MJ and I visited this little pub in the village of Seydisfjordur Iceland. I loved this little town and would like to visit again, but next time I want to stay a little long.
Regensburg and Danube River
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.
Monarch Princess
Here is a photo from our Europe River Cruise last summer. We traveled on the Monarch Princess down the Danbue River. As part of the trip, we stopped in this little Austria village for a visit. Great trip.
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Santa's House
There is this little Christmas Village inside Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh. This is the featured hut within the village. About the only time to catch it without a line of people is the middle of the night or very early in the morning, which is when I captured this.
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Szentendrei Door
While we (MJ, Kris, Scott and I) were in Hungary, we stopped by this little artist village for an afternoon. It had a bunch of very small streets, alleys, and foot paths between buildings that are not in a logical pattern. Most of the buildings are homes with unique entrances like this one. I stopped to take so many photos, I lost the rest of our group. They kept going (I was supposed to catch up) and after 5 minutes I was lost in these little streets. I thought I knew what direction they went, but I was wrong. So I wandered around for another 30 minutes before they found me….. They grabbed an outdoor spot at a café and saw me walking by. Honestly, I knew I wasn’t in trouble because we had a time and place to meet later for our trip back to Budapest, but I wasn’t sure I’d find them before that. It all worked out and we had an amazing lunch at this cafe (see some iPhone food photos of the lunch below).
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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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Regensburg
I took this recently on a trip through part of Germany. This cool little college town has some long history like many areas in this part of the world including back to medieval times. We were out most of the day exploring this town. Later that night, I went out for a short period to capture some evening photos. I liked this one because you get the historic Stone Bridge (12th century), Danube River and the Dom St. Peter Cathedral (13th century Gothic style) all in one beautiful photo.
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Swazi
During our travels through the country of Swaziland, we had an opportunity to visit a traditional Swazi village. Traditional meaning an reenactment of a historic village, but it wasn’t how the Swazi people live today.
Regardless, it was cool seeing how they lived back in the day. During our time in the village, a group of locals put on a performance for us (dancing, singing, etc..). It was quite nice, and I enjoyed the show. I snapped this photo of the young male performers between songs.
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Wet Foot Steps
Tonight’s post is a rare photo from me because it includes a person. I don’t normally include people in my landscape photos. But I liked this setting with the kid leaving wet footprints behind as he walks towards the village.
Anyway, this is from Puerto Morelos in Mexico. This is a great little fishing village about 20 minutes south of Cancun.
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Puerto Morelos
Costa Maya Mexico
Here is a picture of the kayaks we used while on our last Cruise in early March. The little fishing village near the Costa Maya port was very cool. I’d go back just to visit the village.
Morning Panorama of Djúpivogur Iceland
On our 3rd day in Iceland, we spend the night at Hótel Framtíð in the village of Djúpivogur. It started as an old house that was built in 1904 and they have added onto it over time. It sits on the harbor of this very small fishing village. It wasn’t the most luxurious hotel in the world, but it was clean and had the basics. When we got up the next morning, I took this photo of the village, fjord and mountains in the background. It was beautiful and my picture doesn’t do it justice.
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