Extreme close up

A zoom on the Guillemins train station and the Cointe 1st World War monument from a bridge over the railway lines.

And a zoom out.

WWI memorial and basilica

The WWI memorial and basilica in the sunset against a backdrop of grey clouds.

Le Perron

This is the Perron, the symbol of the freedom of the city of Liège. I've posted pictures of it before but never against such a bright blue sky!

Snowy crosses

The War Memorial on the Albert Bridge in the snow and the gloom.

The Netherlands American War Cemetery

One more photo from the Netherlands American War Cemetery.

Dead engineers

In the Bois de la Chartreuse you can also find a monument to the Belgian army engineers killed in the first world war.

My life in ruins

Hidden near the very tip of the Parc de la Boverie lie the ruins of this ancient greek temple. Well, not exactly. The edifice was built in 1905 for the Liège International Expo. Apparently, it was made out of reinforced concrete. You can only get to it if you know it's there because it lies inside the grounds of the Liège Nautical Club.

This is Sparta!

A couple more picture from the Monument Interallié, which was built to commemorate the dead of WWI. Many of the allied nations have built shrines there. Greece contributed this cheerful sculpture:

and this marble column with a quote from Thucydides' 'The History of the Peloponnesian War' saying that the tomb of illustrious men is the whole earth (badly translated by me).

I'm back!

Hi everybody, I am back and blogging again. It was a long summer and it took me a while to get back into the daily routine. Is there such a thing as post-holiday depression? In any case, here's my first post of the academic year: photos of the Mémorial Interallié, open to the public on Heritage Days. The first view is from afar but you can see the people on the tower's balcony.

This picture showcases the capabilities of my new 10x zoom camera! You can almost count the hairs in the people's nostrils. Tomorrow I'll post some picture taken from the tower.

American War Cemetery

The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial lies just south of the University of Liège Sart Tilman campus.

Cointe

Another photo taking advantage of Calatrava's design for the new train station. The sun shines through the glass roof panels as it lights up the hill of Cointe on an otherwise dark and cloudy day.

Cointe

A view of the Cointe hill, seen from the train station. You can see the Basilica and the First World War monument.

More photos of Thasos

Here's some photos of beaches. This is Paradeisos beach,

and this is Alyki beach,

which was also the site of an ancient marble quarry, remains of which are still visible on the beach.

This is a rather cliche view of life on a Greek island. Old men sat on a park bench in Limenas doing nothing.

But Thasos isn't all see and sand; it's also got a forrest,

cute little villages on the mountain

and many sites of archeological interest. Here's a mosaic in the courtyard of the archeological museum:

The White Tower

Here's another holiday snap. The White Tower (it's not all that white, really) is the symbol of the city of Thessaloniki. Here is a picture of it at dusk. A couple of military bods are waiting to lower the flag.

A sunny day

It's not a recent photo... I was just fed up of posting cloudy weather pics so I dug this one up. It's a photo of the Monument du 14eme de Ligne on the Citadel Hill, taken in October.