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Transylvania

Transylvania photoset is here. More to come.

Trans-Transylvania

The ‘Up and Left Tour’, which at its peak consisted of Paul, Kate, Tash, Ben, Barney, Lori and myself, has split. Paul and Tash, with their superior passports, are headed up into the wilds of Moldova. Lori has a schedule and fled for Budapest a few days ago. Ben and Kate both have flights to [...]

Braşov

When attacked by a grizzly, play dead. If it’s a black bear, make loud noises. Or is it the other way around? I can never remember.
Transylvania is painfully beautiful. I’ve wasted endless shots from train windows, only to delete them in disappointment because they can’t capture the right shade of green, the right thickness of [...]

A Cook Has Joined Your Party

Every day is a good day.
Eight of us (the aforementioned party of six, with newly acquired Canadian, Rich, and sometimes-companion Lori of Scotland) took two cars to the site of the tomb of Vlad Tepes (a.k.a. Vlad III the Impaler, a.k.a. Vladislav Dracula, a.k.a. Count Dracula). Getting to the church required forty minutes of [...]

Destination Edinburgh

I’ve slowed down on the blogging recently because I haven’t been travelling much. Also, haven’t had much inspiration for photography, but here are some pictures of the Black Sea, a gold-domed cathedral and some salad:

I spent three nights in Varna with my new companions (and some old ones): Paul (Ireland), Kate, Tash, [...]