The Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne's memorial to Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia. They really like Victoria.Roadside in Tasmania, Australia. Stick-shift driving in the "wrong" lane was interesting.Tasmanian wallabys at a rest stop.King of Tasmania! Mount Wellington, also known as kunanyi. Hobart, Tasmania's capital city, is located at the foot of the mountain.Seal Beach on Kangeroo Island, south Australia. Guess why it's named that.Seal Beach, Kangeroo Island, south Australia. Probably closer than I should've been.Winery bike tour, Barossa Valley--wine region in South Australia northeast of Adelaide.Penneshaw Beach, Kangaroo Island, south Australia.Remarkable Rocks (real name), Kangeroo Island, south Australia.Remarkable Rocks, Kangeroo Island, south Australia.The Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park, 25km north of Coober Pedy.Beautiful downtown Coober Pedy, central Australian. The name means "whitefellas' hole" in the Koorie language and a major opal mining center.Looking for opals in mine talings, Coober Pedy, Australia.I actually found a few good sized opals, want to turn into a ring someday.Crocodile Harry's abode, outside of Coober Pedy. Supposedly inspired Crocodile Dundee.More Crocodile Harry scenery. Made an appearance in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.Alice Springs, central Australia.Main park in Alice Springs, local Koories hanging out thereby.Typical bus situation in the Australian outback during the rainy season.The Olgas, also known as Kata Tjuṯa, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in central Australia.Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock) in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory’s arid "Red Centre". Uluru is sacred to indigenous Australians and is thought to have started forming around 550 million years agoView from atop Uluru after a long, steep, hot climb.Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.Ormiston Gorge is a stunning gorge located in the West MacDonnell National Park, around 135 kilometers west of Alice Springs.Glen Helen Gorge on the Finke River, in the West MacDonnell National Park. Perfect place for cooling dip.Basking in the only water for miles around, West MacDonnell National ParkAn average termite mound in Darwin downtown, Northern Territory, Australia.Typical Darwin coastal warning.Kakadu National Park, north Austraila, a World Heritage-listed national park.Dive boat, offshore from Cairns, Australia. Five days of bliss and wonder.Poor scuba photo from diving the Great Barrier Reef at Cairns, northeast Australia.A typical roadside sign in Australia.Canberra, capital of Australia. Custom built in the south, equidistant from Melbourne and Sydney.Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia.Central Sydney.Hyde Park, Sydney, the oldest public parkland in Australia.The black swans of Perth, Western Australia. Most isolated city in the world.Hong Kong harbor, day after arrival.Typical street in Kowloon, across the harbor from Hong Kong Central.Side street in Kowloon.Hong Kong at night, viewed from the Peak outlook far above.A local Hong Kong resident taking his bird for a walk, as one does.My bus for my first journey into China. Not a great feeling.The standard Guilin, Yangshuo landscape in south China. Famous Lijiang river surrounded by unique hills, beautiful scenery shown in many Chinese artworks.Our hostel in Guilin. Hard rock indeed."Medicinal items" for sale in Guilin.The streets of Guilin, China.Travel buddy Jude, a Canadian house restorer from the Yukon, with local Yi people in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province,Piggies going to market, Guilin,Moon Hill is a hill with a natural arch a few kilometers outside Yangshuo in southern China's Guangxi autonomous region,Nick in the hills,View out of our train window, China in 1991. She is probably a CEO somewhere now,Chinese countryside,Kunming city street,Yuantong Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan.Kunming Square, Kunming, China.Qiongzhu Si (Bamboo Temple), in Kunming northwest of Yunnan province. It was originally constructed during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).Chongqing People’s Auditorium, a landmark thast was also our hotel for two nights. Chongqing, ChinaThe Dazu Rock Carvings, North Hill and Baoding Mountain where you can always see pilgrims and preaching monks. Chongqing Province, China.Dazu Rock Carvings.Dazu Rock Carvings.Dazu Carvings, right from the living rock.Dazu Rock Carvings.Dazu Rock Carvings. The water from the dragon's mouth is a live creek.Chairman Mao Zedong statue, one of the few left in China. Fittingly, it's in front of a large department store. Chengdu, Sichuan Province.Partying in Chengdu.Chinese country folk, train stop.The Terracotta Army in Xi'an.The Terracotta Army in Xi'an is a super large collection of life-size terra cotta sculptures in battle formations, reproducing the mega imperial guard troops of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 - 210BC), the first emperor of the first unified dynasty of Imperial China.Beijing railroad station.