El Rincon de Rey

A blog about whatever (until I make up my mind on some specific theme)

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京都 // Kyoto, Japan

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Japan

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9th Fighter Squadron P-40Es in flight near Darwin, Australia, 1942

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“Frozen Sunset” by | Carsten Meyerdierks

Iivaara, Kuusamo, Finland

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It's my 14 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Time flies!

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SBD-5s of VB-6 in flight over USS Enterprise (CV-6), 12 November 1943

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#aviation

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Bon Voyage to us!

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Lady with an Ermine (Dama con l'ermellino) in Oil on Walnut Panel

This is a document of High Renaissance political intrigue. Painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1490 in oil on walnut panel, this work features Cecilia Gallerani, a highly educated 16-year-old who was the favourite of Milan’s ruler, Duke Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo used a revolutionary dynamic pose that captured Gallerani mid-turn, suggesting intelligence and personality. The ermine she holds is a sophisticated symbol of protection. Sforza needed a coded way to acknowledge Cecilia and her secret pregnancy without offending his political fiancée, Beatrice d'Este. Leonardo included the animal because it alluded to the Duke, who was known as "The White Ermine." Located at the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, Poland.

Dimensions 54 cm × 39 cm.

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I Never Liked Traveling to Mexico—but This City Made Me Fall in Love With It

I Never Liked Traveling to Mexico—but This City Made Me Fall in Love With It

Mérida’s plazas, pastel streets, and warm community spirit made one writer fall in love with Mexico.

This brings me memories of my own visit to Mérida, which took place over a long weekend a while back. I hope they still have the Sunday festivities at the main square, which includes locals in their Sunday best, getting together to dance Danzón, a slow, rhythmic dance that is considered one of the forebears of Salsa music, and invented in the Yucatan. The culture of the Yucatan is a particularly unique component of the varied tapestry of Mexican culture.

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Rick Steves’ Europe: The Basque country’s cultural treats

Rick Steves’ Europe: The Basque country’s cultural treats

The land of the Basque people, split between Spain and France, is a "nation without a state” – left off the map when they drew Europe's nati

Fascinating Basque country, my ancestral land on my maternal side.

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His name was Anton. The townspeople of Zborow, Poland called him “the village idiot.” No family. No friends. He lived alone in a crumbling shack on the edge of town—forgotten by the world. But when the Nazis came in July 1941 and slaughtered 1,000 Jewish men, then herded the rest into a ghetto, it wasn’t the strong or the wise who became a hero. It was Anton. The Zeiger family—two parents, two young sons, and two orphaned children they were trying to protect—begged for help. Every neighbor turned away. Until they reached Anton. He didn’t hesitate. Though frail and overlooked, he dug a pit beneath his shack—deep enough to hide six souls. And for nine long months, by the dim light of a kerosene lamp, he kept them alive. He scavenged food. He emptied their waste. He endured beatings and threats. And he never said a word. Not even when the Nazis came searching. He risked everything. He saved everything. When the war ended, the Zeigers emerged—alive. In 1974, Anton Sukhinski was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. He was the only person in all of Zborow who helped. The town’s "idiot" had a soul of fire. He was the only one who saw with clarity. Today, I ask myself: Would I have been as brave? Would I have answered the knock at my door? Let the world remember Anton. Not for what they called him— But for what he became: A light in the darkest night.

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[All pictures taken by me]

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Sappho by Laurence Koe (English, 1869–1913)

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Lake Annecy, France: Lake Annecy is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France. It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river. It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu, if the French part of Lake Geneva, which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded. It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports. Wikipedia

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How the city and its landscape blend in with the Thiou is simply gorgeous.

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Sunset, Spanish Moss Hanging on Live Oak Branches, Charleston, SC

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