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DAILY PHOTO: Városháza by Night

Posted on January 23, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken in December of 2014 in Pecs, Hungary

The Városháza is a townhall building in the middle of Pécs.

DAILY PHOTO: Pécsi Love Locks

Posted on January 18, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken in December 2014 in Pécs.

Love locks are padlocks that people hang in a public space as a sign of affection–often with a message written on them. Some are fancy; others are not. It reminds me of the Shinto prayer boards one sees in Japan. Love locks are a pretty common phenomena, particularly in Europe. The first ones I remember seeing were in Helsinki, but this wall is in Pécs, Hungary.

DAILY PHOTO: Winter Markets in Budapest

Posted on December 15, 2014 by B Gourley

Taken in Budapest in the Winter of 2008.

Later in the week I will be traveling to Hungary. I’m posting this to psych myself up to experience winter. For the past year-and-a-half I’ve been living where there are only two seasons–rainy and dry. Before that I was living in Atlanta, where winter is generally a half-hearted affair. So this will be my first real winter in a few years.

DAILY PHOTO: Street Food Art

Posted on December 12, 2014 by B Gourley

Taken in Bangkok in September of 2014.

This street vendor made crepes in the shape of various cartoon characters. The little drawings hanging from the front of the cart were the pictures you could select from. Or you could get a hot dog rolled in a crepe (pig in a blanket variation.)