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Today was a Good Day

Today was a good day. 🙂 This morning, I successfully hauled my ass out of bed, and went to a yoga class. I saw the Almazen Del Mar yoga studio sign the day before while wandering around Valparaiso. The Ashtanga yoga instructor, Macarena, spoke excellent English and gave great adjustments. If you happen to be in town, I highly recommend. I then walked up to La Sebastiana, one of Pablo Neruda‘s three homes. It was an enchanting little place – very tranquil, with a beautiful view of the city. Valparaiso is a very colorful city – lookswise, it reminds me …

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La Sebastiana

Pablo Neruda’s Valaparaiso home – La Sebastiana – is a beautiful place.  It has a very peaceful vibe as you walk around…        

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Valparaiso Pictures

Some pictures from the picturesque town of Vaparaiso   colored walls   painted lamps   gone flying   stepping     stop it mom!   parades   looking up   homes murales   the hillside   alien alert     me

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Chile & Easter Island

Tomorrow, I leave for Chile! The plan is to fly in to Santiago, and then head north to Valparaiso, a nearby seaport city.  I’ll be spending the majority of my time, though, in one of the most remote places in the world: Easter Island. It’s my first major trip traveling alone, and I’m really excited about it.   Over Thanksgiving, I did a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat, which was awesome.  (If it’s something you’ve considered, I’d highly recommend it.  It’s a challenging experience, but definitely worth it.)  So, I think having this time by myself in place like Chile will …

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Sloan & Drew’s Wedding

Over Labor Day, I got to spend a few relaxing days in Kauai for Sloan & Drew’s Wedding.   here comes the bride   i know it’s in here somewhere   lovely   holding hands     under the banyan tree   waimea canyon – the grand canyon of pacific   ocean!     tree     overlooking kalulua beach

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San Sebastian

San Sebastian is an absolutely gorgeous beach town.  Unfortunately, it got hit with a case of “seattle weather” while I was there…. so there wasn’t a lot of frolicking on the sand.  Fortunately, Spain summer sales started that Monday – so I ended up being pretty productive anyways.  🙂   looking down at san sebastian relaxing with sangria & new yorker   window dressings   seaside soccer on the beach   merry-go-rounds beach  can you hear me now? twilight near the beach

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La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia is Gaudi‘s “masterpiece.”  Construction on the temple began in 1882, and has been ongoing ever since.  Gaudi died in 1926, and so several different architects have been tapped to flesh out the master’s design. It was especially interesting seeing the interior of the temple, which had progressed significantly since I was there 4 years ago. the famous shape of the la sagrada familia      the soldiers were modeled after the shapes on the la pedrera’s roof   parts of the passion facade   sculpture of jesus   ceiling of the temple    an unfinished stairwell   …

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Random Barcelona

A few random street shots…   while walking through the Barri Gotti (Gothic Quarter), we came upon this wedding reception.   these for-rent red bicycles were everywhere   the building fronts were so, well, european (for lack of a better word)      a clothes rack in the apartments across from us   peering down from the apartment   bicycles in high places

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Spain Wins Euro Cup 2008!

It was the first time that Spain won the Euro Cup 2008 in 22 years.  (And the first time in about the same number of years that I watched a soccer match.) The game was in Austria, so the viewing location was a bar in the Barri Gotti. The celebration in the street afterwards was particularly memorable… and also where I learned the life skill of operating an SLR with one hand, while have a beer in the other.     folks were lined up on the street to see in…     …and the celebration starts     friendly …

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Casa Batllo

Unfortunately, I was only able to see Casa Batllo from the outside this trip (it was closed when I tried to go).  It’s one of my Gaudi favorites.  

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