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.The Temple of Heaven complex in central Beijing. It was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.Summer Palace, Beijing, China.Badaling, famed as the most representative section of the Great Wall of China, not only is the best-preserved and most visited part but also was the initial section to be restored and developed into a tourist attraction.More of the Great Tourist Attraction.Obligatory pose on the Great Wall.Early morning, Beijing park.Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing, China. Nothing ever happened there, according to locals.One of my favorite shots, a kite flying at sunset over Tian'anmen Square.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.It began snowing when I was there, freezing, and drove away most of the tourists so I had it to myself. Forbidden City, Beijing, China.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.Forbidden City, Beijing, China.Day view of busy Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China.The Bund, a collection of old colonial buildings, Shanghai, China.Bangkok Bank and the Thai consulate in Shanghai, as seen from its front.Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, in the middle of Little India in the southern part of Singapore. The temple started as a shrine dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali and Parvati in 1855.Made it to Malaysia--Penang Road was busiest road in the whole George Town it was the main thoroughfare.Bird market in Penang, MalaysiaPenang, MalaysiaThian Hock Keng, is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore.Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand.Temple of the Emerald Buddha is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.Temple of the Emerald Buddha.Fierce guards at the ready, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, TH.Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, for obvious reasons.Royal boats, Bangkok, Thailand.Heaver on $5 a day: Ko Samui, Thailand’s second largest island, lies in the Gulf of Thailand off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus. It's known for its palm-fringed beaches, coconut groves and dense, mountainous rainforest.Made it to Mumbai (Bombay when I was there). The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of Mumbai. It was built to commemorate the landing of George V for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911.An elephant going to work, Mumbai, IN.Mumbai street scene, INBeachfront in Goa, on the west coast of India. Goa is a former Portuguese colony and thus mostly Catholic.More heavenly lounging--Goa beach at sunset, IN. Infested by Western rock stars in the 70s, now more mellow.Goa fields on the way to the beach.Goa accomodations for the week.The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Catholic basilica located in Goa, in the Konkan region of India. The iconic church is a pilgrimage centre and recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The basilica is located in Old Goa, the former capital of Portuguese India, and holds the mortal remains of St Francis XavierDowntown GoaHampi village is the ruins of a mighty kingdom in south Indian, people still living there.The Queen’s Bath in Hampi is a colossal bath that exemplifies the architectural excellence prevalent during the days of the Vijayanagara Empire. It is located close to the entrance of the Royal Enclosure in Hampi.This giant statue of Ganesha was carved out of a huge boulder at the northeastern slope of the Hemakuta hill.The totally normal elephant paddock, Hampi villageHampi villageHampi villageHampi villageHampi villageLakshmi Narasimha Temple, Hampi, is known for its massive, 16th-century monolithic statue of Lord Narasimha.Bhima statue at Bhima gate, Hampi, Karnataka, IndiaHampi villageHampi villageVirupaksha Temple is the 7th century Shiva temple in Hampi, Central Karnataka. Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lord Virupaksha, also referred to as Pampapathi is the main deity in Virupaksha Temple. Virupaksha Temple complex also houses shrines of Bhuvaneshwari and VidyaranyaDowntown Mysore, INMysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence. It is located in Mysore, Karnataka, IndiaGovernment work is GOD'S Work: Words of wisdom cast in stone on Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, IN.Bangalore, INBandipur National Park is a national park in Chamarajnagar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was established as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1973. