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By then, this place would just be a blue lake, but probably still beautiful, giving its visitors a calm measure of peace.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_sheep.jpgbig_sheepSometimes, one of these guys would somehow find their way onto the tops of these mountains.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/water1.jpgwaterWater is part of the soul of the Icelandic people. To be an Icelandic sailor in the olden days, one had to be able to lift a 300 pound rock. Another popular test of manliness washttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_stone_house.jpgbig_stone_househttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_midnight.jpgbig_midnightMidnight in an Icelandic summer.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_hexagon.jpgbig_hexagonWhere's Yan? Alejandro, with a stylish hat, is easier to spot.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_highsheep.jpgbig_highsheepNote the sheep in the upper left.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_jokulsarlon.jpgbig_jokulsarlonJokulsarlon. It felt like it didn't belong in this world.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/big_glacier.jpgbig_glacier2017-08-29T16:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2011/06/11/go-and-learning/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/comic061011.jpgcomic0610112013-03-20T02:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2010/06/08/itunes2rhythm-an-itunes-to-rhythmbox-converter/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/201006081557221.png20100608155722https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/20100608155722.png201006081557222010-11-22T03:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2010/04/04/on-things-big-and-small/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/comic040210.jpgcomic0402102017-05-09T13:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2007/07/26/san-antonio/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/comic0726071.jpghttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/comic072607.jpg2009-12-20T01:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2007/09/05/new-york-925-weekend/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/comic090407.jpg2022-12-19T08:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2008/07/07/jumper/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/comic070708.jpgcomic0707082017-05-09T16:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2008/07/31/the-dark-knights-three-body-problem/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/comic073008.jpgcomic0730082009-12-20T01:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2008/12/19/yan-maybe-can-cook/2017-05-09T13:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2009/05/17/how-i-rediscovered-facebook/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/comic051709.jpgcomic0517092009-12-20T01:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2009/06/24/europe-sampler-part-i-amsterdam/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/yan.jpgyanIf you still can't find Yan then you need glasses.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0380.jpgbkThat's right.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ducklings.jpgducklingshttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0361.jpgPark at Van Gogh Museumhttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0363.jpgVan Goghhttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_03521.jpgIamsterdamhttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0352.jpgIamsterdamhttps://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_03411.jpg101_0341Bikes outside Amsterdaam Centraal.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0341.jpg101_0341The bikes outside Amsterdam Centraal.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/comic062309.jpgcomic0623092009-12-20T01:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2009/06/28/europe-sampler-part-ii-brussels/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/comic062809.jpgcomic062809https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0362_small.jpgIMG_0362_smallNow you can finally (legally) fit 6 Asians into a car.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/brussels_elevator.jpgbrussels_elevatorThis is the kind of things I (and probably that xkcd guy) think about when zoning out.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/plush-snowy.jpgplush snowySnowy, curtesy of the Tintin Boutique (store.tintin.com)https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/101_0392.jpgBelgian wafflesBelgium is not just known for chocolate. This glorified cocaine for the tongue made me melt into it instead of the other way around, for an altogether amazing (yet creepy) experience.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0379_small.jpgIMG_0379_smallOne of the overseers of this tourist deathtrap would not let me physically pass without saying we would be back. "Good. We have an American promise," he said. What does that mean????https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/stbernadus.jpgstbernadusThe infamous St. Bernadus Abt 12 (10.5% abv). I assure you the monks were not their monkly selves after drinking a liter of this.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/amphicar1.jpgamphicarI used my car as a boat too, until my mom pointed out that I was just a really bad driver.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/amphicar.jpgamphicarI thought my car was a boat too, until my mom pointed out that I was just a really bad driver.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_0338_msall.jpgle archCharles Girault was a man among men.2023-07-22T03:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2009/07/22/europe-sampler-part-iii-paris/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0478.jpg101_0478A shot of the main building and the pond in the Luxembourg Gardens. A healing salve for the weary.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0485.jpg101_0485A peek up the Iron Lady's Skirt.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0476.jpg101_0476The gardens my favorite chill spot on the whole trip. We first wondered if this was someone's home at some point, then wondered if we would just let people play in our front yard if we had owned such a place. I felt it would be too much of a waste if we didn't.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0461.jpg101_0461The Arch, from the middle of the Avenue that rises neatly to meet it. There was a nice illusion here - the Arch always looked closer than it actually was.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0453.jpg101_0453The only thing we did at the Louvre was to use the bathroom. L would later give me Hell for doing this, but I am coming back to soak myself in this city several more times, so why do everything now?https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_0397_small.jpgIMG_0397_smallInside Notre Dame. It felt like an eternal (yet spiritually soothing) night, and the cross beckoned to me with its cold glow to take a picture. I gave in.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0441.jpg101_0441Outside Notre Dame, the sun was blinding.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0427.jpg101_0427Food at the Aux Anysetiers du Roy. Steaks for all, with a light and clean Bordeaux (Chateau Les Morins, 2007). For dessert, we grabbed crepes on the left bank - nutella and banana mean business for the tongue.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/101_0416.jpg101_0416The Parthenon, one of the landmarks on the walk. We could not see all we wanted in Paris in 3 days, so this was one of the many things we passed on.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/comic072209.jpgcomic0722092026-03-15T14:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://yanxzhang.com/2009/12/20/europe-sampler-part-iv-munich-zurich-finis/https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/101_0605.jpg101_0605Zurich waterfront. I wish I had a camera.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/pigeons_small.jpgpigeons_smallWhich reminds me: Zurich didn't have lowly ducks. It had Swans. I suspect eugenics.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/101_0584.jpg101_0584Characteristically, Y was knocked out in round two. I tagged in.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/101_0563.jpg101_0563During my train ride, the others were in the BMW museum looking at beauties such as this. I was annoyed that they were having fun without me, but I would be sadder if they weren't.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2908356500_f3f3324ef01.jpg2908356500_f3f3324ef0Ruby, from The Path. My best approximation of the painting.https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comic121909.jpgcomic121909https://yanxzhang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2908356500_f3f3324ef0.jpgrubyRuby, from The Path. 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