Panos and Christos
28 April 1998 | ||
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| Panos and Christos in the Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Pub in Edinburgh. | ||
MSc Group photo.....
28 April 1998 | ||
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| Group photo with some of my Greek MSc colleagues and me with my new beard. I think this was taken on the day of our last exam.... | ||
Nikos, Athena and Thanassis in front of Edinburgh Castle
9 August 1998 | ||
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| Beautiful Sunny Day in Scotland.... My two flatmates and Nikos girlfriend Athena in front of the Edinburgh Castle. | ||
Flatmates
9 August 1998 | ||
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| My greek flatmates and myself looking up at Edinburgh Castle..... | ||
Masters Graduation
20 November 1998 | ||
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| Me posing for a graduation photo taken by Nick at the Edinburgh University Hall | ||
MSc Juli, MSc Sara
20 November 1998 | ||
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| Sara and myself on our graduation day party at HW Campus | ||
Pauline and Sara in Edinburgh
20 November 1998 | ||
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| Pauline and Sara in Pauline's flat | ||
Pauline in Edinburgh
19 December 2000 | ||
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| Meeting Pauline up at the Traverse.... | ||
Robbie and Kostas
20 December 2000 | ||
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| Meeting Robbie and Kostas again.... who are doing their PhDs in Edinburgh and Glasgow. | ||
OWL Christmas Party
21 December 2000 | ||
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| Our annual OWL christmas party in Scotland... A bit loud this time.... | ||
Extreme Partying
21 December 2000 | ||
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| Joe and Vicky, the extreme programming team reunited.... | ||
Edinburgh Castle
22 December 2000 | ||
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| Edinburgh Castle in December.... | ||
(Ex)Franklin Templeton
14 December 2001 | ||
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| Meeting Pauline and some of her colleagues and ex-colleagues.... | ||
Another year, another OWL XMas party
17 December 2001 | ||
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| Fraser and Joe at the OWL Xmas party.... | ||
Kilts and Bon Jovi...
17 December 2001 | ||
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| Fraser in his kilt dancing across the club where we ended up... Alastair and Kirsteen in the distance.... | ||
The great thing about being in the north....
19 December 2001 | ||
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| Is the fact that the sun rises so late in the winter... The sunrise in Edinburgh is gorgeous with the golden sun shining on the ancient buildings of that great city.... | ||
More sunrise....
19 December 2001 | ||
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| Edinburgh has a few days every year that are fantastic.... That morning was one of them.... | ||
Castle in the sunset
20 December 2001 | ||
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| I was planning to take many more photos... But Joe was too cold, so we had to grab a taxi and escape... and we went to see the Lord of the Rings.... But apart from that Edinburgh City Centre was the best place to go christmas shopping.... Sunset, castle.... Wow.... | ||
Famous Buildings of Edinburgh
21 December 2001 | ||
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| Calton Tower, the Balmoral and the Scott Monument.... | ||
Edinburgh....
11 September 2002 | ||
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| ... Arthur's seat is very visible... | ||
Castle view at night
11 September 2002 | ||
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| Just after sunset.... | ||
3 mins exposure
11 September 2002 | ||
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| on Princes Street... | ||
Castle and Statue
11 September 2002 | ||
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| Just one more of many photos I made in those two nights in Edinburgh.... | ||
Kostas
12 September 2002 | ||
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| After a terrible start of the year and a long recovery Kostas is still the same dude.... | ||
Kostas and Julian
12 September 2002 | ||
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| Too bad the rest of our greeks aren't here anymore.... | ||
Bank of Scotland
12 September 2002 | ||
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| One of my favourite buildings in Edinburgh is the Royal Bank of Scotland building.... Here it is taken with 2 mins exposure and a bus passing by.... | ||
At the Royal Mile
12 September 2002 | ||
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| More night photographs of Edinburgh..... | ||
Can't remember the name of that church....
