A dark, dark past struggles to make way for a brighter future. You can still feel a bit of this heaviness when you visit Łódź. But like spring weeds poking through a crack in the sidewalk, you can feel hope there, too. The architecture reflects this. Block after block of bleak Soviet architecture (full disclosure: I find much that is “true” and beautiful in dystopia) offers a crumbling tribute to the past. But there are lovely, modern buildings, too: a mall called Manufaktura, and a main artery called Piotrkowska Street, one of the longest commercial thoroughfares in Europe.
Strangest vacation spot was New Zealand. The only possible threat to my life was either another human or a spotted kiwi. There are no predators there so I felt I was living on the apex of the food chain...then the White Island volcano exploded killing 40+. Mama Nature is the apex; I'm only her servant.
Strangest vacation spot was New Zealand. The only possible threat to my life was either another human or a spotted kiwi. There are no predators there so I felt I was living on the apex of the food chain...then the White Island volcano exploded killing 40+. Mama Nature is the apex; I'm only her servant.
GREAT comment, AK. "Mama Nature is the apex; I'm only her servant."
The "long shadow' photo is one of my favorites ("The Street of Broken Dreams.")
I was so excited when I saw the opportunity for that photo! I knew it would turn out well.