Monday, August 17, 2020

Meditating on Japan, Australia, and Greece

Tokyo Metro
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Four or maybe five tracks are visible below Marina's window in Tokyo, Japan.  It's a dark and rainy night view, and several times the Metros cars pass by, sometimes singly, sometimes going in opposite directions, sometimes side-by-side.  I can see lights on the buildings along the street down below the other side of the elevated tracks and in windows of the high-rise buildings beyond that.  Most people have shown us their windows on bright days, sunny or not.  Maybe this is the only time Marina could do it, or maybe this looks better than the daytime view.

Sydney, Australia
Paulina's window looks down on lots of small boats anchored in Sydney, Australia.  This photo has city buildings, rising high into the sky, but Paulina lives in a neighborhood of regular houses.  She looks over their rooftops from an upper window to the water, which is more like maybe a river before you get to this big bay.  I did not see anything moving, except sunlight on the rippling water and a breeze through the leaves of one nearby tree on the right.

Greek island of Kythera
Yiannis's window in Kythera, Greece overlooks what seems to be a small village, with people in the water below, that is similar to this photo.  A smooth mountain flows down from the left to a rise all across the top of Yiannis's view, blocking whatever is beyond.  I see several palm trees among the two-story houses.  The blue-and-white Greek flag is flying in front of a building on the left.

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