Landscapes from over the world

Photographs and the occasional story from the places I’ve stood still in. Browse by location or by year, or read the latest posts.

"Education never ends, Watson"

“It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last” I have a complicated relationship with London. I have been dreaming of visiting this city since I was little, primarily due to being a bit of a Sherlock Holmes bookworm. But when BBC’s adaptation with Benedict Cumberskotchbatch came out, it made me fall in love with the feeling. I wanted to walk across the Millenium Bridge, see the roof of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital, see the black cabs going around the streets. But in reality, when I got to the city for the first time in 2024, it was a disappointment. Extremely overcrowded, overpriced, with the tube being approximately as reliable as I am with my menstrual cycle. It had its moments, like riding the double-decker redheads or simply discovering a random street, completely empty, with bricked houses arranged next to each other like royal soldiers. But overall, my impression was that I would not like to come back to this city from my own pocket. ...

May 23, 2026 · 2 min · Tatiana Barbova

Stairway to Heaven, literally

We were completely freezing yet it was still the most captivating sunset I have witnessed to date. One minute, the clouds completely consume everything around you, the next one - completely naked mountain peaks spike into the orange sky…

January 24, 2026 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

Edge of the World

The wind almost took me off my feet while I was taking this picture

January 23, 2026 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

The Island of Eternal Spring

It was pouring 30 minutes before the shot was taken, and there was a special delight in walking the levada with your shoes squishing against the wet earth

January 23, 2026 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova
Fanal Forest

Toss A Coin To Your Witcher

If i could choose a place to get lost, it would be Fanal Forest

January 23, 2026 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

Peace

The green tea never tasted to so full and deep before

October 28, 2025 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

The Lair of the Last Airbender

October 25, 2025 · 0 min · Tatiana Barbova

The Forbidden Sunset

October 19, 2025 · 0 min · Tatiana Barbova

His Majesty Dachstein

The best part of my Hallstatt trip. The village itself can be easily skipped

August 24, 2025 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

Oeschönensee!

May 15, 2025 · 0 min · Tatiana Barbova

The Ring Road Chronicles - Gullfoss

Cold wind, golden light, absolute silence.

May 2, 2025 · 1 min · Tatiana Barbova

Magic on the icelandic south coast

May 1, 2025 · 0 min · Tatiana Barbova