Amsterdam

 November 7, 2011

Vondelpark

Canal Loop

Montelbaanstoren Tower

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

X-Mind

Umm... Is that Japanese women in a silk robe playing that brown baby emblazoned bass guitar with a katana?

Yes, she is playing that bass guitar with a sword while singing about all sorts of odd sexual things. To make matters stranger, she's looking me right in the eye every time she mentions a certain piece of the male anatomy. What could make this situation any stranger? Maybe a woman dressed up in a wolf costume playing the organ singing about old men touching young women on the train.

Oh wait, that ended up happening too. 

Rainbow

Ginoza, Okinawa

Shanghai

Typically it takes a nearly $300 visa to enter China. However in Shanghai if you have a layover of less than 24 hours you are allowed to leave the airport.

With a 6 hour layover on my way to Frankfurt, I took the hour long train ride from the airport to downtown just to see this view. After taking a number of pictures using different exposures, I am still not sure which of these two photos turned out better, so both have been included. 

Shanghai, China

Gyutan

Left to right: Raw cow tongue, mackerel, shrimp and yellow tail 

Sendai, Japan 

Frankfurt

Autumn leafs in Frankfurt, Germany