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    I'm back! I survived wandering around the Baltics for a couple of weeks or so... and much fun it was too! Took me a bit to get out of the groove, and didn't meet many people while I was in Latvia, but by the time I got to Stockholm I was well into holiday traveller mode :)

    Stockholm is a beautiful city... so much less crowded than London, but then, most places are. Got a chance to see some bits outside of cities with a quick whizz round one of Estonia's national parks, and at least looking out at it from the bus between Riga and Liepāja.

    Liepāja was rather less touristy than the rest... my first time being up close and personal with the Baltic sea :) I got rained on a lot though! Kind of sad to see large chunks of it empty and falling into dereliction... the gradient from downtown revived city to grim "suburbia" was pronounced in all the Baltic State cities. Not as harsh as in Bangalore, but still there...

    Picture is some storage bunker just off the coast, somewhere in Lahemaa :)

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    October 1st, 2010

  • araqnid commented on thetankgyrl's picture

    @thetankgyrl I can't even remember who took this one, and it's not even good quality and my roots are showing, but for some reason I like it anyway :]

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    August 25th, 2010

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    it's raining. lots and lots of wet rain. wet. lots. on a related note, i've discovered my rain jacket needs re-waterproofing :|

    glug glug squeak squeak

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    August 25th, 2010

  • araqnid commented on sciamachy's picture

    I've been there :| The first time I tried to cycle again this summer was exhausting, and it's not like it's a long way...

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    August 24th, 2010

  • araqnid commented on kimperreault's picture

    Sweet! You must have got a pretty wide aperture for that?

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    August 24th, 2010

  • araqnid commented on westiee's picture

    Simon's Cat is excellent :D Never seen him on a shirt before!

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    August 24th, 2010

  • araqnid commented on ericnagel's picture

    aieee, I always hated conference calls at my previous work... fortunately I've only had to be on one in the entire year I've been working here!

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    August 24th, 2010

  • araqnid commented on becbec's picture

    congratulations and well done! \\o/

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    August 24th, 2010

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    OK, possibly the geekiest photo *ever*. But I'm so glad to be getting rid of these things... this is (one of) my old bike pedals, now superceded by SPDs that arrived today! See that metal bit in the middle? That's been poking through the plastic and up into my foot more and more over the past couple of weeks >.<

    Quiet weekend last weekend- been abusing the credit card to book goings-away in the coming month and getting a replacement phone. My race instructions for the duathlon arrived! It's in three weeks, and then I'm off for two weeks after :D

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    August 23rd, 2010

  • araqnid commented on opazazzyzen's picture

    @opazazzyzen sounds like the way to do it- make it a proper road trip with things to do on the way :D Yellowstone is really beautiful, from what I've seen on posters and pictures. Stay crazy and keep yourself company on the ride ;)

    I'm trying to devise a way to do a cycle ride up Europe, which would clock in at about 800 miles or so... that's my kind of crazy trip!

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    August 17th, 2010