12 September 2002 | ||
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| But it sure looks impressive at night.... | ||
The Bank of Scotland at Night
19 December 2002 | ||
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| With the castle in the background. After losing my N4500, this had to be done with the Canon S110. Turned out to be quite good actually... | ||
Scott Monument and Balmoral
19 December 2002 | ||
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| The Building on the right is the Balmoral, Scotland's most prestigious hotel... | ||
Another year, another OWL Christmas Party
20 December 2002 | ||
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| Vicky and Andy from OWL.... | ||
There are no coincidences
2 April 2003 | ||
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| So I arrived in Edinburgh to live in a temporary hotel/apartment for a month. One foot out of the taxi, 5 seconds on the street, jumping into the hotel, I hear someone shout 'Julian, Julian' and it was Pauline, walking by on her way from work! I hadn't been in touch with her for 18 months after she went to Berlin! Big coincidence and a great welcome from my new home city! | ||
Flathunting Part 1
3 April 2003 | ||
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| So... this was on the outside of the first apartment I was looking at. I was envisioning visitors asking me 'Do you know a girl called Lynn, Julian'? | ||
Northwest Edinburgh
5 April 2003 | ||
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| Another potential for my flathunt... Nice apartment, even had a piano... Just an example of the 15 or so flats I saw.... | ||
Perfect Week
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Back in Edinburgh again, I had the most perfect week.... I ended up also chosing my apartment that I would move in soon. | ||
Castle Hill
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Springtime on a nice day in Edinburgh is fantastic! | ||
Edinburgh Castle from the Sky
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Well, from Arthur's seat, the big hill in Edinburgh actually... | ||
My new apartment
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Visible directly from Arthur's seat... But I won't point it out yet.... | ||
Carlton Hill
19 April 2003 | ||
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| No wonder they call Edinburgh the 'Athens' of the North.... | ||
New (and old) Home City
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Edinburgh would be much nicer without all that wind, though.... | ||
Swans
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Heart-shaped... Quite pretty.... | ||
Seagulls
19 April 2003 | ||
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| Must become my new alternative for the Lagoon park in Malibu... | ||
Yello
29 April 2003 | ||
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| So we rented a car and went for a roadtrip along the highlands... Years before I had done this with Karin and we ended up in terrible weather all along the way.... | ||
Housewarming Party
7 June 2003 | ||
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| Andy's Housewarming Party. Taken with my new 17-40L lens.... | ||
Attack of the Clones
7 June 2003 | ||
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| Sorry, Andy, for the poor joke.... | ||
Rally
4 July 2003 | ||
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| We headed out to take some Rally photos... This one was the only remotely interesting.... | ||
Photosession
5 July 2003 | ||
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| George's band was playing at the Subway that night. I came too late. Nevertheless we headed out to take more photos of Edinburgh at night.... | ||
Colgate Smile
5 July 2003 | ||
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| This girl was obsessed with being photographed by me. After she insisted I shot my photo of her she even bought me a drink. She told me she was a model and had worked for an airline advertisement and a toothpaste advertisement. Strange vein on her forehead though. | ||
Cowgate
6 July 2003 | ||
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| The busiest street at night in Edinburgh starting to get busy.... | ||
Some guys
6 July 2003 | ||
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| Wanting their photo taken. One of them recognized George because they had played a gig prior to George that night. | ||
Girls on Trampolines
6 July 2003 | ||
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| For some reason these girls jumped in front of our camera, running and dancing around, trying to have their photos taken and then running away again... Everyone wants their 15 minutes.... | ||
George at the old Fire station
6 July 2003 | ||
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| My colleague George in front of an old pub that used to be a fire station. | ||
Hen Night
6 July 2003 | ||
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| So many girls go to Edinburgh for their 'hen night', girls equivalent to a stag night... | ||
Weak moment
6 July 2003 | ||
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| A policeman smiling at a Kiwi girl.... | ||
More Hens
6 July 2003 | ||
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| For some reason they all wear different headset identifiers. Really weird, like being in Japan.... | ||
Joe's in town
10 July 2003 | ||
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| Joe was on a business trip in Edinburgh and - look at his smile - it did him well.... | ||
Andy's Beachparty
25 July 2003 | ||
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| These two cute girls were walking down the Royal Mile and I asked if I could take a photo of them.... They agreed and grabbed Andy to pose with them... | ||
Edinburgh Festival
2 August 2003 | ||
