At the Ponti Veccio in Florence, Jan 2010. This is a medieval bridge which still has shops, mostly jewellers, on it. It survived the destruction of all the other bridges across the River Arno during the fighting in Italy in 1944.
At the Mnajdra temple in Malta. These stone structures predate both Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Egypt and indicate a well organised civilisation existed in Malta about 6000 years ago.
At the Viking boat museum in Roskilde, 2010. These Viking ships were sunk deliberately as block ships about 1000 years ago. The were excavated and reconstructed for display. Modern replicas are also to be seen in the museum harbour nearby.
Mardid, Sept 2009..
Lund cathedral, Oct 2009. Cold, raining.
With the famous Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Oct 2009
McNocerous on the Moon. While John as making a Sky at Night programme in June, I made one small step for a rhino by walking across these Moondust samples on loan from STFC.
Back in Marseilles this time for an OPTICON JRA-2 meeting.June 2009.
Tartu Observatory, June 2009. This is a fragment of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite which fell in Siberia in 1947. This, probably the largest fragment on display outside Russia, is in the Observatory in Tartu, Estonia.
Tallinn, Captial of Estonia, June 2009. Tallinn is a lovely medieval city. Well worth a visit.
In the town square of Krakow, Poland. OPTICON had an executive meeting there in April 2009.
A play park on the German side of the border at Strasborg. This is where John's friend Roland Gredel lives. No dogs, but Rhinos OK I presume.
Strasborg Cathedral. There is a fine astronomical clock inside.
Paris, just about to dive into the Metro after a meeting at INSU, the French science agency.
The historic radio telescope at Astron, in the Netherlands. We were visiting to talk about software but I also heard mention of a 'horn antenna'.
Another trip to Munich, for an OPTICON WP12 meeting at ESO in February 2009. This picture was taken down-town, near the Deutches Museum which is full of -- you know what.
more Pictures of Mr McNoceros?
No Rhinoceros were harmed during the filming of the web-page.
John Keith Davies
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