In One yEar And Out the Other
Ed Reif / The World Tour / 2008
Foreign LandFrom the World Poker Tour to the World (Not Poker) Tour
The chips stayed in the photograph. The itinerary kept moving: Mediterranean ports, Baltic capitals, northern crossings, and the long way back south.
Field Note 01
A poker photograph marks the departure point. What follows is not one tournament stop, but an expanding map of cities, islands, canals, and ports.
The Asymmetric Equation
Silence + Distance = SignalThe farther the route moved from the table, the larger the game became.
Travel Timeline
The World, Port by Port
Five movements through Europe, the Mediterranean, the Baltic, North Africa, and the eastern edge of the sea.
First / June-July
The Mediterranean Opening
- Athens, Greece
- Naples, Italy
- Messina, Sicily
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Mykonos, Santorini & Rhodes, Greece
- Ephesus, Turkey
- Rome, Italy
Now / August
The Baltic Run
- Helsinki, Finland
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Lübeck (Travemünde), Germany
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Berlin, Germany
Next / August
North Sea and Atlantic
- Oslo, Norway
- Edinburgh, Scrabster & Oban, Scotland
- Dublin & Waterford, Ireland
- Dartmouth, U.K.
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Kiel Canal, Germany
Then / September
South Again
- Barcelona, Spain
- St. Tropez, France
- Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Florence / Pisa, Italy
- Taormina, Sicily
- Valletta, Malta
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Mahon (Menorca), Spain
- Palma de Mallorca
Then / Late September
The Eastern Mediterranean
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Ashdod & Haifa, Israel
- Limassol, Cyprus
- Antalya, Turkey
- Rhodes, Chios & Mykonos, Greece
- Taormina, Sicily
- Sorrento, Italy