got my Chinese visa

Yesterday I picked my passport back from the Chinese embassy in Bucharest. It was a bit strange that I had to have hostel reservations (I am used to make those as late as possible), but in the end it all…

Yesterday I picked my passport back from the Chinese embassy in Bucharest. It was a bit strange that I had to have hostel reservations (I am used to make those as late as possible), but in the end it all…
Last Wednesday, after returning from Lisbon, I took the train and visited the El Escorial town / monastery complex. El Escorial was for a long time the residence of the Spanish monarchy and it is located in the town of…
I uploaded some photographs from last year’s trip in Philadelphia and Washington DC. All of them can be found here: Some that I like a lot: Enjoy! And hopefully I will add more soon – maybe some from 2009…