We took both of our chocolate labs for a hike on Sunday. Ours is of course the larger of the two, Fado, the 6-month old pup Rico was a loaner from Ania’s mom 🙂 I was actually pretty surprised to see the little one handle the hike like a champ. I was half expecting Rico…
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Fado Walkin’
Winter in Poland is yet to show its ugly gray and cold self, but for the time being days here feel more autumn-like, and in some instances even spring-ish. Autumn, because with golden leaves everywhere it sure feels the winter is coming. Spring, because some flowers and trees already began blooming due to warm temperatures…
Christmas Day Hike
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… snow! I realize that this line should somehow rhyme and perhaps even be a little funny, but it’s early in the morning as I type this and my wit hasn’t woken up yet. But the above line holds true as we decided to…
The Bike Ride on Film
The reason why the bike trip described in the post below took us so long is because of my experimenting with a movie mode on my DSLR. Nikon’s D90 was the first to implement a movie mode at a time when everyone was strictly against such innovations in the Digital SLR world. But here were…
Sobótka Bike Ride
I’ve written about Ślęża, our holy mountain, in a previous post. The biggest town around it is Sobótka, and that’s where we began our short 22km bike ride. The town also happens to be where my aunt and uncle live, and it was a great opportunity to see them as well. With GPS in hand,…
Ślęża, The Holy Mountain
About 30km outside of Wrocław is the Ślęża mountain (pronounced Shleszha). At 718 meters (2,355 feet) it is the tallest peak in an otherwise extremely flat surrounding area. Well, it’s the only mountain within 150km of flat farmland. But making do with what we’ve got, we hiked it hoping for a little cooler weather on…
The Polish Magician 