If you don’t know – I have a science background. This staircase here, called ‘Umschreibung’ in Munich, kinda symbolizes the process of doing research. Long hours for little pay and little progress, full of ups and downs – and every time you feel like you have a high, the next down is just around the …
New Photo: Tunnels of Munich
Did I take the subway to get to this subway station and then back? Of course I did. This is the ‘Westfriedhof’ subway station in Munich – one of many cool artisty stations, in fact! Whoever the artist, I love the play of blue and red in this one, well done! Phill
New Photo: Quiet Mountains
Looks super chill, doesn’t it! This was the last day-stop during an Austria trip – the so-called ‘Heiterwanger See’. We stopped among a couple of campers that were gathered in a tent to stay warm and apparently enjoy some (many) drinks – besides that, there was simply nothing but simple quiet. Phill
New Photo: The Tunnels of Fushimi Inari
Fushimi Inari Taisha is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto – and its one hell of a walk! There are hundreds of these red Tori gates alongside a small mountain and they make for awesome photos. The difficult part was to not have 1000 people in each photo – having …
New Photo: Reward for 1000 Stairs
This is the very top of the roughly 1000 stairs leading to Yamadera temple in Japan. I would love to pretend that getting there was no problem at all, but lets just say I had to sit down for a minute or 10. -Phill