Hanoi
Following the last post – and as a sign of my re-found travel itch – here are some photos took last year in Vietnam. I spent only about 5 days in Vietnam, of which 3 were in Halong Bay (I…
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Bangkok
Bangkok is a very interesting city for a tourist. It is the gateway to Asia, so sooner or later everyone arrives here. Some will leave the city as quickly as possible, and some will stay longer. Besides the heat, air…
S.21
This is not going to be a cheerful post. S21 – for those who do not know – is the codename for one of the most brutal prisons, where thousands of people were tortured. It all happened when the Khmers…
the last day in Paris
This Sunday I returned from the oh-too-short trip to Paris, and now I can post the last pictures from the “City of Lights”. I found it very unpleasant that the weather was great while I was in a meeting room…
St Denis, Montmartre and freezing
Today was the first free day spent in Paris. After the beautiful Wednesday and Thursday, today the weather proved…uncooperative. It was extremely cold, it rained a bit, and the wind was freezing cold. This however didn’t stop me from visiting…
Bucegi covered in mists
Well, it seems that the common element between my latest mountain trips is fog. Whether it was merely a distant mysterious curtain or an enveloping mass, it never dissipated. While for admiring the landscapes it proved an annoyance, for photographic…
weekend in Piatra Craiului
I have returned from a very active weekend in Piatra Craiului, and I am still nursing my wounds. I went there with Serban and Andreea – the only people left from a larger group which slowly dissolved. The plan was…
a walk in Versailles garden – part deux
As promised, this is part two of the Versailles day trip. The gardens of the castle provided huge photo opportunities. I hope you enjoy this album. And remember: there are even more photos coming soon!
Versailles – visiting the gardens
In the established tradition (he he) this is another post and photo gallery put online with a pretty big delay. I suppose people got used to seeing my travel posts long after returning home. I hope people will not complain…
photos from third day in Paris
Yesterday (Sunday) was a pretty interesting day in terms of visiting. I arrived at Centre George Pompidou but discovered that the interesting exhibition was closed. Then Hotel de Ville proved also closed. Brancusi expo (near Pompidou) opened at 2pm. So,…
Paris, mon amour
Today was the second day in Paris. I know I should have written about my arrival here, but a lot of factors contributed to the complete blog silence. Without entering into too many details, let’s say that tonight’s post will…
a visit to the Forbidden City
This is the second post in the series about sights in China which I did not have the time to write about when I was still in there. The first post was Along the Great Wall – a description of…
along the Great Wall
This post was long overdue, always in the making and always left for “another time”. Well, what with the weekend around the office corner I finally found the time to write about one of the “must-do” visits in China: a…
from Shanghai to Zhujiajiao
In case you are wondering what the hell is that in the title, it is the name of a small water village near Shanghai. These are old villages that now survive in large part on the buses full of visitors…
second day in Shanghai
This short post is going to be a mere continuation of Lost in Shanghai, mostly bringing a few more pictures. Yesterday, because of the very late hour I couldn’t complete the photo album, so now this can be seen as…
lost in Shanghai
As I wrote in a previous post, last night was to be spent on the train from Beijing to Shanghai. And this is exactly what happened. I traveled “soft sleeper” and slept like a baby. Or a tourist who walks…
preparing to leave Beijing
Well, tomorrow I am leaving Beijing to go to Shanghai. I am already panicked that I missed a lot of the sights – some really beautiful like the Summer Palace, some just for the experience of it like Mao’s pickled…
Easter Bunny brings you more photos
I finally managed to setup my laptop to also use my Philips LCD, and Lightroom is pretty happy with this change. Now I can enjoy multi-monitor features – and the truth is that it is a pretty nice improvement. I…
more photos for your enjoyment
Today brings a new set of photos that I just finished to post-process. I know that I should probably just upload one huge set and then let you enjoy them, but remember that the blog name is “bits and bobs”.…
a few photos from Spain and Portugal
Today I added a few photos to Picasa gallery. They are very different from the photos I usually upload – these are heavily processed in Adobe Lightroom. I hope you find them interesting. Some are different interpretations from the black…