RaKo

I've been missing in action for the past few weeks because I've been sick with the worst case of the flu that I've ever had. I s...

There used to be a time when photography was easy. Digital photography has changed everything. Technology has given us many more options and...

I saw the following three mullets on my trip to Rome in July. I'm not sure if the second third qualify for mullets, but they sure are in...

I can vividly recall a free-throw tournament that I participated as an early teenager. A Catholic “fraternal society” called The Knights of ...

Below are a few interesting numbers from the last 12 months. Miles traveled: 38,000 + Cities visited: 23 Countries visited: 11 Passport stam...

Older people in Europe seem to have more youthfulness and energy than their U.S. counterparts. I've always had an odd fascination with t...

I noticed that I take a lot of street art and architecture photos and not a lot of "people" photos. The photos below are my first ...

More proof that Jose is an amazing graphic artist. Top to bottom: Me, Jose & Keyan . Done in the style of the cover artwork on the Best ...

Please help me understand why... the quality of music always increases as it approaches closing time while the quality of people in the club...

The world is my playground is more than a phrase...it's a mindset. This past year has taught me that the world can be anyone's play...

AMSTERDAM --> PRAGUE --> BARCELONA --> LONDON --> ROME --> MILAN --> LONDON --> LEUVEN --> BRUSSELS --> ...

A few hours before I left for Rome, I noticed some fun new street art very close to my house in Poble Nou. I made a mental note to take some...

I'm back and feeling a bit overwhelmed. All of the travel from this past month (Madrid, Seville, Ibiza, Granada, Malaga and Rome) has be...

Both Granada and Malaga were remarkable. Unlike Barcelona, the culture in southern Spain is unmistakable Spanish. I arrived in Barcelona on ...

If you use a feed aggregator to read my site, please update your address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/chrisrako . Do you have no idea what I...

I depart for Malaga and Granada in 3 hours. I arrive back to BCN late Friday night, but leave once again on early Sunday morning for Rome. I...

I'm not exactly sure why it's been so long since I posted mullet photos. They were some of my most popular posts . Go figure. Anyway...

Simply amazing. The photos show the beauty much better than I could ever explain it. View all of the photos here. This guy owned what I thin...

If this isn't the world's cutest old man then I don't know who is. He was enjoying a nice stroll along the beaches of Barcelona ...

I was in Seville during the Festival De Las Naci Nes , an annual arts, cultural and gastronomical extravaganza held along the Guadalquivir r...

The street art in Seville was very impressive. It was mostly concentrated around the Guadalquivir river area. Below are a few of the many p...

Top stencil artists from all over Europe gathered in Barcelona for the premier Difusor stencil summit. The results are remarkable. Below a...