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more salk institute, 10.2010

07 may 12

salk institute, 12.2012

on our last day in california we went to see Louis Kahns Salk Institute in La Jolla.it is one of the most beautiful man-made places I have ever seen.

07 may 12

venice, 12.2010

LA kind of scared us, but the back streets of Venice were pretty.

30 apr 12

more monterey bay aquarium, 12.2010

25 apr 12

monterey bay aquarium, 12.2010

orange and pink and white and blue.monterey bay aquarium was one of my favorite places on our trip.

24 apr 12

pacific coast, 12.2010

I really like these neutral colours.

16 apr 12

SF, 12.2010

   

14 mar 12 1 person likes this

flying west, 12.2010

hello! I am alive and well... how have you been? I realized I never posted the pictures of our december 2010 trip to california,so we are now traveling back in time, a little over a year.when we knew...

12 feb 12

Olhão, blue hour

from our hostels roof terrace we had the perfect view over the old citys flat roofs at sunset.a memorable last night, also for the huge Cataplana we ate an hour later.

05 jan 12 1 person likes this

Olhão, ria formosa

we spent the last two days of our trip in Olhão,which is a town in the Algarve east of super touristy Faro.the pictures above are from the nature reserve Ria Formosa.

05 jan 12

praia da falesia

after driving south from Evora through the heat for hourswe stopped at Praia da Falesia to cool offbefore heading further east along the Algarve coast to our final destination.swimming, looking over ...

04 jan 12

Évora

our next stop was the beautiful city of Évora.it was quite hot, so we wandered around a little (picture 1)and took lots of café breaks and mid-day naps.as the sun was setting the town became lively a...

02 jan 12

bye bye Lisboa

our last nigth in Lisbon at the torre de belém looking out over the water,and our last coffee in Lisbon the next morning before heading further south.

02 jan 12

sintra

hello and happy new year!thank you for stopping by here once in a while and for saying hi.I wish you all the best for 2012!.there are still a few more pictures from portugal, I hope youre not tired o...

01 jan 12

cabo da roca

from cascais we drove further north up the coast to cabo da roca, the westernmost point of europe.bottom picture: the little village of azenhas do mar.

04 dec 11

Cascais, red and blue

we stopped at Cascais, which is half an hour west of Lisboa,to see the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego by Eduardo Souto de Moura (who won this years Pritzker Prize).the building is a monolithic volume ...

13 nov 11

Lisboa, parque das nações

top:Álvaro Sizas absolutely amazing, super thin hanging concrete roof, built for Expo 98.I really liked the combination of different colors of tiles and concrete.Siza is one of my all-time favorite a...

06 nov 11

Lisboa, green and yellow

we passed the building in the top picture every day.it was at the corner of a quiet little square,and I really fell in love with it.do you have that problem of not knowing how to post portrait format...

03 nov 11

Lisboa, random

02 nov 11

Lisboa, azulejos

pretty tiles all over Lisbon.how are you?I hope youre having a nice sunday.Im doing some stuff around the house, baking, cleaning, enjoying the beautiful light.

23 oct 11

Lisboa, fonts and patterns

20 oct 11

Óbidos, souvenirs

just one last picture from Óbidos.it didnt quite fit in with any of the other posts, but I really really like it.

19 oct 11

Óbidos, last light of day

more Óbidos, after sunset. so quiet.

18 oct 11

Óbidos, sunset

the town of Óbidos feels a bit like a museum, it is perfect in every way, and quite popular with tourists.fortunately it was very chilly towards the end of the day and the streets were desertedso we ...

18 oct 11

blue skies and mosaics

at the roman ruins in Conímbriga

15 oct 11

Buçaco

the mountain forest of Buçaco is very calm and very beautiful, and has great views over the surrounding landscapes.

10 oct 11

a few hours in Porto

this is the first of many portugal posts.we arrived in Porto on a saturday in september.we have been there before to visit our dear friends J+M,so this time we only stopped for lunch before heading f...

09 oct 11

late

on my way home from work late in the evening some time this summer,I like the light in this picture so much.

27 sep 11

summer

two of my favorite things this summer:1 getting up early on saturday mornings and head across the square to shop for groceries at the market2 riding my bike to work through the park every dayI hope y...

25 sep 11

wandering

some pictures from a walk back in June or July,again with my lomo LC-A..I was wondering, how/ where do you get your negatives developed?I usually get them developed and scanned since I dont have a sc...

24 sep 11

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