Fulbright Slovakia: Photographing Zitny ostrov

I've settled into my new apartment in Bratislava, purchased a reflective vest, 3 maps of the island, and been graciously lent a bike (old! pink!).
The plan: to cover the full area of Zitny ostrov (Great Rye Island) via bike + camera over the next 9 months. Beginning in Bratislava on the Danubian bicycle route, aka the Dunajska cylisticka cesta, I can ride all the way to Zitny ostrov. Once there, I will make stops along the way in the various villages, museums, and thermal hot spots throughout the island for site visits, sweats, and beds! The best part, when I run out of film/energy/socks I can head home to BA, a mere 15-100km bus ride away. Can't wait to get started.

Fair winds for the pedals!

Meanwhile, my Amazon book wishlist is finally being put into action due to a lack of english books here, and in anticipation of the winter ahead. Christmas is coming early this year! In the mail:

The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, Woody Allen

A History of Slovakia, Stanislav Kirschbaum

Microcosms, Claudio Magris

River of Shadows: Eadward Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Rebecca Solnit

Finding a Form, William H. Gass

The Practice of Everday Life, Michel de Certeau

The Narrow Road to Oku, Matsuo Basho

The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things, George Kubler

The Importance of Being Iceland, Travel Essays in Art,  Eileen Myles

Labyrinths, Jorge Luis Borges

A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit

The Island of the Colorblind, Oliver Sacks

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, Edwin A. Abbott and Rosemary Jann