About the Photo Above: Bled Island and Bled Castle The word picturesque hardly does justice to the beauty of Bled, Slovenia with its castle on a hill overlooking a reflective lake cradling an island in the middle upon which sits a story-book church. Swans swim the lake and wildlife runs[…]
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About the Photo Above: Not a Real Castle It looks like a real castle right? Turns out Vajdahunyad Castle is actually a replica of another castle and was built in 1896 as part of the Millennial Exhibition which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in[…]
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About the Photo Above: Rainy Days in Bratislava I was only in Bratislava for two nights, enough to see all the historical areas of the city. During the entire time it rained, but I sort of liked the way the light reflected off the stones of the street and seeing[…]
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About the Photo Above: St. Stephen’s Cathedral Big gothic churches are amazing to me; I love all the little jagged things which fill most every inch of the spiky spires and towers. Note the elaborate colored tile roof. This one is St. Stephen’s Cathedral which is in the old city section of[…]
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Jesus is Watching! When I was a child, I was told two very important people were watching me, so I had better be good. The first was Santa Claus and the second, Jesus. I think I was always more motivated by the threat of coal for Christmas and wanting lots[…]
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Highs and Lows of Brazil About the Photo Above: Street in Paraty, Brazil I have a thing for colonial style towns and villages; something about the cobblestone streets intrigues me (even while trying to pull my four-wheeler luggage down the street). I found Paraty to be charming and interesting, enough[…]
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About the Photo Above: My Hostel in Florianopolis, Brazil Nice view right? Yep, that’s the breakfast and bar area of my hostel in Florianopolis, Brazil (Barra Beach Club Hostel). My actual dorm room is behind me in the photo.We had a great ocean view all day long (I was a[…]
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About the Photo Above: My first light house! OK, I’ve traveled a lot… I admit it. Somehow in all my travels I’ve never climbed a lighthouse, so this was a first for me. Climbing up the narrow stairs and getting into the top platform proved to be a bit tricky[…]
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Egyptian Obelisk in South America? I’m obsessed with everything Egyptian. Those who know me well know that I spent a couple of years in college studying Egyptian hieroglyphs and that in college and after graduating made a trip to Egypt for a couple weeks to see the real thing! Anyway, I[…]
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Free Wine Everywhere! It’s true, all over Mendoza you can find free wine. Although I didn’t go into McDonalds to see if the combo meal included wine, all other restaurants included wine with combo meals (choice of water, soda or wine). My hostel, where I paid a small fee of $14[…]
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Lakes, Mountains and Trees of Patagonia Bariloche is placed on the south side of a large lake, surrounded by trees and in a small valley. It reminds me of Colorado, but with bigger lakes and smaller mountains. The scenery is stunning and very serene. This area would be considered the[…]
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Puerto Varas Placed on a small area of land between a large lake and a bay leading to the Pacific, Puerto Varas is a shipping and fishing community originally settled by the Germans. It is also one of the gateways into the northern most parts of Patagonia in Chile. I[…]
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