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Vicenza to Edinburgh I was right, Vicenza was lovely and potterable, and a great place to spend our last morning. We visited the theatre, which was the first ever indoor theatre, and has a painted trompe d’oeil backdrop for scenery. It’s all to do with perspective and vanishing points and stuff...
I’m people watching in Edinburgh airport - god knows, there isn't much else to do! Its amazing what some people think are suitable travelling clothes. What about the peroxide blonde with a very short skirt and super-high heels? It would look better if it wasn't all so tight! Why do Scots men...
since i haven't been inspired to write much anymore and not many people look at this blog, I guess I've been slacking. Nothing much has changed, which is good and bad. But I'm not going to start into that same-ol same-ol complaining. Anyways, M and I recently spent two days adventuring with new...
Since few hours, Unesco added to the World Heritage List the RhB Albula and Bernina lines. It's the third railway added to the Unesco World Heritage list after the Semmering and the Mountain Railways of India Da poche ore l'Unesco ha inserito nell'elenco del patrimonio dell'umanità le tratte...
Proud Display - First rose of the season to bloom in my garden. It was a cloudy day when I took this shot, nevertheless, the sun did pop out for a second, long enough to snap it, but just can't seem to get the brightness right on the image here without losing the detail of the pic. Have fiddled long...
Are gas prices pissing you off yet? They are me! I'm ready to start mopeding around town! If I didn't live so dam far away from everything I'd be using public transportation. This is probably one of the things I miss most about europe. Transportation there was light years ahead of our time. What do...
I guess it's been a while since my last update, huh? We spent a couple days not doing a whole lot, but we had a very fun weekend! Saturday morning we got up super early (well, super early for me - 5:30am) to get ready and head down to Shinagawa Station for 7:30 because we had an important train to...
Yeah I forgot my password, got busy with other stuff, kept on knitting, and finally took the time to come and blog some more. In the past month, I have learned how to knit socks!!! Now, that may seem like a boring - so what - kind of thing to you, but for me---wow, I have always wanted to have the...
... in the last period, I didn't like to take pictures in the stations very much, so, when I'm forced to be there, I enjoy looking for different shots ... ... negli ultimi tempi, non amo scattare in stazione, così, quando mi ci trovo, mi diverto a cercare inquadrature particolari ...
While driving home tonight, I recalled having listened with my mother to a number of wonderful radio documentaries on yet another drive home, only a long drive home, to the house I grew up in, taking her back after a week spent with me at my place this past Christmas. Those pieces were winners of...
Just thinking of Zhivago again this evening, the films I watched over the weekend, other films I own, posts I've posted lately, and it occurred to me a common theme machine runs between many of them, lending to each an atmosphere that really really appeals to me. You'll find it highlighted in...
è un tema spesso dibattuto: è lecito, opportuno, consigliabile modificare uno scatto per ottenere un'immagine che si ritiene migliore? le risposte più comuni sono " ...ni - so - boh ...", e fors'anche io mi allineo a questa corrente è pur vero che anche ai tempi della pellicola si utilizzava...
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I told someone about one of my (complete irrational) fears. Since I told one person, I might as well tell the world! ;) When I get stopped by a train, if I'm the first one at the tracks, I always stop unnecessarily far away from the tracks. For some reason, I'm...
Just so no one worries too much, I wanted to make a quick post to let you all know we arriived in Tokyo safely. It was the longest, most un-leg-roomiest flight of my life, but it was a very smooth ride with little turbulence and TONS of food! On the plane we had a snack, then a meal of breaded...
This morning the train was particularly crowded. While we were in the tunnel under the river there was a loud thud, and everybody turned around to look. There were a few gasps, and a moment of panic opened up. Somebody had fainted and collapsed on the floor of the train. People asked him if he was...
How many times do we have to be reminded not to cut class in favour of putting on our bikinis to go sleep in the warm sun in the middle of train tracks by a blind curve? Oh wait, never, because most people aren't stupid enough to do that. Or aren't they? Particularly interesting sections noted in...
My mother had told me when I left that I had a cousin, Christine, in Singapore. Of course, I delayed, arranging things with her only at the last minute. So, here I was in the middle of a Thai jungle on the 26th having to get to Singapore by the night of the 27th to see my cousin before she took off...
I'm not sure what most people would call it but I prefer to think of it as grabbing the opportunities that present themselves. Once again I set out to take some photos and the one I like the best is not the one I went looking for. I knew a steam train was running today so that was my target. But...
Darlington Bank Top railway station with 2 class 142's working the Darlington to Saltburn trains.
I always look like this when I get back from Bowen Island with my friends the Rogers' and their family; this photo was taken by a little boy named Kai, and I couldn't think of a better group of people or a better way to end the summer. This trip was a little different though; it happened on two...
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