I say about nearly every place I visit that “I’ve long wanted to go there”. Be it York, the Welsh castles, or even London, I’d long wanted to go there by the time I finally wen...
It is absolutely true: my first ever sea was the Irish Sea. I saw it in 2002. When I told one of my friends about it, he pitied me. Indeed, how sad is that: to see your first sea in Blackpool? This wa...
Scarborough 21, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I remember walking up the hill on which the Scarborough castle rests, thinking that this entire place strangely reminds me of Greece. Perhap...
To scrape the skies in Manchester, you may want to go to Cloud 23 – a chic bar at the Hilton Hotel in the Beetham Tower in Deansgate. The image I took last weekend during the walk around town is...
St James Garden – White Roses, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I love different flowers but roses are always among the favourite. Many years ago when I visited the Botanic Gardens in...
A New Word in the English Language, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. July 2009 has been very rich in strange experiences in Manchester. First, there was an opera that used the film’s ...
I noticed that the picture below has attracted a lot of interest. I can understand; when I saw this mount of bin bags I HAD to take a picture. The view was astonishing. The last time I saw something s...
Shoes in the Sky, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. There are many strange things you come across as you stroll down the streets of your town. I saw this scene about a month ago, near Afflec...
Callas Forever, a film by Franco Zeffirelli, made a surprising return as a Prima Donna opera by Rufus Wainwright at Manchester International Festival 2009...
When coincidences like this occur, you’ve got make a point of them. So here goes… I was reading Mayakovski’s My Discovery of America, and in the very beginning he narrates his journe...