Tom's photos :: Collections From 2005

A few small pictures taken on the Isle of Man over Christmas and New Year. I was there for nearly 3 weeks. I really don't go there much nowadays, apart from seeing family and a few friends there isn't much point in me (or any other 21-year-old) being there...

London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Kendal just before Christmas.

Advantages of you having the camera - no embarrassing photos of you. Just a few shots from the party that gave us several threatening letters and a massive cleaning bill afterwards (whoops)!

Photos of Groningen during the 'afternoon after' with Paul and Peter.

Utrecht welcomes the Sint on tour.

Pictures taken with Sarah, Paul and Peter at the top of the Dom in Utrecht.

Visiting Silvia with Merike in Amsterdam.

Pics of Esti's (belated) bday party at our apartment. With many guests, a lot but not enough sangria and a very tasty cake...

Pics of cocktails in the kitchen, and the STORM Tuesday night ESN international party. Peter's dancing isn't illustrated here (much), you'll have to leave that to your imagination...

Photos of the exclusive 4P - Private Pink Pajama Party. WARNING: excessive pinkness can seriously damage mental health and reduce the power of the senses. (By the way, the red-eye here is intentional...)

A day trip to Amsterdam. After getting 0 hours of sleep the night before it wasn't the best idea for my health, but Amsterdam's not a place that's good for your health anyway...

Pics of Georgi's birthday party, the first big event at our apartment. Fitting 40-50 students into the kitchen is tough. Please add comments if you have captions, stories, if you like/dislike the photo, or simply if I've forgotten your name!

Trying to find bikes to buy in Utrecht, three of my housemates and me found some good ones on the canalside. With bikes, it feels so much more Dutch now...

A few pics of a trip with Merike to Tallinn on the last Saturday of my holiday in Estonia...

One day I woke up and felt like going to Finland for the day. So I did. I spent 8 hours in Helsinki and here are some photos.

Pics from Viljandi folk music festival.

Various pics from around Pärnu on another bike ride.

A day in Tallinn taking pictures and getting bored. I really shouldn't have come here today, I wasn't in the right mood. Never mind. ...Nice pics though!

Photos of a weekend visiting Gerli at the Estonian border town Valga, and also some of the Latvian side of the town (Valka).

Some pictures of places I went when hiring a mountain bike for six hours in Pärnu. I travelled about 40km in total, and spent most of the time riding through forests on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Three pictures of Põltsamaa and a couple of the church in Rapla.

Messing about with a camera...

Pictures of Pärnu - first some of the city and then some two days later at a fair and theatre.

A weekend visiting Granny in Newcastle. Sorry, there are no real pics of Newcastle itself, just some of me and my family...

Pics of Douglas on a beautiful summer's day. Douglas is the town where my parents, brother and sister live. I live there as well, although I don't spend much time there as I'm mostly off at Uni or busy travelling to some far-off place. But these pics are taken during a three-week break between coming back from Sheffield and going to Estonia. And the weather has been (almost constantly) amazing throughout. Shame I've been working 7 days a week...

BBQ party to celebrate Norwegian 17 maj at Martin's place.

House party at Ben's place. Includes a gig by Umlaut, with support from Ben's band Killing Pigeons on their debut... ...all photo descriptions by guest captioner, Ben himself...

The end of Valborg, at the top floor of Marble Court Chinese restaurant. Thanks everyone for a great day. And I've no idea how I've taken so many photos...

BBQ at Martin's place for the next part of Valborg. Many people joined us at this point and the place was quickly packed with hungry and mostly hammered students. A nice filler, before the karaoke...

Continuing Valborg, back at the park for sports, games, chatting, drinking and enjoying the weather which had finally cleared up by this time...

More of the Valborg celebrations - large lunch at Maja's, Karin's and Tuulia's place. As usual, their food was divine with several different types of herring, bread, salmon, vegetables and even caviar on offer... also includes the announcement of next year's committee, large amounts of alcohol and terrible yet passionate singing of Swedish songs.

Photos of champagne and strawberries at the park on the morning of the 18-hour Valborg party with the Scandinavian Society. (By the way, PART 1 of this event was breakfast at Thomas' house, but I didn't make it...)

