Florian Pichler

Flo goes on tangents

Blogging for your amusement and my chance to remember moments. Pictures and ramblings about travel, tech, making, baking, and pixels.

Lotus Temple

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Aastha Kunj Park
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Inside the Lotus Temple Gardens

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No pictures from inside the Bahai temple, but it is a stunning architectural structure.

The concrete roof arches feel almost weightless and let light filter in through gaps between the petals. We were very lucky to experience moments in peace and calmness almost on our own in an otherwise busy and crowded place.

We went to Lajpat Nagar market to buy dress shoes for the main event and a nice golden yellow kurta for the haldi ceremony for me. I got fitted for a turban that will be wound for me, too.

Which means I’m done shopping for the wedding and we can spent a few days doing touristy things.

Qutab Minar

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Shopping wedding attire in New Delhi

I found a really nice indo western style sherwani for the main event. Now I just need one or two more outfits for the other days, fitting shoes and a turban.

Don’t expect pictures before the actual wedding. No spoilers.

While we managed to get some really nice and authentic food, I was too hungry and jet-lagged at the time to take any pictures either. More pictures are due once we finish hopping from shop to shop.

Normally we would have more time, but it’s wedding season in Delhi, so any alterations that need to be done barely make it in time for the event.

Your Uber comes with perfectly normal decorations

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Good connections at our hotel in New Delhi

Heading East

Less than a week until our flight to India. Our route will take us from New Delhi to Agra to Jaipur and back again.

Fun with Pixels

I blame CircuitPython, but I began to dabble with tiny computer chips a while ago, and it’s refreshingly constraining. Adding OLED or RGB matrix displays to these projects is plenty of fun, and it rekindled my love for pixel art, too.

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My little 1-Bit Astronaut

Back home in Augsburg

The jet lag could be worst, but drinkable, good-tasting tap water, a shower with decent water pressure, and a mixing valve make up for it.

Up and down again

Tourists doing touristy things in Fog City.

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Painted Ladies

We took a picture Alamo Square of some okay examples of the architecture here.

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Sutro Tower

Went to Haight street for the retro hippie vibes and caught a look at the famous broadcasting tower on Twin Peaks.

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Very cold ocean, but a decent view

Went to Baker Beach to catch the Golden Gate Bridge from another angle.

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Rode a Cable Car home to the hotel. They remain a whimsical mode of transport. I like whimsical trains.

It has changed in the last decade, but it remains San Francisco.

2272 miles — 3656 kilometers

We made it back to San Francisco.

Lazy Sunday

Lounging at the hotel pool in Santa Clara and planning our last two days in San Francisco.