... and a time to fade away

There's a time to laugh
-- and a time to cry;
A Time to cast your scent into the high winds
-- and a time to be stillness itself;
There's a time to share yourself with the whole world
-- and a time to fade away.

This is what I get to when I go through old unprocessed photos.

Icicles in the Sun, Red Mountain, Romania

lone tree, red mountain forrest trail, Romania

Back on Earth

I'm back in office, working.

We arrived at five in the morning and it was a pleasant change to walk outside in temperatures over the freezing point.

I'm in office now, muscles still aching from the skiing, tired and busy.
I'll post some pictures over the week, and try to answer my mail backlog.

back to work ...

in .ro

I'm in Bucharest.

I arrived two hours ago and just has something to eat.

Highlights from the trip:
1. Discussion with the stewardess:
"Excuse me, can I take pictures on the plane?"
"No" (smile) " ... but I might not see you."
I didn't take pictures on the plane though :(

2. Upon arriving I got reminded why I visit Romania so seldom: the luggage conveyor belt was very small (Baneasa Airport) and the first forty people (or so) to pass customs gathered all around it; they didn't let anyone else get close to the conveyor belt because they were in a hurry; still, their luggage wasn't on the belt, as the belt was full with other luggage, mainly from the people not willing to push into the crowd. People near the coneyor belt had nothing to take but were unwilling to leave their places, and people far from the conveyor belt were unable to approach at all. It was a stalemate that degenerated into shouting and cursing pretty fast.

All in all I found it funny ... in a sad kind of way.

Welcome to Romania!
Good night.

new year in Romania

So, it seems we'll be staying in Romania until right after New Year. On the second day of the new year we'll take a boat^(*) towards Western Europe, to go skying.

It feels like plans started to take shape finally.

I just finalized the holiday tickets today, and I get the feeling we'll have to start looking for shelter for the new year's night.


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^(*) - Well ... maybe not a boat

lotus

O&A

J, smiling

from the 10 years highschool reunion

Our old highschool teacher, at our 10 years reunion, in September.

We had met in a restaurant for an afternoon and she came to see us.

She is still one of the persons I respect deeply.

Some of my cleagues:

Rohia Monastery, Maramures, Romania

Camera: NIKON D50
Timestamp: Sun Sep 16 18:50:46 2007
Shutter: 1/500 s
Aperture: F4.2
ISO speed: 200
Focal length: 26.0 mm
Focal length in 35mm equivalent: 39.0 mm
Lens: 18-55mm F3.5-5.6

EXIF data read by Exiv2 0.12

visiting friends

Last night, visiting E and A.

hidden beauty

Camera: NIKON D50
Timestamp: Fri Sep 21 19:18:15 2007
Shutter: 1/160 s
Aperture: F1.8
ISO speed: 400
Focal length: 50.0 mm
Focal length in 35mm equivalent: 75.0 mm
Lens: 50mm F1.8

EXIF data read by exiv2 0.15
Postprocessing done with the GIMP

J&S

Camera: NIKON D50
Timestamp: Fri Sep 21 17:08:28 2007
Shutter: 1/30 s
Aperture: F5.6
ISO speed: 400
Focal length: 55.0 mm
Focal length in 35mm equivalent: 82.0 mm
Lens: 18-55mm F3.5-5.6

EXIF data read by exiv2 0.15
Postprocessing done with the GIMP

update

Well ... the Kami of the Ethernetz hasn't smiled down on me in a while: I wasn't able to post anything lately (no L., I didn't die - sorry about that!).

I've reached halfway on my journey (so to speak): I'm in Bistriţa. I've met my friends and today evening we're having a small party (my official reason for the trip), and in two days I'll be on the road again, back to Cyprus.

I can't wait :D

By the Sea

We just came back from the sea (2 Mai). It was a few days filled with beer, good food, a deserted sea-side and some cold weather (I'm underdressed for this weather :().

Ether way, here are some pictures (some of them are family pictures though):