New York Day 1. The 12 hour walk.

Summer has come and gone so I figured the break from my blog has been long enough. I felt I needed to stay away from posting for a bit but found myself missing my posts. I like to look back at what I've been doing, it helps me keep track of time (that goes so fast). I use this blog as a visual diary, and having such a long period of blogsilence gives me a sense of losing track of time.

I've been working most of the summer until September and it's been one of the busiest and most productive summers.

A trip to New York and Puerto Rico was my compensation for the busy August. And it's been a trip that I will forever treasure in my memories. The excitement of the city is contagious and I want to share every day we had there with you. Also: the company was the best I could ask for. Phil, my companion and lover, my best friend, thank you for all the fantastic moments. I loved sharing them with you!

I was using my analogue camera during the whole trip, which was a bit risky as I had grown a bit unfamiliar to analogue cameras. Due to a harsh movement the first roll of film was ripped and destroyed. So these are the ones Phil took the first day on a digital camera.

On the first day we walked for 12 hours (or more). We were staying in Brooklyn and walked all the way to Manhattan and beyond. We got a sense of the scale of the city. It was exhausting but exhilarating!

Iphones. Iphones EVERYWHERE. 

Don't forget to ALWAYS be connected. Chargers in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

BBQ grills in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

Brooklyn Bridge Park Greenway. 

Brooklyn Bridge!

Lovely illustrations to cover a construction site. 

Illustration in a shop window. We bought a Russian poster from this poster shop. 

Five fried dumplings for $1.

Marshmallows from China Town.  

Mysterious food in China Town.  

At the end of the day, Phil lied exhausted on the floor of Central Station. 

Development.

I finally got the films developed from the lovely Nikon camera that Phil gave me for my birthday. Or rather, Phil got them developed (almost for free in the UK). I'm happy with the results. Back to film it is!

Trompenburg Botanical Garden, Rotterdam.

Trompenburg Botanical Garden, Rotterdam.

Escaping cactus. Trompenburg Botanical Garden, Rotterdam.

Animals! And Floyd in the background.
Barcelona. 

Floyd looking at a plane. His shadow too. 

Beautiful boy. 

Miletis.

Floyd and Lolo. 

Flowers of Sant Just Desverrn. 

Fields near my parent's place. 

The day we ate a calçotada.

Quite a big aloe vera. 

Helen and Mamita.

Gated field. 

Waiting. 

Sista!

Home balcony, Rotterdam. 

The other side of our balcony. 

I asked Phil to pose for this photo in Brussels. So he lied on the ground. 

And some passers-by joined him. 

Staghorn in Brussels botanical garden. 

FLOWERS!!

dot dot dot

The colours of the glass. 

Botanical Gardens, Brussel. 

Swirlywhirly. 

Tauba Auerbach. 

“What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.”
- George Saunders

Night walk.

There are still some more photos of Croatia in line for the blog. 

Krka National Park.

Krka National Park was one of the highlights of our holiday in Croatia. Here are some wikifacts: 

Eight hundred and sixty species and subspecies of plants have been identified within the territory of the Krka National Park, including several endemic Illyrian-Adriatic species.

Eighteen species of fish inhabit the Krka River, among which ten are endemic, making the Krka a natural landmark of the highest category. Brown trout and Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon are a couple of fish that can be found in the ecosystem.

Patches of reeds, lakes formed along part of the river and swamped meadows abound in amphibians and birds, while thickets and stone quarries are home to reptiles.

The abundance of various species of birds (222), the structure of the bird communities and the great significance of the Krka for spring and autumn migrations make it among the ornithologically most valuable regions of Europe. There are numerous carnivorous birds in the area, notable ones are: Osprey, Short-toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Lanner Falcon and the Peregrine Falcon. Other birds of interest are Eurasian Eagle-owl, European Bee-eater and Griffon Vulture.

Among mammals, there are 18 species of bats, which are generally endangered or near extinction in the rest of Europe, Long-fingered Bat, the Daubenton's Bat, and the threatened European Otter.

From the boat on our way to the park we enjoyed the views of the lush Croatian vegetation. 

BOOM! This waterfall welcomed us to the park.

Beautiful flora all around. 

The rocks had eroded into these smooth soft looking shapes. 

Inside a cave. 

The waterfalls made everything nice and fresh. 

More eroded rocks. 

The wooden path allows the visitors to walk all around the park very easily, over the water in some places. I even saw people of wheel chairs. It's a very considerate design meant for everyone. I have to find out who it is by. 

The force of water. It was so loud we had to keep raising our voices. 

The park was very busy, but the beauty around us compensated the fact that it was so crowded. 

Bright blue!