV tower

Looking up, originally uploaded by Tolby.

After a little break - back with this shot of the Berlin TV tower just next to Alexanderplatz. All the pigeons just sit there all day watching the tourists come and go - you can take the elevator all the way up for a fantastic view!

Photo of the Week - Dublin Houses

Colours, originally uploaded by Tolby.

Sorry for the delay ....This week a shot of some brightly painted houses close to Dublin castle.

Photo of the Week - Valetta from Vittoriosa

Valetta from Vittoriosa, Malta, originally uploaded by Tolby.

Valetta, the capital of Malta is on a small headland that is built as an awesome fortress. Before they built Valetta, the Knights of Malta had a fort in Vittoriosa (then called Birgu, the Maltese name) which is where they were during the Siege of Malta when the Turks attacked them for ages and amazingly they survived.

All the stone has a kind of golden colour, being mainly sandstone I think, and it erodes pretty fast too.

The view you see here from Vittoriosa looks accross the famous Grand Harbour.

Photo of the Week - Ornö

On the trail of the missing lawnmower, originally uploaded by Tolby.

Ok, so it has been more than a week. To make up for it I'll put here a midsummer photo of the lovely house we stayed in on Ornö, a lovely island in the Stockholm archipelago.

Photo of the Week - Slussen

Slussen, originally uploaded by Tolby.

A bunch of people passing the time on a sunny sunday at Slussen in Stockholm.

Photo of the Week - Cow on West Bay

Cow on West Bay, originally uploaded by Tolby.

A photo taken last summer on a walk around West Bay in Dorset, England. A fine cow with a beautiful view over the town and the sea - which is out of shot to the right.... One of the best cow fields in the country to be sure.

Photo of the Week - Dublin Spire

Dublin Spire, originally uploaded by Tolby.

This is a black and white shot of , well the Dublin Spire. Quite an impressive tall pointy pole in the centre of Dublin, it dominates the city which has few other tall buildings. The shot was taken last summer when I was visiting Dublin for the first time in ten years, and how it had changed!

Photo of the Week - Grand Harbour

IMG_1829, originally uploaded by Tolby.

This is a shot from the Grand Harbour in Malta. The boat in the front is another traditional Maltese boat that they row around. The shot is taken from Vittoriosa (or Birgu) where the Knights of Malta survived their famous siege from the Turks in 1565. In the background is the city of Senglea.

Photo of the Week - Millesgården

Sculpture Park on Lidingö, originally uploaded by Tolby.

This photo is from a Sculpture Park on the island of Lidingö just outside Stockholm. Most of the sculptures there are from a guy called Carl Milles, Swedens most famous ever Sculptor who studied with Rodin and lived from 1875-1955. He also collected one of the most amazing collections of Greek and Roman sculpture which he almost completely destroyed when he had a bad mood one day - artists!

Photo of the Week - Maltese Boat

IMG_1876, originally uploaded by Tolby.

This is a traditional Maltese fishing boat, taken in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk (pronounced Marsaschlock) in the south of the island. These boats can be seen all over the island and the good ones have these eyes one the front - perhaps originating from the days when Malta was a Phoenician island???

Photo of the Week - Clifton Houses

Clifton Houses, originally uploaded by Tolby.

A row of terraced houses on a hill in Clifton, a smart suburb of Bristol. The photo was taken from the site of SS Great Briton, one of the first steel ships that took alot of people to Australia, on a rainy February morning.

Photo of the Week - Boats in front of Gröna Lund

Boats in front of Gröna Lund, originally uploaded by Tolby.

As Ronald liked it - here is a picture of a couple of tourist boats cruising past Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. Taken from Södermalm the boats were on their way back into service for the summer. Two of the towers are for rides in the amusement park, the one in the distance is the TV tower and the red one in the middle is in the Skansen zoo.

Photo of the Week - Åhus Eelhouse

Åhus Eelhouse, originally uploaded by Tolby.

I am going to start shoving a few of my photos here - just to show what I like. The first one is of an eel hut in Åhus, Skåne, Sweden. This little house would have been used as a base for eel fishing, and the eel is the local speciality!