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Post Category → Monaco

Biden Out, Harris In? Headlines from France and Italy

posted in Monaco, Pic du Jour, USA on July 23, 2024 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

It’s about time. In a Monegasque news stand, some local and regional headlines marking Joe Biden’s decision yesterday to finally step aside.

Monaco, from Above

posted in In Transit, Monaco on December 21, 2023 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

The Principality in its entirety.

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A Pilgrimage to Josephine Baker

posted in Monaco, Music & Sound on October 17, 2021 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

We made a pilgrimage today to Josephine Baker, who is buried nearby at the Cimetière de Monaco.

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Last Month in Monaco – April 2021

posted in Monaco on May 4, 2021 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A dozen shots from Monaco taken in April 2021. Covid restrictions remained in place, along with a mostly eerie quiet. Above, at the Monaco-Monte Carlo train station. Below, mostly taken from on or from La Rocher, or The Rock, the 62m-high promontory that overlooks Port Hercule to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the… Continue reading →

Prep for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix – 8 photos

posted in Monaco on April 24, 2021 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

For the Monaco F1-curious, here are eight photos from the lead-in to the Monaco Grand Prix, which returns this year after the Covid pandemic forced its cancellation in 2020. These were mostly taken from La Rocher, the ‘rock’ where the old town and Prince’s Palace are perched.

Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

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I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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