So, bags packed and ready some European river cruising; we strolled across Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge to where the Viking Bragi, our riverboat hotel for the next two weeks, awaited us. Even though we had arrived a little early (well we were excited!!!), we were...
When the Aria Hotel, the best hotel in Budapest, indeed the number one hotel in the world (Tripadvisor Travelers’ 2017 Choice Awards) offered us a place to stay in Budapest before our “Grand European Tour” on the world’s number one river cruise...
I am wanting to try some new things out some new technologies on the blog. Facebook has begun incorporating what they call 360-degree photos into their news feeds and I wanted to see if I could make it work on the blog. While the photography is usually not as good as...
Carcassonne, France is famous for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress and walled city located in the south of France. Its strategic location on the Aude plain, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, has made it a...
Since we are living in Portugal we thought it would be a good idea to recount our adventures in an occasional series we call Portugal Day Trips. We will be continually adding to this feature, and sharing more photos of Portugal, so please check it out and if you have...
Giant Puppets of the Lumen Project in Alcobaça, Portugal Since we are living in Portugal we thought it would be a good idea to recount our adventures in an occasional series we call Portugal Day Trips. We will be continually adding to this feature, so please...
Monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal Much as I love admiring the view from our home, sometimes it’s fun to go out exploring, and after mentioning it I don’t know how many times to Jon that we should visit the old town of Alcobaça, Portugal he finally got the...
I made this image just down the road from our house on the Silver Coast Portugal. I find this area inspiring and I wanted to get some inexpensive neutral density filters so I could experiment a bit with slowing down the shutter speed and making crashing waves look...