Photos from a get-together of students on ERASMUS exchange programmes, with a few more local students into the mix. The first few pics are at the Interval bar, the last few are at the Harley.

House party at Endcliffe Vale Road. Shame I didn't get any pics of Laurence's haircut. Maybe next time.

Photos of many different people at Isabelle's place during one Friday night in April. As usual for this house, it was a big event and you tend to see faces there who you happen to already know for many varying reasons. Enjoying my new digital camera... although I'm still not sure how it fully works yet. I think I understand it, but the only way to use it better is through practice...

Fifteen days exploring the beautiful Estonian scenery and spending time with the country's fantastic people.

2005

	Sat 24th Dec 2005 to Tue 27th Dec 2005 Isle of Man Dec 05 A few small pictures taken on the Isle of Man over Christmas and New Year. I was there for nearly 3 weeks. I really don't go there much nowadays, apart from seeing family and a few friends there isn't much point in me (or any other 21-year-old) being there...
	Mon 19th Dec 2005 to Fri 23rd Dec 2005 UK Dec 05 London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Kendal just before Christmas.
	Thu 15th Dec 2005 Parnassos Dec 05 Advantages of you having the camera - no embarrassing photos of you. Just a few shots from the party that gave us several threatening letters and a massive cleaning bill afterwards (whoops)!
	Mon 12th Dec 2005 Groningen Dec 05 Photos of Groningen during the 'afternoon after' with Paul and Peter.
	Sat 12th Nov 2005 Sinterklaas Nov 05 Utrecht welcomes the Sint on tour.
	Sat 29th Oct 2005 Utrecht Dom Oct 05 Pictures taken with Sarah, Paul and Peter at the top of the Dom in Utrecht.
	Sat 22nd Oct 2005 to Sun 23rd Oct 2005 Amsterdam Oct 05 Visiting Silvia with Merike in Amsterdam.
	Wed 28th Sep 2005 to Thu 29th Sep 2005 Esti's party Sep 05 Pics of Esti's (belated) bday party at our apartment. With many guests, a lot but not enough sangria and a very tasty cake...
	Tue 20th Sep 2005 to Wed 21st Sep 2005 STORM Sep 05 Pics of cocktails in the kitchen, and the STORM Tuesday night ESN international party. Peter's dancing isn't illustrated here (much), you'll have to leave that to your imagination...
	Thu 15th Sep 2005 Pink Party Sep 05 Photos of the exclusive 4P - Private Pink Pajama Party. WARNING: excessive pinkness can seriously damage mental health and reduce the power of the senses. (By the way, the red-eye here is intentional...)
	Fri 9th Sep 2005 Amsterdam Sep 05 A day trip to Amsterdam. After getting 0 hours of sleep the night before it wasn't the best idea for my health, but Amsterdam's not a place that's good for your health anyway...
	Thu 8th Sep 2005 to Fri 9th Sep 2005 Georgi's party Sep 05 Pics of Georgi's birthday party, the first big event at our apartment. Fitting 40-50 students into the kitchen is tough. Please add comments if you have captions, stories, if you like/dislike the photo, or simply if I've forgotten your name!
	Tue 6th Sep 2005 Utrecht Sep 05 Trying to find bikes to buy in Utrecht, three of my housemates and me found some good ones on the canalside. With bikes, it feels so much more Dutch now...
	Sat 6th Aug 2005 Tallinn Aug 05 A few pics of a trip with Merike to Tallinn on the last Saturday of my holiday in Estonia...
	Tue 2nd Aug 2005 Helsinki Aug 05 One day I woke up and felt like going to Finland for the day. So I did. I spent 8 hours in Helsinki and here are some photos.
	Sat 30th Jul 2005 Viljandi Jul 05 Pics from Viljandi folk music festival.
	Fri 29th Jul 2005 Around Pärnu Jul 05 Various pics from around Pärnu on another bike ride.
	Wed 27th Jul 2005 Tallinn Jul 05 A day in Tallinn taking pictures and getting bored. I really shouldn't have come here today, I wasn't in the right mood. Never mind. ...Nice pics though!
