Arc de Triomphe

[singlepic id=1266 w=480 float=left] Oddly enough, this is a better picture than my daytime shot of the Arc de Triomphe.  That one was taken at 1/3 second shutter for some reason and, in the time before stabilized lenses*, that’s too slow to get a picture that is anywhere close to… Continue reading

Reichstag Dome

[singlepic id=1265 w=480 float=left] This is the Dome of the Reichstag Building in Berlin.  There’s more history to it than I care to recite here, so I’ll leave that to Wikipedia.  I just think the dome is a cool looking structure. Picture taken with Olympus C2040z, lens @ 7.3mm (41mm… Continue reading

Berlin Wall

[singlepic id=1264 w=480 float=left] Regrettably, this is the best picture I have from when we visited the Berlin Wall.  I have a few others, but they’re all focused on some specific section of the wall. The falling of the wall is probably one of the earliest news events I remember (the… Continue reading

Eiffel Tower

[singlepic id=1263 h=480 float=left] How’s about a daytime picture of the Eiffel Tower.  Meh – honestly the night ones are all better if for no reason than they’re different – you can google/bing/yahoo image search and come up with dozens of daytime pictures of the Eiffel Tower that are all… Continue reading

Paris, France

[singlepic id=1262 h=480 float=left] Photo of Paris, France from the Eiffel Tourist Trap Tower.  I’m sure it’s not completely fair to label this as a picture of Paris when in reality it’s just a shot of a tiny bit of the city – Champ de Mars to be specific.  Somewhere… Continue reading