People You Meet
One of the aspects of travelling to different places that really appeals to us, is to be able to observe and sometimes meet up with the people living in the particular locality. Often this is biased towards locals who interact with tourists, but occasionally you make more authentic connections.
Listen to the choir.
The day after we arrived in the village of Schliersee, (100km. South of Munich in Germany) we happened upon a local concert put on as part of an annual festival. 2012
A joke enjoyed by pedestrians in Brattislava 1996
A junior resident of Palma, Majorca, better known as Rafa's homeland. 1966
An enterprising paperboy bringing magazines to visiting tourists in Aden. 1966
This enthusiastic group of school children on an excursion made a very colourful scene. Prague 1996
Residents of Vienna stopping for a break during a trip to the city. 1996
A student contemplates as he sits on a bridge spanning the River Arno in Florence 1966
About 2000 years older than Daryl, this bronze of Apollo in the pose of an archer, was found in Pompeii, Italy. From the restored remains of Pompeii we can learn a lot about the Romans who lived there 20 centuries ago. 1966
Daryl Baldock is immortalised in bronze in the small town of Latrobe, Tasmania. The man known as "the Doc" played 119 matches for St Kilda Football Club, and captained the club's 1966 premiership team. After his football career, he spent 15 years in state politics, rising to the rank of cabinet minister. 2018