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Matrei im Osttirol

During our recent visit to Austria, we spent a week in the village of Matrei im Osttirol (i.o.) [map] [reference], which is about 25km away from Lienz, and sits in a valley nestled between the Alps of that region. One of the mountains there is Goldried Mountain, and that’s where we stayed, at Hotel Goldried. [...]

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Stranded in Frankfurt thanks to United Airlines

Ligia and I were supposed to arrive in the United States yesterday. Instead, we were stuck in Frankfurt am Main for the night. We were on the third leg of our return trip to the United States, and everything was going well. We had left Cluj yesterday morning on a Lufthansa flight to Münich, where [...]

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Just give me a good zoom lens, thanks

Greetings from Osttirol! My wife and I have been vacationing in Austria for the past week. It’s a gorgeous place to visit and, needless to say, I took tons of photos here. I’ve been carrying my Canon 5D and my lenses with me everywhere, and let me tell you, I’ve been sorely in need of [...]

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The C&O Canal

I suppose I should call this “Trip to the C&O Canal - Part Three”, since it’s the third time I write about the C&O Canal (Chesapeake and Ohio Canal) on my site. Here is Part 1 and Part 2. But it’s certainly not our third trip, because we’ve been there numerous times, during various times [...]

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Photos from downtown Baltimore

We made a day trip into downtown Baltimore last week. I had our point-and-shoot with us, and took photos of the architecture. I need to specify that it was our point-and-shoot because you’ll see purple fringing on a few of the photos. That can’t be helped much when you have a zoom on a digital [...]

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Reagan National Airport

As you read this, Ligia and I are supposed to be in Florida. Instead, I’m back at work. We were supposed to fly out yesterday. Everything was set. We were really looking forward to it.
We got to the airport, checked in, went to the gate, and noticed that our flight was listed as leaving at [...]

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Manhattan, from the top of the Empire State Building

These are photos of the Manhattan skyline, as seen from the top of the Empire State Building. We got there just as the sun ducked behind the horizon, so we caught the beautiful transition from dusk to twilight to night.
These were taken last May — that will tell you how behind I am with my [...]

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A trip to the freezer

Here are some of the photos I took on a recent trip to our freezer. They combine my love for macro photography, colors, out of focus photos, bokeh and fun. Enjoy, and if you’d like, you can try to guess the various items I photographed.

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Bethesda Flea Market

Friends of ours and we visited the Bethesda Flea Market recently. I forgot to take my 5D along, and used our little Kodak v610 compact. Still, I got some nice photos, and wanted to share them with you.
I’d passed by the market many times, but never bothered to stop before. I’m glad our friends convinced [...]

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Dawn over the Atlantic Ocean

This will be my 1,000th post, so perhaps it’s fitting that it be this: photos of the dawn, breaking high above the clouds, somewhere near the coast of France. It symbolizes a new beginning, a milestone — although I have to confess it came by surprise. I hadn’t monitored the number of posts for a [...]

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A place out of the ordinary

Ligia and I made a trip to a place out of the ordinary this past Saturday. Not many people have been there, that I can guarantee you. It’s pretty close to civilization, and you can get there by foot. What was it? The middle of the Potomac River, near Glen Echo, MD.

Our area’s experiencing a [...]

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The reason behind our trip to Romania

You may recall that I mentioned a recent trip to Romania in a few of my posts. The occasion for our trip was a joyous one, thank goodness: my wife’s sister got married. I would have loved to post a few photos of them, but she and her husband would prefer to stay off the [...]

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