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| I planned to go to lots of festival shows this year, but managed only a handful... I shot this photo during one of the shows called 'But seriously Dude' by a Canadian comedian and then they asked me to put the camera away... The festival is really cool. Lots of people heckling, giving comedians a hard time, but the ones that are good shine through.... | ||
Street Performer
16 August 2003 | ||
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| Out on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival... | ||
Rose Petals
16 August 2003 | ||
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| Dispersed through the air by the pantomime walking on stilts... | ||
Mad Ross
16 August 2003 | ||
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| One of Pete's mates.... | ||
The Military Tattou
16 August 2003 | ||
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| Going up the royal mile for three weeks every night at the same time there is a firework from the military tattou... | ||
Carlton Hill from above
23 August 2003 | ||
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| Taken from Nelson's Monument.... My apartment is visible on this photo.... | ||
Athens of the North
23 August 2003 | ||
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| The unfinished monument... The Scottish Acropolis.... | ||
Arthur's Seat
23 August 2003 | ||
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| With little Minga on top.... | ||
Princes Street
23 August 2003 | ||
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| Taken against the sunlight... I need to go up Nelson's Monument sometime in the early morning to see this at sunrise.... | ||
Die Sonne scheint mir auf den Bauch
23 August 2003 | ||
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| Das soll sie auch.... I was reading 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel, starring up into the blue sky and enjoying warm sunrays on Calton Hill. Perfect! | ||
Vicky's Leaving Do Part 1
18 September 2003 | ||
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| Vicky said 'Goodbye' to work (as visualized by her OWL colleagues) and left for Australia.... | ||
Andy, Fraser, Jonathan
18 September 2003 | ||
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| Slightly more friendlier hand-signs than in the previous photo... | ||
Vicky's Leaving Do Part II
26 September 2003 | ||
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| With one of her friends doing a song about Jon and her leaving.... | ||
Grease
16 November 2003 | ||
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| An Edinburgh Take-away.... | ||
Sidewalk
20 November 2003 | ||
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| I like the red and white stripes.... | ||
Pete's Birthday Night out....
22 November 2003 | ||
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| Andy, Chris, Claire, Dave and Pete in a Karaoke bar.... | ||
Dusk
23 November 2003 | ||
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| Walking down from Calton Hill... | ||
Visit from Dani
28 November 2003 | ||
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| Dani visited me in Edinburgh... Unfortunately the city didn't get out the nicest weather to greet her... | ||
Christmas Mood on Princes Street
28 November 2003 | ||
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| Lights along a tree at the 'German market' at Princes Street. | ||
View down the Royal Mile
29 November 2003 | ||
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| With a bus passing by from a tripod... | ||
Edinburgh Castle
29 November 2003 | ||
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| The foggy and grey sky lit up by all the castle's beams.... | ||
Great Photo
29 November 2003 | ||
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| Just at the start of the Royal Mile is this gorgeous house. This is an ultralong exposure with a car passing by.... | ||
With Dani at Club Opium
30 November 2003 | ||
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| Loud music in the background.... | ||
Alan, Andy and me
13 December 2003 | ||
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| The two extreme programmers and the not so extreme not so programmer at one of Jonathan's Ultra Lounge Parties... | ||
The Bar
13 December 2003 | ||
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| Deadly Mixes are possible... | ||
The staircase down
13 December 2003 | ||
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| Heading down from Jonathan's party.... | ||
New Years Eve at Princes Street
31 December 2003 | ||
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| And the whole thing got cancelled... Bernhard and Karin were visiting and we grabbed highly-overpriced tickets from Ebay.... | ||
First Photo of the New Year
1 January 2004 | ||
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| Finally a smile out of Karin when she was a bit annoyed about the fireworks and party being cancelled.... | ||
Still people there
1 January 2004 | ||
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| On Princes Street. Most people left, but it was still quite enjoyable.... You could talk to anybody, everyone was smiling and hugging you and shouting 'Happy New Year!'... | ||
Flu
6 January 2004 | ||
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| While Karin and Bernhard visited me, I was sick with the flu for the entire time and stayed at home while Karin and Bernhard were around the city... This and New Years Eve were the only day when I made it out of the flat. I am smiling, but in fact I was coughing and dizzy.... | ||
Fark.com Party
13 January 2004 | ||
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| Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, the site with the most amazing Photoshop competitions and wife visited Edinburgh and lots of people showed up.... | ||
A painter's eye
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Dani visited me again! Here she is taking photos of Edinburgh. I lent her my small camera and she was much better with it than I was with my massive equpipment... | ||
Ray of Light
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Coming through the clouds on Calton Hill.... | ||
