It always rains in november

Where: Barcelona, Spain.
What: A quick snapshot with a cameraphone of one of the stained windows of Sagrada Familia. This stained window can neither be seen from the outside (as it is placed behind the ‘mouth’ of the nativity facade) nor from the inside (as contruction-work blocks sight of it).

Where: Edinburgh, Scotland.
What: Sitting on Arthur’s Seat, the highest of the seven hills upon which the city of Edinburgh is built. Long, long ago, Arthur’s seat was a volcano, but it has since retired. It is not known who Arthur is.
How high: Either 251 meters or 823 feet, whatever meets your fancy.

Where: Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: A bandstand in the Noorderplantsoen-park.

Where: Ghent, Belgium.
What: Another Banksy, this one found in Ghent.

What: If the lower half of these keys are any indication, a lot of treasures are to be found underneath this X. Oh, and it’s not my keyboard.

Where: Groningen, the Netherlands.
What: The KNMI issued its seconds weather-alarm of the year, promising a layer of snow of up to 4 inches. Not much came of this, although it snowed quite heavily during the night.

Where: Callanish Standing Stones, Callanish, Scotland.
What: Some 50 stones, erected around 1800 BC, that combine to form the site called ‘Calanais I’ (over 20 such monuments exist on the Isle of Lewis, Calanais I is the largest). Cross-shaped, the theory about the alignment of the stones is that they mark significant points of the lunar cycle. The centre of the site contains a stone tomb in which human remains have been found.
Folklore tells of giants who are turned to stone as a punishment for refusing to convert to Christianity.
True to the title of this blog, the photo was taken during heavy rain and wind.