Zach's Photo Gallery of '97-'98

Autumn Term

• St. Pancras Station/Midland Grand Hotel, North London Anybody here a Douglas Adams fan? This building was featured in The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul
• The British Telecom Tower, Central London An odd building; one of my favorites
• Me in Highgate neighborhood, North London
• Regent's Canal, North London Or it could be Grand Union Canal
• Jonathan, Stuart, and me punting on the River Cam, Cambridge Photo taken by Aubrey, who was steering
• River Taff, Cardiff, South Wales
• Cardiff, Wales seen from Castle Cardiff
• Sunset at Cardiff Waterfront One of my best shots so far!!
• Caerphilly Castle, South Wales
• Duel at the gates of Caerphilly Travelling companions really get to know each other after awhile
• Bloomsbury, Central London
• Thames River, Central London, early morning
• Erwin, Jonathan, me, Aubrey at the Amstel River, Amsterdam
• House of Ann Frank, Amsterdam
• Edam, Netherlands
• Sunset over the sea at Hoorn, Netherlands
• A quiet backstreet in Brugge, Belgium
• Brugge, Belgium photographed from the Belfort clock tower
• Camden, North London The typical look of the streets surrounding my building
• Camden Town: the Harvard Square of LondonTen minutes' walk from where I live
• Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park The strange side of free speech
• My friend and computer science classmate, Tanya
• The City of LondonLondon's Wall Street, the City is a strange mix of gloomy Victorian stone and towering glass and steel monsters
• Autumn at University College London main quad
• Looking out my window at 7:00 AM, North London Bad quality scan, oh well
• My friend and neighbor, Tom
• My neighborhood: That's the Camden Road, and my building to the right
• Overhead shot of South-West London (Victoria) Taken from the bell-tower of Westminster Cathedral
• My friend and neighbor, Mehdi, at someone's b-day party
• Univerity College London main quad in winter

Winter Vacation Part 1 (Spain)

• Cathedral, Málaga
• The waterfront at Málaga
• Bullfighting arena, Málaga
• The Sierra Nevada mountains, Andalucía (southern Spain) Taken from the high watchtower of the Alhambra at Granada. If you squint, you can actually see the mountains in the background :)
• Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, Granada
• Part of the old Moorish palaces at the Alhambra, Granada
• The Mezquita (mosque) of Córdoba
• The narrow streets of Córdoba
• Massive gothic front of Sevilla's cathedral
• Plaza de la Catedral, Sevilla
• The cathedral of Segovia
• A grand view of Segovia from the Alcázar
• El Palacio Real (royal palace), Madrid
• The back-street of Gabmaval, Madrid
• Parque del Retiro, Madrid
• Puerta de Alcalá, Plaza de la Independencia, Madrid
• My flatmate Sabina and her boyfriend Marcelo, Puerta del Sol, Madrid
• Narrow entrance to the Judería (pre-Inquisition Jewish neighborhood), Toledo
• Puerta del Sol, Madrid

Winter Vacation Part 2 (with my family in London)

• Leeds Castle at sunset, Kent, southern England
• Fiery sunset over a lake near Leeds Castle, Kent, southern England SUPOIB!
• The family at Windsor Castle, west of London

Spring Term

• A leafy square in Bath, West England
• The most beard I ever grew all year This is a really awful picture; I only include it to demonstrate.
• Architectural contrast in the City of London, Bank of the Thames
• A cool statue in front of Tower Bridge, Central London
• London skyline from Primrose Hill, North London
• Regent's Park, North London

• Ireland!

• The coastline of Wales from the London-Dublin plane, looking south
• Guinness time! Mulligan's, Dublin
• The travelling company at Mulligan's, Dublin, Aubrey, Stuart, Jonathan
• Outer towers of Blarney Castle, County Cork Yes, yes, I kissed the stone!
• Blarney Castle, County Cork
• A colorful street in Cork, County Cork
• Chinese takeout, The Whistling Pig, and O.O Ceilleacair: Tralee, County Kerry
• The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
• The green land of Éire, near the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
• The travelling company troops up the road to the beach from the village of Doolin, County Clare
• Me at the seashore at Doolin, County Clare
• Me, perched on a cliff at Inish Mór (see below)
• The island of Inish Mór, off the west coast of Ireland
• The old Iron Age fort Dun Aengus on its cliff, Inish Mór, If you can't make out the fort, its the highest point of land in the picture.
• Sunset over Galway Bay, County Galway
• Old tower at the ruined monastery at Glendalough
• Wicklow countryside between Glendalough and Dublin

• Back to Britain

• All Souls College, Oxford University through a really nice gate
• Christchurch College, Oxford University
• The new British Libray, Central London A great building; interesting contrast to the neighboring St. Pancras/Grand Midland Hotel peeking up behind it (see 1st picture in gallery). It's not really leaning at that angle.
• What the top of a London double decker bus looks like
• University College London springtime campus

Spring Vacation

• The Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales
• Pen Y Fan, highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales And my travelling companion Tom (for Wales, at least) at right
• St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
• Rocky Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales Foggy, too.
• Harbor at Porthmadog, North Wales
• Sheep on the tracks, Ffestiniog Railway through Snowdonia, North Wales
• Slate-covered mountains near the old Victorian slate mines of Llechwedd, North Wales
• Climbing Mt. Snowdon -- very dramatic lighting, North Wales
• Looking at Snowdonia National Park from the Llanberis trail up Mt. Snowdon This mountain is not Mt. Snowdon. See previous pic for Mt. Snowdon.
• Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
• Road, foot, and rail bridges from Conwy to Llandudno Junction, North Wales
• Conwy Castle, North Wales
• Main street in Chester, North England
• Overhead of Liverpool, North England
• Morning in Liverpool The tower in the background is the ominous Liverpool (Anglican) Cathedral
• Lake Windermere, Lake District, North England
• Grasmere, lake and village, Lake District
• Sunset over Lake Windermere, Lake District : Look at this one!
• A back-street in Ambleside, Lake District
• Derwent Water, North Lake District
• Typical street-look of Glasgow, Lowlands, Scotland
• Beautiful Glasgow University
• Glen Nevis, Highlands, Scotland
• Glen Coe, Highlands, Scotland
• Glen Coe, the same day if you can believe it
• Now that's a Scottish dog! (Fort William, Highlands, Scotland)
• More indecisive Scots weather in Portree Bay, Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland
• Another shot of Portree Bay, cliffs and all, Isle of Skye
• Highland "hairy cows", Isle of Skye
• Snowy landscape, Isle of Skye
• The Cuillin Hills (an understatement!), Isle of Skye
• Landscape of Trotternish, a northern peninsula of the Isle of Skye
• Sunset over Portree Bay, Isle of Skye
• Glamaig, Isle of Skye There are actually foot races up this one in summer!
• Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland See the monster? I see it.
• Eastern Highlands, Scotland
• Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Lowlands, Scotland
• A back alley in Edinburgh
• Overhead of Edinburgh's Old Town
• The approach up the Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle
• York Minster, York, North England
• Steep Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Central England
• Lincoln Minster towers over Lincoln
• Overhead of Boston, Lincolnshire, Central England Yes, Boston!
• Twilight in Boston The tower is the Boston Stump, the nickname for the town's church