Here is a throwback to our 2019 Europe river cruise. We started in this beautiful town in Germany. I loved the medieval architecture, cathedrals and bridges. It just made for a very photographic spot.
Rainbow Road
MJ and I drove about 45 minutes out of our way to visit this village. Seydisfjordur is a super cool little town isolated by itself on the other side of a mountain at the end of a fjord. As you cross over the mountain you go from summer weather with green vegetation to snow and back down through what seemed like dozens of switchbacks to summer weather again. Once you arrive, this wonderful village sits there by itself. The village is sandwiched between the steep mountain face and the ocean.
Honestly, the village is amazing. They have turned this old fishing village into a travel destination. It’s very clean, unique, pretty setting with nice bars, restaurants, stores, and other attractions. If I could go back in time to redo anything about our Iceland trip, I’d change our travel arrangements so that we stayed the night in this town. More time in this spot would have been great.
Anyway, they have this cool photographic street that leads right up to the church. The Icelandic people are very inclusive and embrace everyone including LGBTQ+ members of their society. To the point, they are proud to create and display symbols like this…. It doesn’t require Pride Month for a few to show their support. Iceland supports the LGBTQ+ members every day, including in this tiny rural village…. It was spending a little time with people who are welcoming to everyone…unlike the fair amount of hate we have in the United States.
Reykjavik Graffiti
On one of our evenings in Reykjavik, I spent a couple hours wandering around photographing the city. I was trying to capture a bunch of iconic spots and happened upon this mural. I love it.
Cape Town Botanical Garden
I don’t know why I didn’t post this photo already. I took this in 2018 during our trip to South Africa and I really like it.
Mystery Flower
I have no idea what type of flower this is. Does anyone out there know? I’m sure someone (or a bunch of people) does. Anyway, I captured this photo in a botanical garden near Cape Town South Africa in 2017.
Regensburg - Danube
I took this drone photo looking down on the city of Regensburg, Germany and the Danube River back in 2019. This was right before we got on a river boat and cruised down the Danube all the way to Budapest. Great, great, great trip.
Pripyat Overgrown
This is a photo looking down, via my drone, at the City of Pripyat, which sits next to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It has been abandoned since April 1986 following the nuclear disaster at this site. As you can see, mother nature is taking over. These buildings are high rise apartment buildings.
Regensburg Cathedral
Short post tonight. Here is a drone photo I captured last May in Regensburg Germany. This little college town was super fun. The architecture, history and beauty are all great. Loved it!!
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Christmas Gift
MJ and I haven’t gotten each other Christmas gifts for many years. Instead we travel throughout the year. Occasionally during the trips, one of us will lean over and tell the other “Merry Christmas”. We had some great trips last year including a great river cruise down the Danube (from Regensburg Germany through Austria and Slovakia with the final stop in Budapest Hungary). That was a great Christmas gift!!
I took this photo with my drone during that trip in Regensburg Germany. I can’t wait to see how the 2020 trips turn out… We have some great trips already booked with a few other potentials.
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Bay of Kotor
Here is another photo from a past Europe trip where MJ and I ate to much gelato. I don’t know what it is about Europe, but we eat to much of it on every one of our trips to that area. We don’t routinely eat ice cream at home or on any other trips….. but Europe is gelato country for us.
Anyway, this is the Bay of Kotor with the city of Kotor, which is located in the country of Montenegro. Beautiful little country. This city is a fortified town on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast surrounded by limestone cliffs of Mt. Lovcen. The city goes back to the medieval times and probably earlier.
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Aushach
This little village in Austria was very cute. Unfortunately, nothing was open during our stop, but we had a good time walking around anyway. Since we had some time left over before our boat left, I took some photos with the drone. I loved how colorful the village is and the rain in the distance. By the way, our river cruise ship via Gate 1 Travel was great.
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Cape Town Park
I took this photo during our South Africa trip at the end of 2017. We spent a little time in this park checking out the plants, flowers, and animals. I wanted to check out where this path went to, but I didn’t get the chance. What a beautiful spot. Can you imagine having this amazing park in your hometown?
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African Penguin
I’m tired tonight. So here is a very short post. Enjoy this photo of an African Penguin, otherwise known as Jackass Penguin. I took this photo at Boulders Beach in South Africa. These little guys were all over the place….maybe a couple hundred of them…. I don’t know for sure (they don’t hold still while you count), but they were very cute.
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Splash!!
I must have taken a couple hundred photos at this exact spot capturing the waves as they crashed up on the rocks behind the sea lions trying to capture the perfect moment when the entire scene came together. I doubt I captured the perfect image, but it turned out pretty good. In case you’re wondering, this spot is at the southern tip of Cape Peninsula in Western Cape South Africa.
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The Big Wheel
Today’s photo is from Cape Town South Africa. This huge Ferris wheel sits in the wonderful marina area of the city. There are a bunch of museums, shops, restaurants, bars, etc… in this area. We were there in the middle of a week day and the place had all kinds of people hanging out. I’d go back tomorrow, except for that thing call “work”.
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Hout Bay
It’s been a little while since I posted a South Africa photo. And as you all know, I loved that trip. Anyway, here’s a panorama photo looking over Hout Bay towards Harbour Heights on Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape region of the country….. Just beautiful. In case you didn’t know, this is in the Southwestern corner on the country on the Atlantic Ocean side of the continent.
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Packard Plant
Recently I spent a few days with a group of like-minded urban exploration photographers in Detroit. We didn’t go there for fun, although we had some fun, we went to Detroit to photograph as many sites as possible. This photo is the classic Packard Plant via my drone. You can see much of the abandoned complex in the background.
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Pedestrian Bridge
Short post for you tonight. I’m running behind tonight….thus the quick post. So here goes. This is the Pedestrian Bridge in the marina area of Cape Town South Africa. I enjoyed walking around this area and taking it all in.
Sorry I have to run.
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President Pool
Happy Friday. This is the pool at the President Hotel in Cape Town. During our stay, I sat in this pool for at least an hour one night talking with our group, which is an amazing feat, since the water temperature was extremely cold. MJ didn’t even want to put her feet in the water. They pump the water into it from the Atlantic Ocean and it isn’t remotely close to warm. Regardless, the location was beautiful, and the company was great.
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Penguin
It’s been a long week and we’re not done yet. So I’m having a small brain freeze right now and don’t have much to say. So I’ll just keep it short and share this cute photo of this African Penguin (also called a Jackass Penguin). I took this photo last October at Boulders Beach in South Africa.
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