Tourists flock on to the road near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Admittedly, I was one of them, but I was just walking across the road at the pedestrian lights.

The mirrors of 123 Champs-Élysées reflect a broken view of the world, making passers-by smile and laugh.

The Jeunesse d’Aristote is a statue made by Charles Degeorge and is currently in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Sometimes, we humans, unintentionally imitate others, even inanimate objects. Or maybe it’s just a comfortable way to sit. Degeorge captured that amazingly well in his work here.

Four soldiers climb the steps of Montmartre up to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre on a warm August afternoon. They slowly walked up the steps, without comment or conversation. Walked around the fountains above and up the steps to the Basilica. It was unnerving, but months later, tourists were being stabbed and violently robbed…

When is a hill flat? It’s much easier to walk along, that’s for sure.

Remember when people thought the rain in late July and August 2023 was bad? What about Storm Isha yesterday, eh? Another storm on the way too. The start of June was blisteringly hot. It was so hot I preferred to stay inside out of it. Nobody seems to remember that. Oh, the photo above is…

I wonder what was going through this woman’s mind as she looked at the wigs on display in this shop in Valencia, Spain.

A tour group in Malaga listens to a tour guide talk outside the cathedral. I liked the colour of the lilac hat in the foreground.

Mobile phones are handy, but you miss the world if you’re looking at them. My wife will laugh when she sees me say this.

The Dragon of Shandon was all ready to travel through Cork City. It was waiting just down the street from Shandon Bells. Raaaarrrrr!

Where in Cork are these Christmas lights?

The sky is glowing red and orange after the sun has set, and the land and buildings in the foreground have been cast into darkness.