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            "title": "Europe 2010 and Palermo",
            "content_html": "<p>I’ve updated the “World” section with photos and stories from a trip to Europe in 2010. Here is a couple of them:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"768\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/zurich-_MG_2266.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6196.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/nice-IMG_6515.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/paris-IMG_7286.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See and read the stories in this order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/zurich\/\">Zurich<\/a>, where road and sidewalk surfaces are level,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/all\/milan\/\">Milan<\/a>, where street name plates are gorgeous and trams are adorable,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/nice\/\">Nice<\/a>, with a surprising diversity of hatches,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/cannes\/\">Cannes<\/a>, where you watch fireworks,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/monte-carlo\/\">Monte Carlo<\/a>, where a street you walk turns out to be a roof of a building,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/paris\/\">Paris<\/a>, with transparent plastic bags instead of recycle bins,<\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/europe-2010\/\">Roads, signs and tunnels<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then check out the new one, <a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/palermo\/\">from a recent trip to Palermo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/world\/palermo\/\" class=\"e2-text-picture-link\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/palermo-IMG_3272.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Palermo\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n",
            "summary": "I’ve updated the “World” section with photos and stories from a trip to Europe in 2010. Here is a couple of them",
            "date_published": "2014-07-12T12:38:56+03:00",
            "date_modified": "2023-08-13T08:02:25+03:00",
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            "content_html": "<p>Can’t help but envy those who see this beauty on their way to work:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6196.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Square name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6239.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6152.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6183.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The buildings with these plaques are also gorgeous:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6170.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6161.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6252.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6162.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6234.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6217.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A ceiling in a shopping mall:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6215.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A ceiling in a shopping mall in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Suits ride motorcycles here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6169.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Suits ride motorcycles in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local police drive Alfa-Romeos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6178.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Local police drives Alfa-Romeos in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trams are adorable:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6241.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trams are adorable in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6184.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trams are adorable in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Or skewed:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6263.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A skewed tram in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Or just have six bellows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6271.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A tram with six bellows in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>People sew in Milan. Even a fountain is stitched to a square:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6279.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A fountain is stitched to a square in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6283.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A fountain is stitched to a square in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Italian is easy to understand:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6258.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6189.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6149.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bank:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6267.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Стабильность в Милане in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patriotism:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6213.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Патриотизм в Милане in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pictures are from the trip in July, 2010.<\/p>\n",
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            "date_published": "2010-07-27T11:09:50+03:00",
            "date_modified": "2023-12-02T11:06:23+03:00",
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