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05/26/06 // Blog Post from Prague // Prague // Czech Republic: Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds “He tried to gather up and hold the phrase or harmony… that was passing by him and that opened his soul so much wider, the way the smells of certain roses circulating in the damp evening air have the property of dilating our nostrils.”— Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way Places have signature colors, they inscribe themselves onto you in liquid strokes … continue reading » Topics: Architecture, Death, Europe, Holocaust, Human Rights, Memory, Round The World Trip, War
12/15/05 // Blog Post from Durbar Square // Kathmandu // Nepal: Durbar Square Kathmandu I flew into Katmandu around ten o’clock at night, which meant I unfortunately missed any view of the Himalayas. I spent most of the next day walking the streets of Thamel (the backpackers’ area of Katmandu) looking at the endless tables of vegetables, fruits, spices, and most omnipresently, curios of all kinds, statuettes of Buddha and Ganesh, tiny Buddhist prayer … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Children, Durbar Square, Food, Human Rights, Round The World Trip, Temples

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