Athens and Delphi, Greece

Acropolis of Athens (Ακρόπολη Αθηνών), from near and afar.

Sunset at Aegean Sea, next to the Temple of Posidon (photo above).

Ancient gymnasium at Delphi, next to the Oracle. Olympian athletes of ancient Greece used to train here.

Summer in Benasque, Spain

This photo is taken by Chris Pattison.

Japan

Sensō-ji (浅草寺) is a magnificent temple in Tokyo with more than 30 million visitors annually.

Tōdai-ji (東大寺) was established in the early 8th century. The Nara Park hosting the temple is populated by cookie-seeking deers.

Two representatives. They can sniff the cookies in your pockets.

Sydney, Australia

Some kangaroos are a lot more polite than others.

Gent, Belgium

They have the most fantastic chocolates and waffles in Belgium.

This photo is taken in Brugge.

Spring around Yale, New Haven

Many thanks to Katie Chang for showing me around the scenic Yale campus.

Left: The Artist’s Garden at Giverny (1900) by Claude Monet, in Yale University Art Gallery. Right: A signed copy of Newton’s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

San Francisco, California

Winter in Salt Lake City, Utah

If you’ve scrolled all this way, I also have a secret cheeseboard page, and a page for randomly distributed cats.