I do these yearly, see 2024 and 2023.

I think I’m starting to get the hang of my Fuji XT-20 camera with the 35mm lens.

February

Munich

this was my first time visting, and I love it. it’s even more beautiful in the snow. always a pleasure visiting Cyrus.

April

Rimini, Italy

I went to Rimini with my friends to help with the ultimate frisbee tournament Paganello. I had an incredible time with the Italians. somehow I looked like a bunch of them there.

also tried wine for the first time. I was pouring some during the tournament’s opening party:

no joke I almost had a stroke after eating this. gotta be at least 4k calories:

Ponte di Tiberio

my friend shared a cool legend about this bridge. the roman emperor Tiberius made a deal with the devil where the devil would build the bridge only on the account that he could claim the first soul who crosses it. Tiberius agreed, but he attempted to cheat the devil by sending like a dog or sheep over the bridge. the devil was furious, so he tried to destroy what he just built, but he built it so well it never broke. there’s a wikipedia section that does it more justice.

San Marino

also had the chance to check out this tiny country, technically it existed before Italy unified

May

May 1st was really busy in Berlin, it’s like all these people suddenly pop out of nowhere to concentrate into a few parks

Tyler the Creator

pulled 170kg

yeah it’s not much looking back but it was a fun moment

Copenhagen

was my 2nd time in this beautiful city, I think here and Munich are the top places I’d want to raise children.

Frederiksborg Castle

Copenhagen Opera House

June

Munich V2

Guns N’ Roses

my friend had spare tickets, only listened to welcome to the jungle but damn I was impressed. these guys are in their 60s still kicking it

Kochel

only an hour or so from Munich central station, beautiful

Bydgoszcz, Poland

friends wedding

July

turned 22, then headed to Amsterdam to see mr morale aka oklama aka kungfu kenny aka kdot aka kendrick lamar

Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Munich V3

with Cyrus

September

was prepping for a powerlifting meet at my gym, my diet and training was dialed tf in

benched 130kg

technically not a valid lift under IPF rules (need to pause the bar), but still pretty happy with it

learned there’s no press command in the squat

in the competition, a judge is there to tell you commands on your lift. for example, on the bench there are 3: down, press, rack. if you miss a command, you fail the lift. here I was practising those commands until my friend/coach told me there’s no press one on the squat lmao