Unwelcoming Place I hate to say it, but this looks like a very forbidding and unwelcoming place. It seems like Famagusta and Varosha were for some reason severely punished when North Cyprus was invaded. Now they, as well as other sites on the island, look like good candidates for "Mysteries of the Abandoned." What a shame.
Very few visitors for decades North Cyprus has in the last decades seen very few visitors. Also the economy is weak. This has led to little or no development of their tourist sites. I have to admit that this sort of appeals to me. But I admit that my photos makes everything look bleak, abandoned and tragic. /Ake
What a beauty. Great theme blog, Ake & Emma. I invite you to post your favourites in our "Signs, Signs & more Signs" thread in the Photography Forum. Too good to miss out on!
For the Love of Signs I really enjoyed reading about and seeing the photos of signs in this blog -- many people don't even think about them or recognize that they hold some artistic value. Signs such as the ones you photographed also pinpoint a time in history which I feel is important to preserve in some cases. My particular favorites are the "Burmans," "Frick's Konditori," and "August Larson." Interestingly enough, people on another site I belong to post photos of traditional old and newer street signs which I also find fascinating.
Glad you liked it Glad to here that you enjoyed reading this blog entry. These older neon signs are really special and I wish that they could be actively preserved somehow. Today I don't think there is anything that would prevent a show owner from dismantling one. /Ake
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs... Another musical reference about signs :) But to be honest, even before you mentioned the pop reference, it was Prince who came to mind as soon as I read your title! This blog on Signs is great, and such a beautiful way to illustrate the more subtle feel of a place. There have been a few cases of beautiful old neon signs being Heritage Listed in Australia; a good move considering some developers don't think twice before demolishing them.
Nice signs! Nice pictures you've got! I guess a lot of them are actually older, between 1940-1970 was the peak area for neon signs (although the first neon sign in Stockholm was an advertising for the newspaper "Dagens nyheter" from the beginning of December 1924, and light bulb signs appeared from 1909. So a lot of them could be 70-80 years old!
Bexell's Talking stones These stones intrigue me, and from your description and translations it seems the messages are very diverse in nature. I love the beech tree forest, and I assume they would be a beautiful riot of colour in autumn. We have a few native beech trees in Australia but only one is deciduous (Tasmanian Fagus), and it's a gorgeous sight in autumn! :)
Catching up on blogs... So nice to see that you still managed to travel quite a bit over your summer. I'm slowly catching up on all the blogs as I hadn't logged in to TB for a quite a few months. I used to own a Saab 93 in the early 2000s, and it was one of my favourite cars to drive; I hadn't realised that they had stopped production. Nice to have a park named after you ;)
I found out about the park by luck The park that has my name I actually learnt about only a few years ago. For a few years there was a race called Dahllöf's Bog Run. I then took a good look at Google Maps to see if I could learn more about Dahllöf's Bog. Then I found the park and decided that I just have to see it. It would have been fun to participate in the race. It seems like the race is defunct now so I probably never will. /Ake
Make sure to come in summer Each season in Sweden has its own charm. However, some are more difficult to appreciate than others. The season that is easiest to love is summer. So if you are planning to come here, make sure to do so in summer for the best experience. /Ake
Uppsala... If it were up to me I would visit Norway, Sweden and Poland in 2022. I'm still negotiating with my wife! If it works out it would be great to meet you, if only for coffee!
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info
D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Cyprus
I have a friend that left after the invasion. It was interesting to hear his perspectives. Rich in history.