Seven Hills
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Seven hills surround Edinburgh... Some of them here in the background.... | ||
Crows
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Against the sky which was about to break open.... | ||
Arthur's Seat
14 January 2004 | ||
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| As seen from Calton Hill... | ||
Glimpse of Sunshine through the clouds
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Another photo taken by Dani.... | ||
Juli and Monument
14 January 2004 | ||
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| Taken with my small Canon, this photo shows that Dani is a better photographer than I am... I am jealous... | ||
Project Gotham Racing
15 January 2004 | ||
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| So I wanted to show Dani Edinburgh on a sunny day and got Project Gotham Racing 2 with the Edinburgh tracks. Unfortunately I got really obsessed for a few hours about it... So Dani spent her time taking a photo of me playing the game... | ||
Elven Dani
15 January 2004 | ||
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| She thinks she looks like an Elf in this... I think it's gorgeous though.... | ||
Poncho
16 January 2004 | ||
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| Going up Arthur's seat got to be windier than ever.... So I brought my Poncho along for Dani.... | ||
Juli on Arthur's seat
16 January 2004 | ||
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| As taken by Dani... I am going through my backpack to find a couple of lenses for my camera.... | ||
Snow over the Highlands
16 January 2004 | ||
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| Calton Hill and in the background the hills of Fife.... Not quite yet the Highlands, looks great though.... | ||
Edinburgh Castle
16 January 2004 | ||
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| A faint ray of Golden Sunlight hitting Edinburgh Castle... | ||
Edinburgh Dramatic
16 January 2004 | ||
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| Beautiful, but very windy and cold... | ||
Arthur's Seat Sky
16 January 2004 | ||
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| Clouds and Winter Sunset... | ||
It's getting cold
16 January 2004 | ||
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| After a while Dani had enough of photography and hid in a windshielded Corner of the hill... We left just after that.... | ||
After the Sunset
16 January 2004 | ||
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| The Castle and Cityscape of Edinburgh just after sunset.... | ||
Portrait
17 January 2004 | ||
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| Closeup of Dani when we were waiting along the Water of Leith... | ||
Balanced
17 January 2004 | ||
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| For some reason this reminds me of the Balanced Rock in Arches.... | ||
Mossy Green
17 January 2004 | ||
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| One of the housewalls along the Water of Leith.... | ||
Scott Monument
17 January 2004 | ||
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| At first I said 'nah, you can't take pictures of that', then Dani convinced me and I took this great photo of Scott Monument.... | ||
Juli and Dani
17 January 2004 | ||
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| My sweetheart Dani and me in Finnegan's Wake... | ||
Caroline and George
30 January 2004 | ||
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| In my flat after wine, wine, wine and sparkling red wine... | ||
I'm not German!
31 January 2004 | ||
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| But for some reason Pete thought this was hilarious! And handed me the newspaper, took the photo and then I read the headline.... | ||
The Passion of the Barbed Wire
6 March 2004 | ||
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| I like this barbed wire fence.... | ||
Swan Lake
6 March 2004 | ||
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| Pretty as always... | ||
Close-up
6 March 2004 | ||
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| Nice white/blue/feather/waves contrast.... | ||
Heart Shaped
6 March 2004 | ||
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| Romantic... | ||
Edinburgh Drama
6 March 2004 | ||
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| As seen from the base of Arthur's seat... | ||
St.Paddy's Day
17 March 2004 | ||
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| Guess who sponsored it.... | ||
Pete at the bar...
18 March 2004 | ||
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| ...ordering another one... | ||
Me in a Kilt
6 April 2004 | ||
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| I picked up Dani like this at the airport.... | ||
Lake and Fisherman
10 April 2004 | ||
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| ...on a reservoir just outside of Edinburgh... | ||
Rorschach Test
10 April 2004 | ||
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Added Touch
11 April 2004 | ||
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| I wonder who did the graffiti.... | ||
Mad Ross back from Iraq
16 April 2004 | ||
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| Pete's mate Ross was back from an Iraq break where he has been serving for a few months. He told us many stories about US soldiers, Iraqis and Paratroopers pranks. When I heard he was going to Iraq I realized that I knew one person serving there. It made everything more personal. | ||
Gay Marriage
26 April 2004 | ||
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| Not really, but they'd make a great couple. | ||
Unwrapping alone
8 May 2004 | ||
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| My birthday presents... Sent over from Germany.... | ||
One Day Back
22 May 2004 | ||
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| I had two days back in Edinburgh to stretch my legs.... before heading on to NYC.... | ||
Summer's here!
