Category: NFN

I just arrived in California, where it never rains, except of course while I’m here. But I love it! While the photo above is still from January’s Dolomite edit, San Francisco to me feels more like a place near the Italian Alps – like Viareggio for example, which also has an exquisite blend of nice cafés, mountains, and of course the sea. And, of the American cities I know, San Francisco is the only one where I feel I can get great food anywhere.

For now, on with the Dolomites edit.

I worked quite hard for this one, both when I took it and in post. So that’s an indication that, in the end, it may not hold its own: In my experience, the strongest images are always the easiest – you know they’ll work even before you take them. Well, I hope this one is going to be an exception, and I’ll know in a couple of weeks.

There is a lovely simple theory amongst locals in the Dolomites: If you fell off a mountain and you’re not sure whether you broke a bone, just see if you can get some sleep during the first night. If you can, nothing is broken.

I tested that theory and found it to be flawed. That is, the theory may be great, but there is this new-fangled thing called painkillers. 500 milligram of Aspirin (very effective, but also very stupid of me to self-administer right after the fall – stupid because, as I later remembered, you cannot have surgery after taking blood thinning Aspirin), and 1.200 milligram of Ibuprofen taken throughout the rest of the day, and I slept reasonably well.

I promise again that I’m not going to turn this into a medical blog – it’s just that currently I’m all too immersed into these physical things…