gibraltar

i bite
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

one of the friendly natives. very interesting place. full of history, and apes. who need to clean their teeth more often.

more pictures of apes (including cute baby ones) ...
.. in a slideshow

spain

la sagrada familia
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

another day, another fantastic city. barcelona. gaudi the architect was original 100 years ago, and is original now. he'll be original in 100 years too. and don't leave without sampling the paella.

a visit to javier in alcadesa (over the border from gibraltar), and then a day in madrid.

spain photo set ...
... and slideshow

firenze and pisa

very leaning tower
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

florence and the uffizi, duomo and arno. pisa and wonky architecture. food, fine-art, amazing architecture, blah blah blah ...

italy photoset ...
... as a slideshow

budapest and sziget festival

night encounter of the szigt kind
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

sziget is one of the worlds biggest music festivals. a whole week's worth. we caught franz ferdinand among others.

and budapest the city is pretty fantasic, and fantastically pretty ...

photo set ...
... and slideshow

paris

eiffel at night
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

do you need an excuse like seeing u2 in concert to go to paris? probably not, but it's as good as any ...

paris (and u2) ...
... as a slideshow

japan

red roof
Originally uploaded by madkiwi.

after hong kong it was a couple of weeks in japan, in june 2005. visited friends and relatives, and did lots of cool stuff. i could bore you with the details, but instead i'll let you bore yourselves with the pictures:

as a photo set ...
... or as a slideshow