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Yellow-Eyed Penguins
New Zealand has offered a number of firsts for me. One of them - was seeing the penguins in the wild. We got to observe the Yellow Eyed Penguins in a special conservation area called Penguin Place. It was founded by the farmer, Howard McGrouther, who upon discovering that there was a small colony (just 8 couples) on his land, decided to put as much ( Read more... ) -
Dusky dolphins
Since last video included a bit too much of me and K, I've decided to create another video, with just dolphins in it this time around. Dolphin lovers, sit back and enjoy! :-)
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Swimming with the dolphins
One of the brightest memories of our New Zealand trip for me was our swimming with the dolphins ( Read more... ) -
Our Russian Wedding
After months of waiting our professional photos are finally (FINALLY!!!) on my harddrive. I can't express how excited I feel about them! Our photographer, Vadim Verenitsyn has done an absolutely incredible job. It is amazing to work with a person who is really interested and excited about his job, and, above all, super creative ( Read more... ) -
signs in Beijing
Being a foreigner in a country where one has absolutely no hope of reading the signs or understanding the spoken language can be really tough. Unless the signs and announcements are duplicated in English specifically for such lost soles.
Would I like to get some advice? Yes, please!
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Wildlife at Point Reyes National Seashore
On our last visit to the Point Reyes National Seashore we have chosen to explore Tomales Point - a narrow ridge, reaching out far into the ocean. The trail goes through the elk reserve, so we got quite a lot of sightings of elk as well as other wildlife like coyotes and eagles.
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A day near Carmel, CA, USA
Being close to the ocean is a huge privilege of living in California, however, walking along the beach for hours is not a cup of tea for everyone. For those people... there is hiking with ocean views!
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Halloween 2015
To be honest, I'm not a fan of Halloween. Walking in the dark past graves, hanging corpses, ghosts and pumpkin daemons is just not my cup of tea... Daylight hours, though, is a whole 'nother story. I've been thoroughly enjoying the creativity of home owners in our neighborhood and would love to share some of it with you:
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Houston Space Center
Grace Hopper Conference that I got to attend, was held in Houston, Texas. I decided to use this opportunity to attend the Houston Space Center. Remember: "Houston, we have a problem!" - yup, that's the one! That's one of the places where work was done for the Apollo missions to the moon!
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