sunrise in monument valley

And so we're back to the States. I was really specific about this part of the trip: it must be the sunrise when we arrive in the Monument Valley. And so after spending another night in a parking lot of a local Walmart we drove up to see the sun rise above these ancient rocks. Monument Valley isn't really a destination - you can basically drive through it, but that's it. We made a detour and lit a symbolic bonfire and we were on our way back to Flagstaff to have the biggest breakfast in our lifetime. PS. Just spent two afternoons trying to figure out what on earth is messing with my pictures - turns out it's an automatic setting: google plus picture "enhance". Fuck you, google!

daylight savings end in warsaw

Now that we've moved our clocks back, it's dusk a little earlier. And it overlaps with rush hour, which makes an afternoon bike ride even more interesting.

weekend in the tatras

We were really lucky - We've got the last weekend with no snow in the mountains. It was the only serious mountain hike I did this year: a trek up to the Five Lakes (Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich), and two climbing days on Zamarła Turnia, one of the Polish famous walls. Thanks Anto and Dawid, and the crew at the Five Lakes mountain shelter (Schronisko.)