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Tag: Ljubljana
Men carried by toothpicks
There they are walking on the sidewalk of Slovenska Cesta in Ljubljana. Two men with legs so skinny that you wonder how they can carry grown men. But the legs of Kenyans Jacob Yator and Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott are capable of carrying them at speeds some people have trouble reaching by bike. Yator and Kipkoech… Continue reading Men carried by toothpicks
Faces of the Ljubljana Marathon
Running has a special effect on the human face. When some people start running their face becomes unrecognizable. At the Ljubljana Marathon on Sunday 27 October I shot 225 portraits of people who ran by. In this photo mosaic you can see the wide diversity of facial expressions of 225 runners of the Ljubljana Marathon.… Continue reading Faces of the Ljubljana Marathon
How I saw the Tour of Slovenia
From last Thursday till Sunday Slovenia's most important bicycle race was held. Here my favorite photos from my two visits to this year's the Tour of Slovenia.
Remains of old Ljubljanese found
In the centre of Ljubljana workers found the remains of an unknown person on Tuesday morning. It’s not clear yet if the person was murdered or died of natural causes. An investigation at the scene is under way. The investigation should lead to more information about the deceased. The estimated time of death is somewhere… Continue reading Remains of old Ljubljanese found
Where did all the bikes go?
When i tried to get a Bicikelj hire bike last week and someone just got the last available one in front of me, I didn’t panic yet. But when almost a kilometre further on, at the second station of the Ljubljana rental bikes, the last bike again got taken just when I arrived things got… Continue reading Where did all the bikes go?
Digging through the snow, in search for spring
My last blog is from the beginning of January and I wrote about the spring weather we had in that weekend. I shouldn't have done that because I must have jinxed things. It's the end of February now and there is almost half a metre of snow outside. Since January we had several periods with… Continue reading Digging through the snow, in search for spring
Cycling against a hairdryer
In the Netherlands wind is wind. And in winter the wind is always chilly. In my mother tongue a föhn is a hairdryer. Here in Slovenia a föhn (fen) is a wind from the mountains and that wind is always warm. In winter it can make snow disappear with the blink of an eye, in… Continue reading Cycling against a hairdryer
My Photos of 2012 – 38 split seconds of the year
Never before there were so many pictures taken in a year than this year. I contributed to this photography-explosion with at least a thousand pictures. This year I shot for work and fun in the Netherlands, Slovenia, Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Germany. Pictures of me were published in Dutch daily Noordhollands Dagblad, where I was… Continue reading My Photos of 2012 – 38 split seconds of the year
Take a hike
,,Soft legs’’, my girlfriend shouted behind me. And ‘take small steps’. I didn't really know what to think of it, but this was the advice I had to make due with when slipping and sliding down the mountain Grmada on Sunday. We went for a hike up and down the 898 meter high peak near… Continue reading Take a hike
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