- And the lucky winners are: -

Yes, now that Christmas has been I can reveal my next two destinations. For once, only one of them is actually a capital city.

The Easter winner is . . .

Kaunas, Lithuania

Yay. I'm much looking forward to this. I've been telling people how much I enjoyed my visits in 2017 to East Europe, but being honest, although those of us raised during the Cold War might well think of Czech Republic, Eastern German and Hungary as being part of Eastern Europe, they aren't really. They're Central Europe - which I love. But there's o argument that Lithuania is East Europe.

Been doing my bit of research on Kaunas, and there's plenty for the urban sketcher to get his or her teeth into, albeit that it doesn't seem to have trams or a metro system!

Then we have the Summer winner - which is . . .

Madrid, Spain

Yes, Madrid. Now, okay, I admit that I've visited Spain many times - in fact it's a toss up whether I've spent most time in Spain or France among mainland European countries. Bit, the fact is that almost all of the time I've spent in Spain has been on or near to the Med. I've never visited Madrid before - in fact the sum total of my big city experience in Spain amounts to one day in Barcelona - a great city in it's own right, I hasten to add.

Another capital city to cross off the list - can't wait.