Thursday, November 08, 2007

I've forgotten what I did on my year-long vacation

But the water got so cold
and you do lose what you don't hold.
This is an old song, these are old blues
and this is not my tune--but it's mine to use
-Joanna Newsom, Sadie

so i've more or less forgotten what happened since, oh, last february, hence the hastily-takced-together catch-up post spanning eight months and three continents. so much for thematic coherence

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dramatic lighting in northern ireland
[Somewhere in Northern Ireland, UK, April 2007]

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sunset in dublin
[Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 2007]

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the lake district in an unfortunately-resized picture
[Cumbria, England, April 2007]

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this makes me smile so much
[London, England, April 2007]

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london makes me smile
[London, England, April 2007]

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even on things that i've done multiple times before
[London, England, April 2007]

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sunsets are for suckers
[London, England, April 2007]

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obligatory blaze of glory in the scottish countryside
[near St Andrews, Scotland, April 2007]

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obligatory moodiness in the scottish countryside
[near St Andrews, Scotland, May 2007]

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spain is a terribly picturesque country, if only i could get the angles right
[Sevilla, Spain, May 2007]

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lofty
[Sevilla, Spain, May 2007]

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and perfectly still
[Sevilla, Spain, May 2007]

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and dad has to get in the picture
[Arcos de la Frontera, Spain, May 2007]

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arch-forest
[Granada, Spain, May 2007]

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"we're all europeans"
[Granada, Spain, May 2007]

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well-placed statue
[Madrid, Spain, May 2007]

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if you peer past the ladies in the foreground, you can see my gracious hostess, megann
[Lisbon, Portugal, May 2007]

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in my next life i'm going to be a sports photographer. it's neat
[Lisbon, Portugal, May 2007]

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there are things that one doesn't recycle
[Lisbon, Portugal, May 2007]

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lisbon made me really happy
[Lisbon, Portugal, May 2007]

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first steps
[Murud, India, May 2007]

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navigators
[Janjira, India, May 2007]

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another kind of arch-forest
[Janjira, India, May 2007]

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coconut milk is neither cool nor refreshing
[Janjira, India, May 2007]

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but at least it makes some people happy
[Janjira, India, May 2007]

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lucky shot
[road between Janjira and Murud, India, May 2007]

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happy kids
[Murud, India, May 2007]

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CNN's very own don lemon, on assignment mopping our kitchen floor
[Pune, India, June 2007]

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the legendary bubblegum palace
[Pune, India, May 2007]

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that would be nice
[London, England, July 2007]

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this makes me feel warm and fuzzy. especially since what they're eating is fried everything
[Washington, DC, USA, August 2007]

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heh
[Washington, DC, August 2007]

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

bosnia i hercegovina i hrvatska

While down in the lowlands, the crops are all coming;
we have everything.

Life is thundering blissful towards death
in a stampede
of his fumbling green gentleness
-Joanna Newsom, "Only skin"


catakomben
[Jajce, Bosnia, January 2007]

snowcapped mountains get me every time
[Jajce, Bosnia, January 2007]

i cant explain to you how strange it is to listen to the call to prayer while looking out on a scene like this. i've certainly never been somewhere like bosnia.
[Jajce, Bosnia, January 2007]

yes, the stari most (brace yourself)
[Mostar, Hercegovina, January 2007]

a more dramatic scene
[Mostar, Hercegovina, January 2007]

and yet more dramatic. its like a frickin' dostoevsky novel
[Mostar, Hercegovina, January 2007]

my first view of the old town
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

the harbor. i wish there were a way to take a picture of it, but i could see sea urchins on the bottom 15 ft down.
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

men in the harbor. just like every other night
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

the sun and walls
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

the best spot in town. just outside the walls, on the rocks above the adriatic
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

a church at sunset
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

a tower and the wall at sunset
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

cliffs on the way back to the hostel
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

sunset
[Dubrovnik, Croatia, January 2007]

a typical view from the back of the ferry
[Somewhere between Dubrovnik and Split, Croatia, January 2007]

a few minutes' walk from my hostel in pula. yes, this is what i was looking for all along
[Pula, Croatia, January 2007]