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Russia 2012 photo album

This is a selection of pictures from Moscow, Vladimir & Raduzhniy. Click on any thumbnail to enlarge (the photo). . He aquí una selección de fotos tomadas en Moscú, Vladimir y Raduzhniy. Haz clic sobre cualquier miniatura para ampliarla.

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Russia I. MOCKBA. The arrival

. Though it was hardly four in the morning when the Czech Lines’ airplane landed, dawn was already faintly breaking over the horizon. Moscow Sheremetyevo airport was barely awakening. To my surprise, the border-crossing procedure was much easier than what … Continue reading

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Shall they ever..?

. It’s been a while since it got dark; but in a mid summer night like this, at 53 degrees North and 25,000 feet above sea level, the long red stripe and adjoining halo of the twilight are still visible … Continue reading

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Pacific Costa Rica in photos

. In a good company I set forth to Costa Rica on June 2012, the hottest time of the year in its Pacific coast, for a preparations trip. A better yet company awaited us there. An outstanding host lodged us, … Continue reading

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A week in Kiev. May 2012

. After spending three delightful days in my beloved Toruń (Poland), plus one more in a collapsed and messy Warsaw, that works in a frenzy for showing a pretty face of progress, developement and modernity to the world and to … Continue reading

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Under the Tampere sky

. She was a bit drunk, as usual. I was a bit dispelled, as often. At the taxi stop, we melted in a long, warm, tight hug. I could read her feelings by the pressure of her hands on my … Continue reading

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Happy people don't travel

. Please allow me, reader, to just put it this way, even if only for the sake of lyricism (or of marketing!): Happy people don’t travel. No doubt, that statement is an oversimplification; but it is precisely in its simplicity … Continue reading

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Epilogue: The golden circle

  That morning of our fifth and last day’s journey was radiant: the sun shone on the white blanket covering the land, emphasizing, by contrast, all the colours around: the deep blue of a nearby lake, the dark grey line … Continue reading

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