I love the Mediterranean. Why is anybody’s guess, although sun, sea and history have all got to do with it. And languages.
This page lists the posts that ran under the title of ‘Mediterranean Monday’, a feature that lasted more than a year and a half. It evoked the landscapes, people and history of the countries of the Mediterranean countries (chiefly European ones, such as Spain, Italy, Greece, etc.). As such among other things it covered holiday destinations, showcased photography and shared pieces of poetry. In the early days it even included the odd recipe or travel anecdote.
Here you can browse the posts that were published in this category. Enjoy!
- Spain in Black & White IV / España en blanco y negro IV
- Pablo Neruda Explains a Few Things / Pablo Neruda explica algunas cosas
- In Memoriam: Azure Window / La Ventana Azul
- Aegean Melancholy
- Rest in Peace? The Wandering Remains of Christopher Columbus / ¿Que en paz descanse? Los restos errantes de Cristóbal Colón
- Turquoise
- Spain in Black & White III / España en blanco y negro III
- Sun-Drenched
- The Lament of King Roderick / La lamentación de don Rodrigo
- Under Italian Influence: The Queen’s House in Greenwich
- The Case for the Elgin Marbles
- My Love-Hate Relationship with Caravaggio
- Spain in Black & White II / España en blanco y negro II
- The Roman Theatre of Mérida
- Mérida in the Extremadura
- Sappho: Midnight Poem (Fragment 48)
- Spain in Black & White
- Amun-Ra Sailing Under the Starry Sky
- A Petrarch Sonnet (Venice Balcony at Night) / Un soneto de Petrarca (Un balcón en Venezia por la noche)
- Dark Earth’s Far-Seen Star: Delos Through the Eyes of Pindar
- Venice According to Canaletto: The Doge’s Palace (Then & Now)
- Hills (And What People Built On Them)
- Nelson, Naples…
- The Secret of the Greek Galley
- The Harper’s Song: Enjoying Life After Death in Ancient Egypt
- Mediterranean Vote
- Nine Books to Read on a Greek Holiday
- Mediterranean Mondays
- Nesebar: A Trip Down Memory Lane
- The Pirates of the Adriatic
- How Blue is the Blue Lagoon?
- Delphi: Shaping the Future of the Past
- The Hagar Qim Megalithic Temples on Malta
- Venice in Black & White II
- The Mezquita of Cordoba
- Greece in Black & White
- The Amphitheatre of Italica
- Andalusian Slow-Roast Pork
- Malta in Black & White
- The Spanish & Their Bulls
- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
- The Caldera of Santorini
- Sea, Sailing, Sunset…
- Ozymandias: Shelley and the Feet of Ramesses II
- The Mask of Agamemnon
- Venice in Black & White
- Spaniard’s Inn
- The Doors of Venice
- The Bridge of Sighs
- The Arsenal of Venice
- Walking Samaria Gorge
- The Horses of St Mark’s Basilica
- The Moorish King Rides Up And Down
- A Day Trip to Granada
- The King in the Jar
- A Visit to Rome
- Faith, Hope & Charity
- Chocolate con churros
- The Palace of Charles V in Granada
- The Labyrinth of Knossos
- First Impressions of Toledo
- Polyglot Good Morning
- How To Be Plied with Free Raki
- The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion
- Meltemi
- Cáceres, town of conquistadors and bell-towers
- The Aegean
- Street Art in St Ursula Street Valletta
- Sephardi Orange Salad (Ensalada sefardi)
- Mediterranean Miscellany