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve since 1986Banijpur Park, elephant ride, IN.Banijpur Park, IN.Elephants, just before they chased me, IN.Banijpur Park, IN.Hoysaleshwara temple is the largest monument in Halebidu, a town in the state of Karnataka, India and the former capital of the Hoysala Empire.Hoysaleshwara temple, IN.Hoysaleshwara temple, IN.The temple complex of Rama on Mount Malevanta in Hampi and the meeting place for dawn. Vijayanagara ruins of the former capital of the Vijayanagar Empire in the village of Hampi in the northern Indian state of KarnatakaHoysaleshwara temple, also referred simply as the Halebidu temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is the largest monument in Halebidu, a town in the state of Karnataka, India and the former capital of the Hoysala EmpireHoysaleshwara temple, also referred simply as the Halebidu temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is the largest monument in Halebidu, a town in the state of Karnataka, India and the former capital of the Hoysala EmpireHoysaleshwara temple, IN.Hoysaleshwara temple, IN.Believed to be the world's largest monolithic stone statue, Gomateshwara is a monolithic statue standing at 60 feet (18 m) above a hill in a place called Shravanabelagola in the Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. The statue was built by the Ganga minister and commander Chamundaraya in honour of Lord Bahubali. It was built in the 10th century AD and is the size Jains believe humans used to be. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, devotees and tourists from all over the world flock to the statue once in 12 years for an event known as MahamastakabhishekaHoysaleshwara temple, IN.Shravanabelagola is one of the oldest and most important Jain pilgrimage centres in India and the site of the huge 17-metre-high statue of Lord Bahubali (Gomateshvara), said to be the world's tallest monolithic statue. It overlooks the small town of Shravanabelagola in tne Indian state of Karnataka from the top of the rocky hill known as Indragiri. The word Shravanabelagola means the Monk on the top of the hill.Puri Puri, also known as Jagannath Puri, is a coastal city in the state of Odisha in eastern India.Building the giant wooden juggernauts, Puri, IN.The Jagannath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Jagannath, a form of Vishnu in Hinduism and two of his siblings, Balaram and Subhadra, alongside Sudarshan (the deified form of Vishnu's primary weapon). It is located in Puri in the state of Odisha, situated on the eastern coast of IndiaKonark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasingha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty about 1250 CEKonark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasingha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty about 1250 CERajarani Temple is an 11th-century CE Hindu temple located in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. Believed to be devoted to Lord Shiva, the shrine is called Raja Rani because it is made of yellow and red sandstone and the two colors are locally called ‘Raja Rani’.The Jagannath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Jagannath, a form of Vishnu in Hinduism and two of his siblings, Balaram and Subhadra, alongside Sudarshan (the deified form of Vishnu's primary weapon). It is located in Puri in the state of Odisha, situated on the eastern coast of India.Puri beach with solid wood boatsManikarnika Ghat is one of the holiest cremation grounds among the sacred riverfronts (ghats), located on the banks of River Ganga, in the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Side street in VaranasiVaranasiVaranasi has the highest concentration of religious building in the world – being one of the oldest cities on earth, it has over 23,000 temples. Hindu temples have been continuously built here since prehistoric times, many were destroyed during the Islamic Mughal ruling in 12-13th century, and many just crumbled with time. The entire waterfront is lined up with temples. Further in town is the most sacred and famous Kashi Vishwanath temple (no photography allowed and difficult access given insane crowds of pilgrims). The narrow streets of catacomb-like inner city are also dotted with templesVaranasiVaranasiVaranasiDashashwamedh Ghat is a main ghat in Varanasi located on the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh. It is located close to Vishwanath Temple.The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himselfThe Taj MahalTaj MahalTaj Mahal interior detailMe at the Taj Mahal after a bout of dysentary, think I was at 125lbs.Jama Masjid Gate No 2, Meena Bazaar and the Red Fort at the backdrop Meena Bazar Jama Masjid Delhi, IndiaThe Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest Sunni mosques in India. Its builder is the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, between 1644 and 1656, and inaugurated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari.Agra street sceneThe Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra, also known as Agra's Red Fort. Mughal emperor Humayun was crowned at this fort in 1530. It was later renovated by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 and the present-day structure was completed in 1573The Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra, also known as Agra's Red Fort. Mughal emperor Humayun was crowned at this fort in 1530. It was later renovated by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 and the present-day structure was completed in 1573Akbar's tomb is the mausoleum of the third and greatest Mughal emperor Akbar. The tomb was built in 1605–1613 by his son, Jahangir and is situated on 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh,Agra street sceneAgra street sceneThe Diwan-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audiences, was a chamber in