barcelona & figueres 21/11-27/11

so we were in barcelona for 6 days cuz we thot, since we're putting up with friends and spain is supposedly one of the cheaper places to go in europe,we might as well stay longer.wrong.it was equally,if not more expensive than italy.there were no 5euros pizze or panini (using the correct italian plural form here),only 18euros paella so we had KFC,twice (dont be too jealous rohps).so here is barcelona in brief...

ladies and gentlemen,the reason we were in barcelona:
the starbucks,not the museo picasso!j/k.

over looking barcelona from mnac at montjuic

yes, we did go to the barcelona vs recreativo match (3-0) of which i missed two goals.and the only reason i caught the last one was cuz it was a penalty kick by messi.this is a typical example of don't bring ur kids to disneyland when they'll be too young to remember.
ok whatever that means.

ok, the reason this post is entitled barcelona AND figueres is because figueres is NOT in barcelona.it was a miserable two hour train ride away of which we were not equipped for, so it was a you-stare-at-me-i-stare-at-you affair.but it was worth it.
yesyes,my lips modelled for dali's mae west.
where do u think he got all that lushness from?

"the body has no limits",mine has.
this was just before i tipped over in embarrassment at fundacio joan miro.

yes,we were warned to stay away from the buskers...
so barcelona was great,and it was made better by our amazing hosts stella,alvin & rita who left their whole apartment to us : ) thanks guys!get drunk on limoncello!

he turns 23

happy 23rd birthday fush the mush bo bush!

winter

in the light of the fast approaching winter,
which for me is quite a downer since i've concluded
im a warm climate person...

Snow

In the gloom of whiteness,
In the great silence of snow,
A child was sighing
And bitterly saying, 'Oh,
They have killed a white bird up there on her nest,
The down is fluttering from her breast!'
And still it fell through the dusky brightness
On the child crying for the bird of the snow.

- Edward Thomas

berlin 12/11-14/11

berlin was historical.we never knew there was so much that happened
so recently for berlin.but that's it.so berlin was that but nothing more,
(unless you consider starbucks as a berlin sight) for me at least.

memorial to the murdered jews of europe.
amazingly touching.haunting even.

dresden,freiberg,seiffen 09/11-12/11

at rohps & michaels for pork knuckles & sauerkraut!

then we were taught to throw snowballs at the tree
which fush used as a weapon on my poor painful ass later on.

we proceeded to have barbeque in zero degrees at catherine & daniel's

thank you rohps and michael for being such wonderful hosts!
we had a great time : )

prague 06/11-09/11

a door mouth frames a gothic dame

in black and gold and blue

her dim eyes shone her darkest soul

her drapery laced around you

i touched her feet of cobbled stones

a cold that drills my flesh

yet her musky scent drowns the pain

circles seduction around my breast

and yes,

i am lost in her caress

note: photos do not do prague justice

san gimignano 04/11

so it's true, what they say about the tuscan sky

fush and a picture of his land,which he is going to sell
to buy a ticket to singapore to become a construction worker
ok that's rubbish but it's really what the indian workers
in singapore do to come to singapore, right nabs?

anna and her japanese grandmamas

me: ok guys, pretend it's the last drop of water left on earth
marius: how do we do that?
fush: i cant believe we're actually entertaining her...

rome with esn 01/11-04/11

singing in the rain with annelore,lonneke,blurry eva & anna

at the colosseum/queuing for rothko with breakfast

at the trevi fountain with eva,lonneke, ah neh & the rest of the world
peering over to check out the queue for the st peter's basilica cupola

waving at the colosseum!
so even though i said, ok, take a pic of me climbing the colosseum!
the photographer, fush the mush bo bush, just didnt get it...