Category: Photography

Barcelona in Colour II

Oh god it’s early. We have met up with our local friends and we are on the train to Girona. As explained to me, this place is famous for:

  • Being in some Game of Thrones episodes.
  • Being a cycling hub, apparently for Lance Armstrong, before his self-inflicted humiliation. Perhaps after too.
  • Being stunning beautiful in both situation and architecture.

I can attest to all three. We caught an early train to go about 100km out of town.

No, I’m not hungover, you are.

You can read a little more about the place in Barcelona in Black and White elsewhere on this good blog.

It’s Catalonian National Day, so the streets are decorated with yellow and red, which explains this at the breakfast buffet.

Yum yum.
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Barcelona, in Stunning Colour

Regular readers will have already digested Barcelona in Black and White and that gives most of the story. I’ve been so lazy with this that Barcelona in Black and White, Again, is already out. I did take colour photos, with my phone, and I present them here for your education and amusement.

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Australia 2023: Last Days

Here is the final entry to the Australia 2023 trilogy, in which shopping is performed, signs are seen and oysters are eaten.

It’s December 31, 2023. Goodbye 2023, you bastard! Hopefully your brethren will be better. Sachie flies out tomorrow and I go on the second.

That’s Victoria Market. It’s a big tourist draw for its excellent produce but we came to buy tourist tat for the folks back in Siam The Kingdom Thailand. Sachie came along because she heard you can buy a dozen oysters cheap and eat them right in front of the stall-keeper all the while maintaining eye-contact with him. Likes her oysters, she does.

This post is part of a series:
Australia 2024: Melbs
Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond
Australia in B&W
Australia 2024: Zoo & Art

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Dan went down to Georgia: Part III

About two years late but better than never, here is the final chapter of our Georgia triptych. You’ll have to go back a few posts to find parts one and two but I’ll add a callout or something later.

After a big yesterday of driving all over Georgia it was time to head back to Tbilisi and that means another Bolt! trip. We wanted to get a little before leaving so Sachie wanted to go back to the market where there were some exchange booths. But first, breakfast.

That’s at the fancy café around the corner, the serve beer at 10am, if you ask them to. Miss Sachie did so.

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Australia 2024: Zoo & Art

The penultimate bulletin on our 2023/2024 trip to Australia. In this episode we venture to Melbourne Zoo and Point Leo.

Yes, the mighty giraffe. There’s a bunch of them in Melbourne Zoo and they appeared to be in really excellent condition. Very attractive mammals. This post follows a series, being, Australia 2024: Melbs, Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond and Australia in B&W. All part of the Australia 2023 suite, because I went home for Christmas.

This post is part of a series:
Australia 2024: Melbs
Australia 2024: Point Lonsdale and Points Beyond
Australia in B&W
Australia 2023: Last Days

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