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| From 02-2007 |
This is me freezing my face off in NYC! If you squint, you can see the Statue of Liberty off to the left behind me. It was quite cold, I was just beginning to get sick, and this was before Russia beat good sense with regards to hat wearing into me.
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| From 02-2007 |
The original Pooh and company at Donnelly Library in NYC! It's funny how old and patched up they look...nothing like today's Disney toys. Piglet is so small! I do wonder if there's a Roo, Owl, or Rabbit out there somewhere. Who knows.
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| From 02-2007 |
Room 222 at the Broadway Hotel & Hostel in NYC. My bed is the top one with all my stuff on it. Weird that I lived here for six nights...
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| From 02-2007 |
We just arrived in Russia! This is some of the US group waiting for dorm assignments. It's probably 2pm but we think it's 6am and we feel like we haven't slept at all. Plus I am dying of some weird illness. Anyway, in the back L-R it's Jenna, Jeff, and Celina, and Nick and David are in the front.
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| From 02-2007 |
My room! Especially of note: hideous wool blanket, lack of internet connection, and 5 liter bottle of water.
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| From 02-2007 |
My suitemate Laura in her room. It's similar to mine only mine is intended for two people so it's bigger and has two beds and two desks. Commentary: Laura is very happy to have a room and has not slept in quite a while.
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| From 02-2007 |
Obligatory bathroom photo 1 of 2: the sink. Especially note the random hot water pipe that sticks out from the wall on the right. It's right in the head-banging zone when washing your face, and if you touch it for more than a second you'll probably leave with a burn. Safe.
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| From 02-2007 |
Obligatory bathroom photo 2 of 2: the shower. Funny looking but not bad.
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| From 02-2007 |
The Kremlin wall! I really liked the texture and coloring of the snow on the red brick and green trees juxtaposed with the yellow up above.
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| From 02-2007 |
Me being cold in front of a Kremlin tower. The photographer - who shall remain nameless - didn't frame it very well, because there's a red star made of ruby at the top of the tower and that was the point of the picture. (Well, that and having a picture of me freezing in Russia.) :)
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| From 02-2007 |
I love the lighting in this one. We're inside the Kremlin walls now, a few minutes before they shooed us out. You read about those gold onion-domed things, but they're really there and they're quite the spectacle! (I don't know the people in the front, but there are a few from our group in the background.)
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| From 02-2007 |
Near the metro station "othodniy ryad." I amazed myself by holding the camera this still while shivering. I'm not sure if this is technically Red Square or not, but just through those brick archways on the left is most definitely Red Square, and that's where we headed next.
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| From 02-2007 |
Laura and Jenna posing for the camera in Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background. So much light pollution, but so beautiful!!
5 comments:
The pictures would be much cooler if I could, you know, see the pictures... =]
It's a good thing that your classes aren't much earlier in the day, otherwise the hour trek to school would be really crazy.
Ditto on the unseen photos. Glad you provided captions. Tried resetting Java. No luck. Hmmm...
note - pictures should work now.
and if my classes were early I think someone would have to die because it doesn't start to get light until 8am here. :)
Whee much shiny sights! :) *is jealous*
But getting up before it's light is fun! (or ... not)
Those are some amazing pictures you have there. Much easier to see now! =]
You are not ever, ever, ever allowed to compare light pollution in Claremont to that. Seriously. At least it is only orange on the horizon and not nearly so much 25 degrees above the horizon. (Not to say that it's fantastic here, but holy cow, it looked like late afternoon in a couple of those pictures!)
- Karen
(remembered to sign my name this time... =] )
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