Bucharest was once known as "Little Paris". The French influence was prevalent in the 19th century and a while later yet. (History is so not my strong point, so give or take a century...) Accordingly, we have an Arc du Triomphe of our very own, which celebrates the victory in the 1st World War ( Read more... )

The puzzle remains uncracked. :D Although someone is on to something in the DW comments ( Read more... )

This one gets a preview before sending you off to the larger gallery, because I have a riddle for you. :D

The riddle is visual, so you'll have to peek inside. ;)

( a few large photos )

I'm too lazy to make a preview post, but for those interested in travel pics, I have a gallery of photos from the Czech city OlomoucIt's really pretty, and it's being marketed as second to Prague. Not having seen Prague, I can't tell how good that comparison is, but I know I wasn't bored for a second, and I left still not having seen all I wanted ( Read more... )

I went into the living-room on my way to the kitchen... and suddenly I felt like I was in the movie Nothing. Fog, fog everywhere, prettily lit from within by the football stadium's night-lighting system. Can those people actually see anything in this fog? Can the two goalkeepers even see each other?


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A lot of the pics contain images of the expedition members engaging in suspicious activities, so they're not up for public consumption, but there are still some photos to be had:

( not so many )

The final destination of the Eroica expedition has been Heidelberg.

I realise I still haven't posted the pics from Eberbach, but I was scared by the sheer number of them. I also have a lot of photos from, er, undetermined locations, one of which was Hirschhorn, but I can't separate them anymore. Sigrid, 'elp? :D

( many pics )

It's Bremen's turn!

( a modest sample... )

ETA: These are from the August trip with direaliete, just like the Berlin ones.

( not too many, but worthy! )

I kind of went overboard with the Berlin gallery, but I couldn't help it. The best-of is below:

( lots of photos - with explanations this time )