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... wherever I may roam

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Instructions:

mandatory minimum resolution: 1024x768 pixel. Even with this it's advised to use the full-screen mode of the browser which can be activated by pressing the F11 key. If you press the key again, the original window with menu will be restored.
recommended browsers: the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and Apple Safari.
each diary has two buttons white and black at the left side of the page. Generally, photographs come out best when there's a high contrast between the picture and its surrounding, for instance the black background and white frames.

On the other hand since the pages contain reading stuff, for some people it may not be convenient to read this way (as human eyes get used to the white background/black letters). If you click on the white button, the background becomes white/bright, clicking on the black button changes to black/dark background.
KMZ (Google Earth): the KMZ stores the images including their GPS data in one single file: thus after opening you can see where the picture was taken. To open a KMZ file you'll need Google Earth which can be downloaded from here.

Since at some places the photos were taken quite close to each other, in such cases it's better to zoom in as much as possible. Otherwise from farther distances you'll see only like this one: flower of Krakow.

News (for galleries only after June of 2010):

the pictures also store the direction. If you open the KMZ and doubleclick on the individual photo's icon, then Google Earth shall turn into the direction where the camera was looking toward. Doubleclick is important, single cilck will just open the image without direction. This feature's advantage that you can also visualize the closer-farther vicinity of the picture; which is most enjoyable with landscape pictures.
to play embedded panoramas and videos, you'll need an HTML5-capable browser. As of writing this around the half of 2020, it's a hopeful safe assumption that you already have such.
The panoramas
can be found in two formats. The previous "only image" was a bit problematic because the smaller image size lost the essence of the panoramas: "the space and distance".

The basic usage of the player: you click in the middle of the image, keep the button pressed - then you start to move the mouse in any direction. Then the image will rotate as you would turn into that direction. The more you move the mouse away from the center, the faster the image rotates. The middle mouse button scrolling zooms in and out.

Tip: it's a good idea to start with zooming out as some panoramas don't start with the maximum field of view.

News, 2012-10-05:

there's a link under the photos which show the location on Google Maps. If you're interested in the location, I'd recommend to use the KMZ/Google Earth at the first place as it's nicer and has additional data like image direction. Nonetheless if you just want a quick look of the location, the Google Maps link will work fine.

last revision: 2020-10-20


	Argentina

2015.04.23. Viedma and Tandil		open
Río Negro and the Pampas

2015.03.23. The Pink House		open
a slice of Argentine history

2015.03.22. Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires		open
M.A.L.B.A.

2015.03.08. La Plata again		open
museum, Wiener schnitzel, déjà-vu

2015.01.25. Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum		open
in Buenos Aires

2014.10.02. Midwestern landscapes of Argentina		open
Salta - Cafayate - Valle Fértil - San Juan - Córdoba

2014.04.17. Neuquén		open
wine, dinosaurs and autumnal leaves

2014.03.30. Metallica show		open
in La Plata

2014.03.14. Mar del Plata		open
the Argentine seaside

2014.02.28. Iguazu Falls		open
the obligatory Argentine experience

2014.01.04. Trekking on Aconcagua Hot!		open
Back in Mendoza, back to The Andes.

2013.11.22. The Jesuit reductions of Northeastern Argentina and Paraguay		open
in narrow 3 days

2013.10.11. Three days in Uruguay		open
Punta del Este - Montevideo - Colonia del Sacramento

2013.08.17. Paraná and costumes Unavailable!		info
sunset, costume festival

2013.06.19. Mendoza and The Andes		open
wine-tasting plus trekking

2013.03.26. From Jujuy to Bolivia		open
Visiting Northwestern Argentina

2013.02.02. Gualeguaychú Hot!		open
the Carnival of the country

2013.01.06. Villa La Ñata Unavailable!		info
bicycling to north from Tigre

2012.12.31. New Year's Eve Unavailable!		info
the second celebration in Buenos Aires

2012.10.31. Buenos Aires - Budapest		open
roundtrip and airplanes

2012.07.21. XI. Festival of the Hungarian Folk Dances in South America		open
the pictures of the festival

2011.11.23. South Argentina and Antarctica Hot!		open
exactly


	Czech Republic

2011.02.13. Farewell to Prague Unavailable!		info
the last day

2011.02.09. Orloj		open
view from the top of the Orloj Tower

2011.02.08. Prague Night II.		open
the city during the night

2011.02.06. Riegrovy Sady-Námestí Míru		open
view to the Castle after darkness

2011.02.05. Prague Night I.		open
the city during the night

2011.02.02. Krematorium Strašnice-Želivského-Flóra Unavailable!		info
the neighborhood

2011.01.30. Letenské Sady		open
lookout to the city

2011.01.18. Petřín Unavailable!		info
Petřín and its surroundings

2011.01.18. The Castle in the morning		open
dawn pictures

2011.01.09. Loreto and the Castle Unavailable!		info
these two sights

2010.12.31. New Year's Eve		open
fireworks at Vltava

2010.12.06. Office Unavailable!		info
a few winter pictures

2010.11.27. Zoo Unavailable!		info
the zoo in Prague

2010.11.06. Žižkov TV Tower		open
lookout from the tower

2010.08.24. Sunset towards West Unavailable!		info
sunset from the flat

2010.07.10. CZDEATLIATDEATITCHITATHUATDECZ Unavailable!		info
Europe on 4,810km

2010.07.07. Melnik-Lustenice-Kutná Hora		open
warming-up session for the European Trip

2010.07.03. Kutná Hora Unavailable!		info
one-day excursion

2010.06.26. Šternberk		open
a few pictures of Šternberk

2010.05.08. CZSKHUSKPLCZ Unavailable!		info
travelling through Czech Republic-Hungary-Slovakia-Poland

2010.04.24. Veteran cars Unavailable!		info
car exhibition in Horní Počernice

2009.12.31. New Year's Eve		open
fireworks at Vltava

2009.10.17. Czech Republic III. Unavailable!		info
driving in the country

2009.07.06. Czech Republic II. Unavailable!		info
driving in the country

2009.07.04. Czech Republic I. Unavailable!		info
driving in the country

2009.05.28. Fashion Unavailable!		info
spring collection

2008.12.31. New Year's Eve		open
fireworks at Vltava

2008.08.30. Lustenice Unavailable!		info
American car exhibition in Luštěnice

2008.07.29. Hotel ILF Unavailable!		info
the first day in Prague

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