Photos
Arrived in Milan. It could just be the trams, but this feels like the closest city to Melbourne that I’ve visited so far. Of course, Melbourne doesn’t have buildings like the Castello Sforzesco.
This safe uses a curious choice of font for the keypad. I’d guess they wanted to go with something more interesting than boring Helvetica? But they didn’t go all in with maintaining the allusion, breaking it for the B, which would normally be shown in lower-case on a real seven segment display.
Genova’s got this fun little lift near where I’m staying. It travels along rails to the end of the corridor, then goes around the bend to a transfer station, where it transitions to a traditional lift that rises to the street level at the top of the hill. Such a unique little thing.
Walking part of the Cinque Terre trail today. It was hard work — lots of steep runs of stairs going up and down — but it was great to be able to get out into nature for a bit of a hike.
Brief stop at Saintes Maries de la Mer today to look for some wild flamingoes. It was just a chance encounter that we found this small flock of them.
Paging Alanis Morissette
Gare Aix en Provence, and the first railway line in France I’ve seen that is not electrified.
Visiting the Dalí Theatre and Museum, in Figueres this afternoon. I’ve seen Dalí work before but I knew nothing about him before this visit. Some really evocative pieces in this collection.
Mercado de La Boqueria, and the location of our Covid-safe celebration lunch for my friend’s recent marriage.
Visited Sagrada Família this afternoon. Absolutely stunning cathedral. Photos don’t do it justice, especially from cameras with dirty lenses (sorry for all the lens-flares).
Making this my first photo of Barcelonia: the lift in our hotel has two doors at 90° of each other. First instance of seeing this.
Morning walk along a wooded trail just outside Elorrio. Perfect for recharging my social batteries after last night’s wedding reception.
Elorrio, and the day of my friends wedding. It’s been a few years in the making, due to the pandemic, but the day has arrived.
It never ceases to amaze me how large the seagulls are in Europe and the UK. So much larger than the ones back home.
Now we’re really checking items off my bucket list. TGV from Paris Montpanasse to Hendaye, on the French/Spanish border. Speed topped at 312 km/h on the way to Bordeaux.
A Parisian street, and the last few hundred metres of my journey.
At Dubai International Airport, buying $12 coffee and looking for departure boards, which are few and far between.
At the cafe this morning. The ledge of this cabinet is the perfect height for dogs to do this. I always enjoy seeing it.
It’s wet and cold outside, and I’m currently sitting in cafe that’s got Christmas Carols playing for some reason. Interesting start for a Sunday.
April usually means controlled burns, and they’re conducting these burns at a bush reserve near my place. I was afraid that the smoke would be an issue, but so far it’s been such a non-issue I was wondering if the burns were actually called off. Apparently not.
