An amphitheater in Trier among old Roman ruins. Think of it as a miniature Colosseum for the locals complete with under-floor staging area (see the vents and ports). Picture taken with Olympus C2040z, lens @ 10.6mm (60mm eq), 1/400 sec shutter, f/5.0, ISO 100
This is one of the stupidest tourist attractions you can visit: Mannekin Pis in Brussels, Belgium. But, we did it anyway and I took a picture, so here it is. There are little outfits that he gets dressed up in at various times of year. Maybe the most entertaining part… Continue reading
Brussels Town Hall along the Grand Place, which is really just a huge town square. At night they do a light show as seen here. There was music to accompany, but the picture failed to capture that. Picture taken with Olympus C2040z, lens @ 7.3mm (40mm eq), 1/6 sec… Continue reading
A shot of the Swiss Alps taken over the town of Engelberg, the site of my one over-seas skiing experience. It was probably a stupid waste of money to go on my own to Engelberg just to ski in July, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. … Continue reading
Some bridge in Luxembourg… which given the size of the country, a quick google search for “Luxembourg Bridge” shows that there are only two, and that this is the The Passerelle, also known as the Luxembourg Viaduct. It’s also known as the “Old Bridge” which supports my claim that there… Continue reading
This is the “Gate of Science” and since Univeristy of Kaiserslautern was an engineering school, images of this were everywhere. The building shown here was on the far end of campus, and was one of the Electrical Engineering buildings. It may have been the building that had a bar on… Continue reading
This is just a random shot of some sculpture on the campus of the University of Kaiserslautern. It has the distinction of being the 7th picture I have saved from the start of owning a digital camera. It’s the first one that’s really of any interest. Picture taken with Olympus… Continue reading
One of the better pictures I got from attending a bull fight in Madrid. It was kind of a pain to get to see an actual bull fight, because they really only happen in Madrid which wasn’t that close to the cities we were visiting at the time. It was… Continue reading