The place “the mouth of the well of the Itza”, as “Chich’en Itza” translates from Yucatec Maya, was already inhabited early on in Mayan times, and it was known as a major city in the 6th century AD. Most of [...]

To the south of the great plaza with the temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza stretches an area of smaller buildings and pyramids. I was in particular impressed by the so called nunnery group of buildings, with ornaments carved into [...]

One of the advantages of living in Düsseldorf (Germany) is that you can easily visit the biannual international Photokina trade show in Cologne. So these last two days I spent several hours at this large trade show where every manufacturer [...]

Here you will see the more visual aspects of the Photokina trade show – at the booths of the various manufacturers of photographic equipment you could find posing models, exhibitions and still life and objects ready to be captured on [...]

Plymouth is just a short drive from Exeter in the UK, so I went there for a day trip in May 2006 while on my second stay in Devon this year. The last time I’ve been to Plymouth must have [...]

Powderham Castle, settled at western banks of the River Exe in Devon (UK), was built between 1390 and 1420 by Sir Philip Courtenay. It was damaged in the Civil War and later repaired and modified by several generations of the [...]