Trips to Brisbane, Seattle, Madrid, and Shanghai (2018)

  1. 1 2018-05: Brisbane, Australia
    1. 1.1 Day trip to the Gold Coast
  2. 2 2018-09: Seattle, WA, USA
  3. 3 2018-09 to 2018-10: Madrid, Spain
  4. 4 2018-10: Shanghai, China

In 2018 I went to Brisbane, Seattle, Madrid, and Shanghai.

1 2018-05: Brisbane, Australia

I went to Brisbane for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). I was very impressed with how clean and modern the city was, and the fact that housing is very affordable compared to San Francisco thanks to the construction of numerous high rise buildings.

FIGURE 1 A covered small plaza of some sort. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with E 20mm F2, 20.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 2 Rainbow lorikeet at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 200.
FIGURE 3 Skyline of Brisbane at sunset. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 4 Skyline of Brisbane at blue hour. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 5 Brisbane City Hall. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with E 20mm F2, 20.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 6 Albert Street Uniting Church nestled betwixt the modern buildings. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with E 20mm F2, 20.0 mm, , , ISO 100.

1.1 Day trip to the Gold Coast

I didn’t have time to go scuba diving. The Great Barrier Reef will have to wait until next time! Hopefully it will still exist by then…

FIGURE 7 SONY ILCE-7RM2 with E 20mm F2, 20.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 8 SONY ILCE-7RM2 with E 20mm F2, 20.0 mm, , , ISO 100.

2 2018-09: Seattle, WA, USA

I went to Seattle to visit my friend.

FIGURE 9 Space Needle viewed from the Dimension condominium rooftop. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 10 The Ballard Bridge, a bascule bridge that spans the Lake Washington Ship Canal. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 11 Skyline of Seattle from Dr. Jose Rizal Bridge. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.

3 2018-09 to 2018-10: Madrid, Spain

I went to Madrid for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics Systems (IROS).

FIGURE 12 The Palacio de Cristal del Retiro at dawn. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 13 Sol. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with SAMYANG AF 35mm F2.8, 35.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 14 Cathedral of the Royal Palace. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with SAMYANG AF 35mm F2.8, 35.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 15 View from the rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes. I got yelled by a security guard when taking the photo since I had climbed over a railing. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with ZEISS Batis 2.8/18 , 18.0 mm, , , ISO 400.
FIGURE 16 Some kind of delicious food. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with SAMYANG AF 35mm F2.8, 35.0 mm, , , ISO 100.

4 2018-10: Shanghai, China

I went to Shanghai to visit my parents! My dad was working there at the time.

FIGURE 17 Pudong viewed from the Bund. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with SAMYANG AF 35mm F2.8, 35.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 18 SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 19 Porsche 356C at the Auto Museum. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 20 The Bund viewed from the Financial Center. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 400.
FIGURE 21 The Nanpu Bridge. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 22 A big flower thing. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 200.
FIGURE 23 The Bund at dusk. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 100.
FIGURE 24 The Transrapid to the airport. SONY ILCE-7RM2 with Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical, 65.0 mm, , , ISO 200.