Category: Mediterranean

Today, we arrived at our final port-of-call, Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. We worked it out that this would be my thirteenth visit to the city, and over those previous visits, we’ve pretty much done it all (all the tours, the castle, Belem Tower, Christ monument etc), so we went ashore planning to do the one thing we had...

Today, we were back at sea, heading towards our final port-of-call, Lisbon. My class today was all about line and wash, with a little bit of ‘Urban Sketching’ thrown in for good measure. Line and wash is always quite popular; unfortunately, the chosen subject called for a basic understanding of perspective, which proved particularly challenging for some people. The knock-on...

Today, we arrived at our penultimate port-of-call, Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia (pronounced cal-ee-ar-lee). No surprises; it was very hot again, and when we stepped off the boat, it was with no particular plan in mind. We decided we would wing it (mostly because we were still tired from yesterdays walk). Because there is no pedestrian movement allowed within the...