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Category: Europe
Vienna to Tampere
From Vienna to Tampere, Finland. 09-Jul-2018
With Gandhi in Geneva
I spent a few minutes chatting with Gandhi today. He wasn’t in a particularly good mood.
Fifty Images from ‘Exile’, a Magnum exhibit chronicling migration over the last 70 years
A riveting study of what displacement has meant, been and wrought over the past 70 years.
45 Minutes at the Gdansk Shipyard
Along the banks of the Dead Vistula to the Baltic Sea.
25 Snapshots From Hel
The Polish Baltic peninsula of Hel, that is.
Bale, Croatia – 13 Snapshots and a Traveler’s Notebook
The best thing about Bale is that it’s on the way somewhere. In a place like Croatia’s Istrian peninsula, where there are dozens of medieval towns and villages to explore, that’s important.
25 Minutes in Vodnjan, Croatia
“I like returning,” a local said, “but I can’t stay more than four days. After that the negative energy really bares down on me. It’s not good.” A brief report.
Discovering Palladio: 35 Minutes at Villa Barbaro in Maser, Italy
Field notes and 33 photos from an introduction to one of the world’s most influential architects.
25 Minutes in East Hackney, London
Scattered ruminations on urban development, gentrification and future cities.
Revisiting Ostrava’s Concession Stands
I mentioned a previous visit to the Mestsky Stadium’s concession stands in Ostrava, Czech Republic just a few days ago. I spent much of the day there again today covering the Zlatá tretra / Golden Spike track meet, which featured one of the last 100 meters races by the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, who… Continue reading Revisiting Ostrava’s Concession Stands
Storm Clouds, Groznjan
Storm clouds circling the Istrian hilltop town of Groznjan in northwestern Croatia. They circled right on by, too. ~~ Today’s Pic du Jour, the site’s 1,264th (!) straight, was snapped on 20 June 2016, one year ago today. Share!
Lemmy Kilmister, Larger-than-Life
If you were hoping to see a three-story high mural of guitarist Lemmy Kilmister today, you’re welcome.
The Ali-Pasha Mosque, a Beggar, Shelled Buildings, and the Turkish Quarter – a Time Lapse Tour of Sarajevo
A two-minute series of 17 time lapse scenes from the Bosnian capital.
Venice Rising: ‘Support’, Lorenzo Quinn’s Call to Action on Climate Change
Saving a drowning city with a pair of 5,000-pound hands rising 30 feet into the sky.
In Transit, Breclav, Czech Republic
You met Daniel Talavera’s Hlava; this is a bit more from that head’s home, Breclav, a sleepy town in the Czech Republic’s south central Moravia region neatly wedged in a V-shaped chunk of land between the borders of Austria and Slovakia. That it sits just there isn’t an accident; the city grew and prospered into… Continue reading In Transit, Breclav, Czech Republic
Turkey’s Hakkari Province, From the Air
The Cilo-Sat mountains near the border with Iraq.
Arbol de Coral Rojo, Toledo
A tree that looked oddly out of place.
A Dozen Snaps From Hof and Lerch, Austria
Population 30 and 40, respectively.
In the Shadow of Grossglockner: An Introduction to Austria’s Kals-Matrei Ski Area
Where I made and survived my unintentional off-piste skiing debut.