	Sat 23rd Jul 2005 to Sun 24th Jul 2005 Valga/Valka Jul 05 Photos of a weekend visiting Gerli at the Estonian border town Valga, and also some of the Latvian side of the town (Valka).
	Thu 21st Jul 2005 Tahkuranna forest Jul 05 Some pictures of places I went when hiring a mountain bike for six hours in Pärnu. I travelled about 40km in total, and spent most of the time riding through forests on the eastern outskirts of the city.
	Tue 19th Jul 2005 Estonian villages Jul 05 Three pictures of Põltsamaa and a couple of the church in Rapla.
	Thu 14th Jul 2005 Merike's Jul 05 Messing about with a camera...
	Thu 14th Jul 2005 to Sat 16th Jul 2005 Pärnu Jul 05 Pictures of Pärnu - first some of the city and then some two days later at a fair and theatre.
	Sat 2nd Jul 2005 to Sun 3rd Jul 2005 Newcastle Jul 05 A weekend visiting Granny in Newcastle. Sorry, there are no real pics of Newcastle itself, just some of me and my family...
	Mon 27th Jun 2005 Douglas Jun 05 Pics of Douglas on a beautiful summer's day. Douglas is the town where my parents, brother and sister live. I live there as well, although I don't spend much time there as I'm mostly off at Uni or busy travelling to some far-off place. But these pics are taken during a three-week break between coming back from Sheffield and going to Estonia. And the weather has been (almost constantly) amazing throughout. Shame I've been working 7 days a week...
	Tue 17th May 2005 Martin's May 05 BBQ party to celebrate Norwegian 17 maj at Martin's place.
	Fri 13th May 2005 to Sat 14th May 2005 Ben's May 05 House party at Ben's place. Includes a gig by Umlaut, with support from Ben's band Killing Pigeons on their debut... ...all photo descriptions by guest captioner, Ben himself...
	Sat 30th Apr 2005 to Sun 1st May 2005 Valborg Apr 05 PART 6 The end of Valborg, at the top floor of Marble Court Chinese restaurant. Thanks everyone for a great day. And I've no idea how I've taken so many photos...
	Sat 30th Apr 2005 Valborg Apr 05 PART 5 BBQ at Martin's place for the next part of Valborg. Many people joined us at this point and the place was quickly packed with hungry and mostly hammered students. A nice filler, before the karaoke...
	Sat 30th Apr 2005 Valborg Apr 05 PART 4 Continuing Valborg, back at the park for sports, games, chatting, drinking and enjoying the weather which had finally cleared up by this time...
	Sat 30th Apr 2005 Valborg Apr 05 PART 3 More of the Valborg celebrations - large lunch at Maja's, Karin's and Tuulia's place. As usual, their food was divine with several different types of herring, bread, salmon, vegetables and even caviar on offer... also includes the announcement of next year's committee, large amounts of alcohol and terrible yet passionate singing of Swedish songs.
	Sat 30th Apr 2005 Valborg Apr 05 PART 2 Photos of champagne and strawberries at the park on the morning of the 18-hour Valborg party with the Scandinavian Society. (By the way, PART 1 of this event was breakfast at Thomas' house, but I didn't make it...)
	Fri 29th Apr 2005 ERASMUS Apr 05 Photos from a get-together of students on ERASMUS exchange programmes, with a few more local students into the mix. The first few pics are at the Interval bar, the last few are at the Harley.
	Sat 16th Apr 2005 to Sun 17th Apr 2005 Endcliffe Vale Apr 05 House party at Endcliffe Vale Road. Shame I didn't get any pics of Laurence's haircut. Maybe next time.
	Fri 15th Apr 2005 to Sat 16th Apr 2005 Isabelle's Apr 05 Photos of many different people at Isabelle's place during one Friday night in April. As usual for this house, it was a big event and you tend to see faces there who you happen to already know for many varying reasons. Enjoying my new digital camera... although I'm still not sure how it fully works yet. I think I understand it, but the only way to use it better is through practice...
	Wed 23rd Mar 2005 to Wed 6th Apr 2005 Estonia Mar-Apr 05 Fifteen days exploring the beautiful Estonian scenery and spending time with the country's fantastic people.