Flying First ClassOkay, so this may seem ridiculous, but I was flying first class for the first time in my life, so I just had to take a picture of this meal. It's not that it... |
April 23, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.2 MB |
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Sunrise from 30000 feetThis picture was taken out of the window of the plane, en route from Boston to Zurich. The sun was rising, and there was a nearby plane on an almost parallel... |
April 24, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB |
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The lounge, complete with open barThis is the First Class lounge for Swiss Air in Zurich. How posh. Note the open bar across the room. After this, I'll never be able to fly coach again. |
April 24, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.8 MB |
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The dreaded TwingoThis is the first car that we rented on my trip. It's a Renault Twingo, which would be bad enough by itself, even if it weren't such a hideous lime green color. |
April 26, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 690.4 KB |
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The dreaded TwingoDictionary entry: Twingo (twin-go): n. A frighteningly frail, utterly unattractive car manufactured by Renault, characterized by its complete incapacity to... |
April 26, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 665.9 KB |
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The most ridiculous dashboard on earthThis is the dashboard of the disgusting lime green Twingo. These ridiculous knobs are not only crescent-shaped, but also lime green to match the exterior of the... |
April 26, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 633.3 KB |
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Hops nets?These odd and rather complex-looking structures were all over the place in the Slovenian countryside, as well as in Austria and Germany. I'm pretty sure that... |
April 30, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 687.9 KB |
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Fields of hopsThis shows a bright yellow field, which I think is hops growing. In the background, you can see another field that still has the nets set up (like in the... |
May 2, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 725.5 KB |
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Norman Rockwell comes to SloveniaThis was a pretty funny scene, like a real life version of a Norman Rockwell painting. Jonathon and I were stuck in traffic on our way to Logarska Dolina, to go... |
April 30, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 650.2 KB |
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Strange animals...I'm not sure what kind of animals these are... but they're certainly not like any cows I've ever seen. Yaks, perhaps? Anyway, we passed them on our way to go... |
April 30, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 690.6 KB |
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Strange animals...I'm not sure what kind of animals these are... but they're certainly not like any cows I've ever seen. Yaks, perhaps? Anyway, we passed them on our way to go... |
April 30, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 689.8 KB |
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May Day!It was the day before May Day, so every little town that we passed through had a May pole set up, just like this one. Each pole appeared to actually be an... |
April 30, 2002 1536 x 2048 pixels 705.3 KB |
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Sunset over the mountains in SloveniaThis picture was taken on our way home from Logarska Dolina. These particular mountains aren't the most majestic, nothing like the ones we just hiked, but the... |
April 30, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 681.6 KB |
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Lots of glidersThis is the airfield at Bled, Slovenia. There were tons of gliders, the weather was beautiful, and it was a big holiday (May Day). So there were planes taking... |
May 1, 2002 2048 x 1536 pixels 690.5 KB |