Converse Ad, Nottingham

Now Ive not posted on here for a while... But today I saw this on my way home from work and thought it was worth of sharing with the world!

Converse have applied these posters to the walls of an Italian restaurant in town. I really like how rather than using a uniform billboard for their outdoor advertising, theyre pushing the boundaries and coming out of it with something that overall is far more eye catching and represents the street feel of their brand so well...

Back in Berlin

Here are a couple of shots from my 3rd visit to the German capital... This city really is my favorite place in the world - I hope to live here one day.

Installation gone mad - Outside the KW Gallery the curb has been swiveled underneath the building!

Tempelhof metro station

Tempelhof airport - How bizarre to be able to walk down an actual airport runway in the centre of Berlin!?

Apartments opposite my favorite gallery of them all. I would very much like to live here now please :)

Republika Hrvatska S Charlses

I spent 2 weeks in Croatia with my best friends and hopped from island to island on a sailing boat. The country is fabulous and each island had its own personality. Granted, I've had to be very selective with these photos as Im not sure if most of you would appreciate the ones of me and my friends after dark (It's not usually a pretty sight!).... but you can still appreciate how pretty this country is.

Welcome to Croatia!...

The streets of Zadar are immaculate, however the slabs are super slippy!!

Tanya welcoming you into (someone else's) home!!

 We arrived in Hvar town from the opposite side of the island at night... via LORRY!! (Funniest night of my life!)

The island of Bol was probably the prettiest (although it's difficult to single one out on its own!). This was the harbor in the evening, to the right of this photo were huge mountains and the weather was blazing hot. It was a good day for the Charlses :)

Eurovision LIVE 2010

There isn't really much explanation needed when it comes to the Eurovision, or maybe its just that most of it CAN'T be explained!

Anyway, I think you can tell from my face that I enjoyed it. A picture speaks a thousand words eh?

On a (if you can call it) more serious note, there's a lot to be said about 100 million people all sharing in the same moment right across the world. The atmosphere in and around the arena was as friendly as it was exciting - something which led me to write my dissertation on the contest....

LUX

So this is Luxembourg... And it's beauts!


For a capital city, life here is laid back and with the sun shining, its a little oasis high up in the hills. My favorite part of the city was around the new Philharmonie Concert Hall designed by Christian de Portzamparc which looks AMAZING at night...

Marrakech - So Close yet So Far Away...

This is the amazing Moroccan city of Marrakech. The fact that it sits on a budget airlines route map from my local airport is amazing, mainly because culturally, it is miles apart from anywhere else I have travelled in Europe (Yes, I know it's technically North Africa, but you get my point...)

The arabic graffiti on the streets of town is probably the most noticeable difference from the experiences of my other travels. It really makes you recognize the cultural distance better than anything else.

Shoes & Spices in the Souks. Your senses are pulled in every direction and the whole place is like a maze - I got lost in here for about 3 hours and loved every second of it!

This is a small independent Moroccan cinema run by a charity. I spoke to the man who owns it and he showed me around (without speaking a single word of English!) He even showed me how to change the reel on the projector - fascinating!

Moroccan food is the main memory of Marrakech that will stay with me. Eating outside in the central square close to midnight, in shorts and a vest, in January! Tajine and houmous has now taken its place as my favorite food, however it will never taste the same at home! The food market in the picture is so busy all day and is a real stage show of colour and smell.