Traveller Letters: One of Europe’s top attractions was a big disappointment

), one of my biggest travel disappointments was a return visit to the Alhambra in Spain, in early June last year. After visiting as a young backpacker in 1982 when I remembered being only one of a few visitors, I looked forward to my return visit to take in the magnificent gardens and architecture that I am sure I had not fully appreciated at the time.As you experienced, the Alhambra was teeming with visitors and the experience lacked the awe that I had experienced all those years ago.

) about the illegal shooting of threatened blue-billed and blue-winged shoveler ducks in Victoria, except the photo was of a different species. The blue-billed duck is photogenic, and when courting, the male holds its tail erect and its slate-blue bill changes to bright blue. The only person who should shoot a blue-billed duck is a photographer.EDITOR’S NOTE The duck photographed was actually New Zealand’s native blue duck from the article the writer was referring to.

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