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Sunday 27/10

Memoirs from the Land of Suits and Ramen, Sat, 02 Nov 13
Simon with Eva at a City, Museum, Park in Asia, Japan

Under the streets of Tokyo Although I couldn’t fall asleep the previous night, today I woke up at 5am and couldn’t fall asleep again. Ah well, at least I had some extra time to mark essays. Bicycle parkings in almost …

Saturday 26/10

Memoirs from the Land of Suits and Ramen, Thu, 31 Oct 13
Simon with Eva at a City, Museum, Temple in Asia, Japan

We slept for over 13 hours and still woke up tired. Meanwhile I realized we lost Friday. Jetlag kills puppies. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, main building Today it’s meant to be even more rainy. A typhoon hit the city, bringing a …

Thank you, Gandhi

Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 20 Mar 13
Simon at a Cave, City, Museum, Sea, UNESCO site in Asia, India

Tonight I couldn’t sleep for a new reason. You know how they say ‘don’t let the bed bugs bite’? Well, it’s not like you have a choice sometimes. I’m changing beds today. The clean waters of Mumbai In the morning I …

Up a bit

Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 19 Mar 13
Simon at a City, Museum, UNESCO site in Asia, India

OK, things are picking up a little. I guess the first shock has passed. I still think Mumbai is a horrible place and want to get out asap, but at least I saw a couple interesting things today. I guess …

Funky buildings

Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 16 Mar 13
Simon at a City, Museum in Asia, Singapore

Ha, updates day after day! You can really tell I’m back to civilisation! Back in the land of tall buildings Actually, there couldn’t be a starker contrast than between what I saw in Sumatra and in Singapore. Beautiful, wild nature, …

Not much today

Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 22 Feb 13
Simon with Charlie at a City, Museum in Australia, Australia & Oceania

With Miriam and Adam, superhero posing On the next day laziness continued. Adam showed me his impressive collection of WH40K figures, took us for a motorbike ride, and after a good lunch we were off to Melbourne. Interactive shadows in …

The middle of nowhere

Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 20 Feb 13
Simon with Charlie at a Forest, Museum, River in Australia, Australia & Oceania

Flatland I didn’t know that this is the smoke of the burning Grampians In the last two days I went to visit Charlie’s family. As soon as the train left Melbourne, we entered the edges of Nowhere. City ended and …

The gardens of Gotham City

Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 19 Feb 13
Simon with Charlie at a City, Museum, Park in Australia, Australia & Oceania

OK, body, can I please sleep tomorrow? Waking up at 6 am is not fun if there is a full day ahead of me… Today was the day of museum and gardens. The museum was OK, but not what I …

Parks and museums of NY

Conference Trips, Mon, 16 Apr 12
Simon at a City, Museum, Park in North America, USA

Edinburgh life

Lived here!, Sun, 18 Sep 11
Jemma and Simon with Alex, Charlie, Dee, Eva, Iwona, Jacek, Julia, Lef, Lorraine, Lu, Matt, Michał, Miron, Niki at a Castle, City, Graveyard, Mountain, Museum, Park, Ruins/Excavation, Sea, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Poland

First time in Barca

Short Spanish trips, Wed, 31 Mar 10
Simon with Eva at a City, Museum, Park, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Spain

Kontrast był niesamowity. Na lotnisko w Prestwick jechaliśmy w deszczu i coraz mocniejszej wichurze. Wychodząc z samochodu musiałem się trzymać kapelusza, a na lotnisko dobiegliśmy szczękając zębami. Przejście z bramki do samolotu i stanie w kolejce do wejścia było wykańczające. …

Secret Bunker

Short UK trips, Sun, 02 Sep 07
Simon with Eva, MieszaU, Naj, Wojtek Dziejma at a Museum in Europe, UK

San Pietro In Vaticano Dome

Roma

Short European Trips, Wed, 18 Jul 07
Simon with Eva at a Castle, City, Graveyard, Museum, Park, Ruins/Excavation, Sea, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Italy

20 July Arco di ConstantinoColosseoColosseoColosseoPalatino – ColosseoArea Sacra di Largo ConstantinaIl GesuPalatino – ColosseoPalatino – Forum RomanumPalatinoPalatino – Forum RomanumPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoSanta Maria Sopra Minerva Pantheon Rafael’s TombSanta Maria Sopra Minerva – BerniniSanta Maria Sopra Minerva Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Santa Maria …