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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Spain, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

La Despensa de Palacio

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La Despensa de Palacio
“La Despensa de Palacio” — “La Despensa de Palacio” cafes y chocolates shop, Sevilla.

This subject came from another Sevilla “random walk” that took us out of the historic center near the huge cathedral, through narrow and curving streets, and eventually to areas where the locals seem to hang out and there were far fewer tourists like us. (We ended up in the area with the large installation that I understand some refer to as the mushroom — an immense overhead wooden structure.)

Finishing our walk at this point, it seemed like time to head back towards where we started… and, of course, to look for dinner. As we walked again through these narrow streets, the lower angle of the sun cast the streets and facing businesses into shadow. Many were closed by now, including this shop with its hand painted roll-up door.

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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Italy, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Dark Passage With Scooter

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Dark Passage With Scooter
“Dark Passage With Scooter” — A scooter parked in a dark passageway with a door to a garden, Orvieto.

This little photograph from Orvieto, Italy captures a common sight here and in other parts of Europe — a passageway extending from the street toward a private, enclosed area, which may often contain a garden. These views are always intriguing, suggesting a world beyond the street that is private and not open to passers-by.

They are not always impossible to visit. In Sevilla, Spain we stayed in a small hotel that very definitely embodied the Moorish influence that is so prevalent there. The facility enclosed such a central courtyard, with a fountain, plants, and tables and chairs — a private place that seems pleasantly isolated from the nearby streets.

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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Italy, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Welcome to Oz

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Welcome to Oz
“Welcome to Oz” — Street scene near Il Mago di Oz, and eccentric shop in the Italian town of Orvieto.

We’re back (figuratively) in the Italian hill town of Orvieto again for this photograph. The title comes from the sigh behind the white metal bench, and it refers to a nearby shop that I’ve shared in a previous photograph. The shop (“Il Mago di Oz”) is a strange and fantastical collection of, well, just about anything its proprietor thinks fits the theme.

Besides its connection to Land of Oz, the photograph includes features that are common on backstreets in Italian towns like this one. The building is weathered in an attractive way, it sits directly on the edge of the narrow street paved with stones, there are plants, and the light is softened in the shadows of buildings along the passageway.

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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Portugal, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Cargas Gate

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Cargas Gate
A red metal gate with ivy and a chain lock, Porto.

Cargas Gate. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

A red metal gate with ivy and a chain lock, Porto.

When we travel and visit new cities we have an approach that might seem disorganized to some people. While we usually do have a short list of “must see” things, we don’t usually join tours and we have a lot of unscheduled time. We use that time to… just wander, get lost, follow hunches. There are some downsides to this, of course, but the upside is that we find a lot of obscure and smaller things that can get lost in a rush to “see all of the important things.”

This photograph might serve as an example. I really doubt that there is a tour guide anywhere that says, “Be sure to visit the gate inscribed with the word ‘cargas.’!” Heck, I’m not even sure that I could find it again if you set me down in Porto… and the lovely ivy leaves probably would not look the same anyway. We happened to pass this subject while out on a more or less random walk through areas of Porto in the Centro Historic and Ribeira districts.

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