the Red Fort of Delhi built-in 1648 as a location for receptions. It was the location where the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan received courtiers and state guests. It was also known as the Shah Mahal.The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was constructed during the British Raj.Purana Qila is one of the oldest forts in Delhi, India. It was built by the second Mughal Emperor Humayun and Surid Sultan Sher Shah Suri. The fort forms the inner citadel of the city of DinpanahThe Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila is a historic Mughal fort in Delhi, India, that served as the primary residence of the Mughal emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1639, following his decision to relocate the Mughal capital from Agra to DelhiSafdarjung's tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung. The monument has an ambience of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red, brown and white coloured structures.The hovercraft awaits--enroute to FranceArc de TriompheThe Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais2025-01-10-0124Paris streetLouvre under construction, 1991The Rebellious Slave is a 2.15m high marble statue by Michelangelo, dated to 1513. It is now held in the Louvre in Paris.Musee d'OrsayLe Metro station entranceLe Tour de EiffelParis Airshow, space station mockupParis Airshow, 1991Paris Airshow, space station mockupParis Airshow, space station mockupParis Airshow, space station mockupParis Airshow, space station mockupParis Airshow, space station mockupLouvreNotre Dame, long before the fireNotre DamePark behind Notre DameThe Musée de l'Armée is a national military museum of France located at Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides,The grave of Polish composer Frederic Chopin at Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, FranceJim Morrison's grave in Pere-LachaisePere-LachaiseSacre Coeur basilicaParis-Sorbonne University was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of ParisFrance countrysideThe Place François-Rude, in Dijon city centre.The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune is a former charitable almshouse in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poorTrafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.Tower of LondonA raven of the Tower of LondonTower BridgeBritish Museum, LondonTrajan's Column Plaster Copy Original AD 107-113, Rome, Italy. The Ruddock Family Cast Court. Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, UKEnglish ParlimentWestminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronationsThe gates of BuckinghamWindsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.O'Connell Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, which joins O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quaysSaint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and GlendaloughTrinity College Dublin, abbreviated as TCD, officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, IrelandCliffs at Howth, Dublin, IrelandChrist Church (Dublin, Ireland)The oldest known secular carvings in Ireland (though undated), they stood outside of Dublin's Medieval City Hall until the late 18th century. The City Hall was demolished in 1806, and the carvings are now displayed in the Christ Church Crypt.The Ha'penny Bridge, known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast in Shropshire, EnglandManchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments.Roman baths, Bath, EnlandPulteney Bridge is a bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the land of the Pulteney family which the family wished to develop. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is highly unusual in that it has shops built across its full span on both sides.EdinburghEdinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633Ross Fountain is a cast-iron structure located in West Princes Street Gardens, EdinburghA view of Edinburgh CastleSt Giles' Cathedral, or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of EdinburgCentral BerlinSide street in former East BerlinLast fragments of the Berlin wall, after it fellThe Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of BrandenburgA plaza in the recently-East BerlinFormer location of the Berlin wall, 1991The German Historical Museum, known by the acronym DHM, is a museum in Berlin, Germany devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans"Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England.Salisbury Cathedral is considered the beau idéal of Early English Gothic design.The original Spinal Tap set, Salisbury Plain, England.Me and the Stones, Salisbury Plain, England.Stockholm City Hall is the seat of Stockholm, Sweden.Interior of Stockholm City Hall, where the Nobel Prize ceremony happens.Stockholm harbor viewed from the city hall tower.The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged.Riddarholmen is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden. The island forms part of Gamla Stan, the old town.Copenhagen City Hall. The building is situated on City Hall Square in central Copenhagen, Denmark..The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark.Carlsberg Brewing, Copenhagen, DMWaterfront in Gdansk, Poland.The Green Gate in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the city's most notable tourist attractions.Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz located in the Gdańsk. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city.Gdansk Shipyard, where the beginning of the end of communism took place.The Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.Westerplatte Monument is a war memorial located in Gdańsk to commemorate the Polish defenders of the Military Transit Depot in the Battle of Westerplatte, one of the first battles in Germany's invasion of Poland, which marked the outbreak of World War II.Warsaw's Old Town Market Placeis the center and oldest part of the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland. Immediately after the Warsaw Uprising, it was systematically blown up by the German Army.[2] After World War II, the Old Town Market Place was restored to its prewar appearance.Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland.Old Town Market Place, Warsaw. PL.The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of the most notable Baroque churches in Poland's capital.Trying to cross over into the new Russia via Białystok, the largest city in northeastern Poland.The Kraków Cloth Hall. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town.The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill in Krakow constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland.Apartments blocks in Kraków, PL.Wawel Dragon Statue in front of the Wawel Dragon's den, dedicated to the mythical Wawel Dragon.Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.Auschwitz gates.Auschwitz barracks, left just as they were found.Auschwitz train gateway. Vistors are free to walk the whole site, hard to last more than an hour of viewing.Prague central, in the new Czech Republic.Charles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech RepublicOld Town Bridge Tower is a gothic monument located in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began in 1357 AD, during the rule of the Emperor Charles IV. It was designed by the architect Petr ParléřCharles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic.The statue of Saint Wenceslas in Prague, Czech Republic depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. It is installed at Wenceslas Square.Municipal House is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue, in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on Náměstí Republiky next to the Powder Gate in the centre of the city.Náměstí Republiky (Republic Square) is a city square in Prague, Czech Republic, lying at the boundary of the Old Town and New Town.The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus CathedralThe Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square, Prague in the Czech Republic. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years afterSchöner Brunnen is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg's main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions of the city's Historical Mile. The fountain is approximately 19 metres high and has the shape of a Gothic spire.St. Lorenz is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence by the Roman Catholic Church. The church was badly damaged during the Second World War and later restored.Schöner Brunnen is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg's main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions of the city's Historical Mile. The fountain is approximately 19 metres high and has the shape of a Gothic spireSt Peter and Paul Cathedral with its fortress and architecture is a landmark in St Petersburg, Russia.The Alexander Column, also known as Alexandrian Column, is the focal point of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument was raised after the Russian victory in the war with Napoleon's France. The column is named for Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who reigned from 1801 to 1825The Alexander Column is the focal point of Palace Square in St. Petersburg, RU.Smolny Cathedral (Orthodox Church), St. Petersburg, RU.St. Petersburg street scene with lines for groceries, two years after the Wall came down and Leningrad was renamed.Pop-up street market, St. Petersberg, RU.The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now house the Hermitage Museum.The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time.Kind of a sad circus act we attended in St. Petersburg, RU.Folki dancing in St. Petersburg, RUThe Aurora is a Russian cruiser from the Russo-Japan war, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg, RU.Frankfurt Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Gothic church located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Holbein Bridge in Frankfurt, Germany.The Römer is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.The Spiegelgracht (mirror canal) in the centre of Amsterdam, located near the Prinsengracht.The crowded back streets of Amsterdam.Sweet home Chicago.Back home, briefly. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.Joshua Tree National Park, CA.Me among the Joshua trees in California high desert, end of the travels.
