19 May 2007
Nicole and Xena in the gardens of the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin
19 May 2007
Statues in the gardens of the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin
19 May 2007
A small building in the gardens of the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin
19 May 2007
Nicole on her bike in the gardens around the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin, Germany
19 May 2007
I was trying to take a picture of the front gate of the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin and this guy biking past apparently decided that what I really want was a picture of him posing in front of the gates. Maybe he thought I was looking for other folding bikes to photograph, or maybe he's some sort of performance artist who tries to get into tourist photos or maybe he's just really, really vain.
19 May 2007
Xena curled up in a ball at the venue of the festival that I was in Berlin to play at. Also, the weird lens curvature makes her look like she has a giant butt and a tiny head.
19 May 2007
Wouldn't it be really meta and cool to take a picture of a digital camera screen? And then, to take a picture of the screen that took the picture? Whooo! Well, maybe, if my camera had a macro mode. Otherwise, it would just be blurry and suck.
20 May 2007
This is somebody's home-built musical instrument. Note the knobs, buttons, switches, the tiny speaker (green thing under the microphone) and the side-mounted keyboard.
I have no idea who built it and no recollection (alas) of what it sounds like. But it was in Berlin on the 20th of May, if anybody is curious enough to go looking it up.
22 May 2007
A building in Prague
22 May 2007
Buildings in Prague
22 May 2007
A monument in Kutna Hora, the Czech Republic. I believe it's dedicated to the plague.
22 May 2007
This church in Kutna Hora, a short train trip away from Prague, is home to a really big ossuary. That is: a place where the bones of dead people are artfully arranged as decorative items. Why would anyone do such a thing? Well, the town was hit really hard by the plague, more than once. 30,000 people died in one of the outbreaks. The cemetery got over-filled. Rather than haul in more dirt or bury people farther away, they decided to try to find a creative use for the surplus of bones.
They charge an extra fee to take pictures inside the ossuary, which I didn't pay. It was appropriately horrifying.
22 May 2007
Some lucky folks get to stay marked in the cemetery of this church in Kutna Hora (a short train trip away from Prague) which is home to a really big ossuary. That is: a place where the bones of dead people are artfully arranged as decorative items. Why would anyone do such a thing? Well, the town was hit really hard by the plague, more than once. 30,000 people died in one of the outbreaks. The cemetery got over-filled. Rather than haul in more dirt or bury people farther away, they decided to try to find a creative use for the surplus of bones.
They charge an extra fee to take pictures inside the ossuary, which I didn't pay. It was appropriately horrifying.
22 May 2007
Some lucky folks get to stay marked in the cemetery of this church in Kutna Hora (a short train trip away from Prague) which is home to a really big ossuary. That is: a place where the bones of dead people are artfully arranged as decorative items. Why would anyone do such a thing? Well, the town was hit really hard by the plague, more than once. 30,000 people died in one of the outbreaks. The cemetery got over-filled. Rather than haul in more dirt or bury people farther away, they decided to try to find a creative use for the surplus of bones.
They charge an extra fee to take pictures inside the ossuary, which I didn't pay. It was appropriately horrifying.
22 May 2007
After looking at grisly but artful mounds of human bones, nothing perks you up like a budweiser.
No, not an American budweiser! A Czech one, like the one Nicole is drinking in this photo.
22 May 2007
Me drinking a lovely Czech beer. It's so good, that my hair has stood up to salute it.
22 May 2007
A street in the center of Kutna Hora, the Czech Republic
22 May 2007
A building in the center of Kutna Hora, the Czech Republic
22 May 2007
A church in the center of Kutna Hora, the Czech Republic
22 May 2007
A park in the center of Kutna Hora, the Czech Republic.
This was cemetery before it was a park, as evidenced by the remaining grave markers. Did the denizens get relocated or are they still lurking under the grass, resting until the Last Days?
22 May 2007
The rail yard at Kutna Hora's main train station.
The Czech Republic
22 May 2007
The rail yard at Kunta Hora's main train station.
The Czech Republic
22 May 2007
Near the Prague central train station, there's a statue of a male soldier passionately kissing a male farmer. Is it a celebration of gay relationships between the citizen soldier and the citizen farmer or is not gay at all? I have no idea what it was about.
22 May 2007
Near the Prague central train station, there's a statue of a male soldier passionately kissing a male farmer. Is it a celebration of gay relationships between the citizen soldier and the citizen farmer or is not gay at all? I have no idea what it was about.
22 May 2007
Prague is full of really elaborate old buildings.
22 May 2007
Prague is full of really elaborate old buildings.
22 May 2007
Prague night scene
22 May 2007
Prague night scene in that big square that all the tourists go to that I'm too lazy to find the name of.
23 May 2007
Nicole in Prague, on the way to the train station by bike
23 May 2007
Xena and I in Prague, on the way to the train station by bike
