Sunday, April 29, 2012

Tjörnin birds

Tjörnin is a lake in Reykjavík and these are some of its birds.  (Note to readers: some birds may appear more than once.)







































I can now add a 58th country - Iceland - to my list of countries where I have slept at least one montionless night:


  1. UK
  2. Malta
  3. Canada
  4. U.S.A.
  5. Austria
  6. Saint Lucia
  7. Tunisia
  8. France
  9. The Netherlands
  10. Cuba
  11. Egypt
  12. Eritrea
  13. Czech Republic
  14. Hungary
  15. Ukraine
  16. Portugal
  17. Saudi Arabia
  18. Germany
  19. Guinea
  20. Sierra Leone
  21. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  22. Switzerland
  23. Ethiopia
  24. Somaliland (Somalia)
  25. Djibouti
  26. Azerbaijan
  27. Kenya
  28. United Arab Emirates
  29. Afghanistan
  30. Pakistan
  31. Australia
  32. Brazil
  33. Thailand
  34. Malaysia
  35. Cambodia
  36. Ireland
  37. India
  38. Nepal
  39. Liberia
  40. Ireland
  41. Belgium
  42. Cyprus
  43. Turkey
  44. Sri Lanka
  45. Bulgaria
  46. Romania
  47. China
  48. Italy
  49. Norway
  50. Dominican Republic
  51. Haiti
  52. Russia
  53. South Korea
  54. Myanmar
  55. Mexico 
  56. Central African Republic
  57. Cameroon
  58. Iceland

Countries I have technically visited but which do not qualify with one motionless night:

  1. Croatia (airport transfer in Zagreb)
  2. Japan (airport transfer in Tokyo)
  3. Monaco (for lunch)
  4. Martinique (day trip from St. Lucia)
  5. South Africa (airport transfer in Johannesburg)
  6. Slovakia (crossed twice at night by train)
  7. Spain (crossed twice at night by train)
  8. Sudan (airport transfer in Khartoum)
  9. Holy See (museum and St. Peter's square visit)
  10. Panama (airport transfer in Panama City)

Friday, April 27, 2012

Here are some pictures from my walk around Oxford today.