2DAY IN BRISTOL - A Visual Diary

[Svartmetall]

Originally Posted by Bristol Mike

Hello again. Thanks very much and no problem. As you say, Bristol has changed enormously in just the last four years. New Zealand Ithink did have a head start though with their cities didnt they. Look at Auckland! Some of the scenes that SYDNEY has shown in his Auckland thread look so amazing, often missing from many British cities. When are you thinking of returning back to the UK?

Sydney is an amazingly talented photographer (along with his partner, Mr Kiwi Fruit) who doesn't like photographing anything ugly (can you blame him? ). Needless to say that Auckland isn't always as picture perfect as you see on here by any means. The setting for Auckland is stunning, the harbour is beautiful and New Zealand posesses some of the most beautiful scenary out there, however, the cities and urban areas seem to have a lot to be desired on the whole as natural beauty can only go so far (bar Wellington which everyone says is a very nice city, it's just too small for me). Auckland is boring with few art institutions, a small museum, few cultural institutions and offerings, INCREDIBLY car-centric, isolated and rather too suburban for the most part for a city of nearly 1.4 million. Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool are all far more lively, walkable and livable than Auckland in my estimation, and despite the abundance of natural beauty outside of Auckland, it is for that reason that I plan to either return home or live somewhere in northern Europe.

At the end of the day, aesthetics can't define a city for me, they add to it, and there are times when I sit on a beach at sunset here and appreciate what I have, at least until I have to catch a bus or try to find some way in which to occupy my time.

Anyway, to get the thread back on track - keep shooting and I'll keep commenting! Looking forward to seeing more of your excellent photos!