[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 37: Bratislava and some bad weather at home

[Nathan Wajsman]

The second week of September was marked by another trip, this time to Bratislava. It turned out to be a very interesting city, and I really enjoyed exploring it for the first time. I have posted a gallery on my frozenlight.eu site, but as usual, I saved some images, especially of people, for the weekly blog. 

While I was in Slovakia, a fairly serious storm hit Spain’s Mediterranean coast. Every autumn, we get a weather phenomenon called “gota fría”, or “cold drop”—a mass of cold air from the north comes down, meets the warm air over the sea, and torrential rain results. In general, rain is useful, since we can go 2-3 months in the summer without it, but this time it was way too much water (and wind). There was widespread flooding and several fatalities, and while my wife and I got lucky—we live just north of Alicante, and our area was not so badly affected—some people I know south of city have suffered a lot and some have lost everything. I took some pictures on the beach of the aftermath, nothing particularly dramatic but one can see that there had been serious weather. 

It is all here:

http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=2642

And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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YNWA