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Optics

04 Wednesday Nov 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Optics

This is one example of the fantastic wall art you can find in Budapest.

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Passage to the sky

02 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, design, Frankfurt, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Passage to the sky

It’s hard to believe this sci-fi-esque piece of architecture belongs to something as banal as a shopping centre! Spotted in Frankfurt on a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon back in September.

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It pays to look up …

28 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Gobbling real-estate

… because once in a while, you see something like this, in the windows of an apartment block in Budapest.

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‘All Art Has Been Contemporary’

27 Tuesday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Germany, Munich, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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All Art Has Been Contemporary

This is the last thing you’d expect to find in a museum dedicated to Egyptian artifacts and art. But there hangs this neon sign in the first gallery of the Egyptian Museum in Munich, making you think about what you’re about to see.

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Rainy day in Frankfurt

26 Monday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Frankfurt, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Strolling in the rain

This was from a walk through downtown Frankfurt on a soggy Sunday afternoon back in September. A long layover between trains was just enough time to explore the essential parts of the city’s core.

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Playing with puppy

23 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Playtime

There’s a lot of serious art in modern Europe commemorating very serious events in its history. Once in a while, however, you come across something like this statue along the Danube River in Budapest: It’s just plain whimsical, celebrating the joys of everyday living.
Happy Friday.

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Chains of history

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in admin, Budapest, history, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Chains of history

This is part of a memorial in Budapest related to the Cold War.

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Flying on two wheels

18 Sunday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Flying on two wheels

This was one of many art installations featuring this character, presented across Berlin back in September.

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Hungarian on the fly!

17 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

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Got the message

My Hungarian is only as good as what I could glean from the back pages of a travel guidebook … and I can’t speak to how good my accent is … but with a handy-dandy sign like this, who needs words? 🙂
Spotted along Andrassy Ut in Budapest back in September.

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English Garden in Munich

16 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Germany, Munich, photography, photowalking, Travel, urban

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Canoes at English Garden

On this lovely afternoon in September, I explored the southern tip of English Garden in Munich … but not before sampling a half-litre of beer and some sausages at the Chinese Tower Beer Garden inside the park.

Urban oasis

Swan

Afternoon paddle

Chinese Tower

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