An Englishman Abroad

An ex pat Brit living abroad. Travel, food, art, design, fashion, and more.

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[memories-of-ancients]

Sword with silver decorated hilt, Northern Europe, 10th century

from Czerny's International Auction House

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[chabochi]

[miamaimania]

“Swiss Knife Beetle” ✚ Victorinox Coleoptera

[anenglishmanabroad]

Errrrrr, nope!

And Victorinox's marketing department can call that a beetle all they want, but - and any Southerner will tell you this too - that's a Palmetto bug knife!

[pneu-mo-nie]

Chasseresse.

[sonimage1965]

by Ralph Crane

1963

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Ships in the stormy sea (1866) by Ivan Aivazovsky

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I didn't know about Aivazovski until seeing his works here on Tumblr. The way he painted the sea ... Just so vivid and awesome.

[l-will-see-your-face]

【夜晚 1858】（night 1858）

Cherry blossoms in Bonn, Germany.

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[o-link]

Cathédrale de Reims, France