Notre Dame de Paris - 07.2011
Exploring the world with awe and fascination. Posting my own photos. Writing about my travels, history, and anything else of interest.
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Herengracht Canal, Amsterdam. 07.2011
Amsterdam, Netherlands. 07.2011
Paris. 07.2011
Jardin des Tuileries. Paris. (07.2011)
Paris. (07.2011)
Barcelona (06.2012)
Floating Gardens. Amsterdam (07.2011)
Poruchik Galicin - Performed by Aleksandr Malinin.
This is a beautiful Russian ballad, that seems to always bring me to tears. It tells a story of the Russian civil war in 1920s when Bolsheviks were taking over the country.
Aleksandr Malinin, in Russian Александр Малинин is a famous Russian singer who was named a People’s Artist of Russia in 1997.
While walking through the streets of Brussels, you might just come upon an old castle wall. (07.2011)
In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness and take fools’ pleasure.
George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy (1868), Book I.
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. Born today in the Mariinsky hospital in Moscow, Russia in 1821.
The iconic Pike Place Market on the waterfront of Seattle, WA. Built in 1903 it is one of the oldest public markets still in operation in the United States.