22 May 2004 | ||
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| Was about time! | ||
Visit from Dani
9 June 2004 | ||
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| When I came back from NYC, I felt pretty alone for a few days, so Dani came by for a great visit and we duelled with cameras... | ||
Dani getting distracted
9 June 2004 | ||
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| Dani taking a photo of me. Then she sees the seagull and shoots.... | ||
Maybe I have been in Japan too many times
9 June 2004 | ||
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| But this reminds me of the way most waitresses take your orders... Dani won't take orders, of course.... | ||
Ray of Light
9 June 2004 | ||
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| During the sunset, catching an airplane... | ||
Scottish Dinner
27 June 2004 | ||
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| At Stac Polly.... | ||
My parents
28 June 2004 | ||
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| With Edinburgh Castle in the background... | ||
Going, Gone, Gone!
3 July 2004 | ||
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| The crane that blocks my view of Calton Hill and which has been here for eternity is finally going! Woohoo! | ||
Wrong Focus!
11 August 2004 | ||
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| Otherwise it would have been a great picture... | ||
Pint-sized Man
31 March 2005 | ||
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| Pete visiting us all for in the pub at OWL's wake... | ||
Edinburgh Sunset
7 April 2005 | ||
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| Calton Hill.... | ||
Beach sunset
10 April 2005 | ||
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| In Scotland... | ||
Edinburgh Spring
11 April 2005 | ||
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| Open Bus tour on a great day with Peter and Dani.... | ||
Dani and Balmoral
11 April 2005 | ||
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PW and myself on the tourist bus
11 April 2005 | ||
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| Edinburgh from a new angle... | ||
Scott Monument
11 April 2005 | ||
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| Transformer! Transformer! | ||
Gargoyle
11 April 2005 | ||
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| At the Scott Monument... | ||
My ride's here
12 April 2005 | ||
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| PW working from abroad and me trying to pack my stuff so that it will fit into his bus.... | ||
Last evening
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Reflections of the light in my apartment.... | ||
Tomorrow
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Will be a long day.... | ||
Bye bye, McDonald Road
13 April 2005 | ||
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All my bags are packed...
13 April 2005 | ||
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| And they fit in a 4qm van.... | ||
Van is anchored
13 April 2005 | ||
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| It took us 5 hours to pack the bus and clean the flat... Exhausted we arrived in Rosyth... The inspector looked at us young ones and grinned and asked us to open up the back of the bus... PW opened it and the inspector just said 'Oh, Jesus, oh, Jesus, just leave'.... | ||
Scottish exports
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Wood and Whisky.... | ||
On the deck....
13 April 2005 | ||
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| PW on deck of the Superfast ferry... A great experience! Very friendly ship staff, great food, very nice cabins... Best way to travel.... | ||
Superfast ferries
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Blue Sky and Deck... | ||
Forth Bridge from below
13 April 2005 | ||
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Forth Rail Bridge
13 April 2005 | ||
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| From aside... my favourite bridge.... | ||
Saying Goodbye
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Will come back, I am sure.... | ||
Queensferry Bridges
13 April 2005 | ||
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| From the ferry.... | ||
Three Hills of Edinburgh
13 April 2005 | ||
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| Arthur's Seat, Calton Hill and Castle Hill | ||
Andy is in Town
12 January 2006 | ||
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| With Fiancee Diana... He's been working in PHL for the Blu-Ray madness since OWL was shut down... | ||
Nightbus from Edinburgh
13 January 2006 | ||
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| To Glasgow.... | ||
Edinburgh
2 November 2007 | ||
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| Flew to Glasgow via Edinburgh. Had to stop by in Princes Street! I miss you! | ||
Race towards the airport across the Forth Road Bridge
6 November 2007 | ||
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| After missing the plane one day, we took off even earlier the next day... A massive accident blocked the road and we took a detour. I knew I was going to miss the plane again, but at least I enjoyed my favourite bridge in the sunrise! | ||
Easyjet
6 November 2007 | ||
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| ...is a fantastic airline. I arrived. Checkin closed. 25 minutes to departure. The lady behind the counter (I wrote a letter of praise to her supervisor) did everything to get me still on the plane - and that includes luggage. | ||
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