A Little Bit of Munich

Munich was our first stop in our Central Europe trip and we had a great time there! Here are some shots I took while walking around the city, visiting the palace and exploring what the city has to offer!

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Yangshuo, China

This is kind of a tbt but done on a Friday. Recently, my screen saver started showing pictures from our 2007 trip to South East Asia. In that slideshow were the pictures from Yangshuo, China, an awesome and tiny town nestled in the middle of amazing and gigantic karst formations. Those are the formations that are usually depicted in traditional Chinese watercolor art, and this area of China is seen as one of the most beautiful in the country.

We didn't know all of this when we visited the town. Our main reason to visit the town was making a stop in China in order to get to Vietnam from Hong Kong in the most cost-efficient way. So, after taking a train from HK to mainland China, we jumped on a bus to the city of Guilin (where we thought we wanted to go!) but we were woken up by a man at 4 a.m. when we reached Yangshou, and we were told this was the town we really wanted to visit.  We did as we were told (the adventure of traveling and trusting people, right?) and we got off the bus in Yangshuo. It was dark and we just started walking, looking for a place to stay. Of course, at that time, everything was closed (did I mentioned we arrived there on Christmas Day?!)!

As soon as it got light enough outside to see the scenery around us, we saw the beautiful and gigantic karst that surrounded the town. After we found a place to stay and took a warm shower, we spent the next 3 days or so exploring the town and biking around the area. What a wonderful and peaceful place to explore. We had no map but still managed to bike all over the place and hike about 25 km along the Li River without much trouble.

Here are some pictures. They are almost 10 years old, taken with a very old and not fancy camera, but I think they do capture a bit of the essence of the place!

25 km walk/hike along the Li River, through fields, along beaches, crossing the river 3 times. Beautiful!

People in Yangshuo

View from Moon Hill. We biked to the trail head and then hiked up.

Our final river crossing during our hike.

Exploring the area around Yangshuo

Me, myself and the bike!

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Have you ever wanted to visit a town that resembles those you learn about only on fairytales? Well, then you should definitely head to Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. An image is worth a thousand words, so here are a few images showing some of the beautiful sites we saw during our stay in this town!

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Doors of the World

What is it about doors that fascinates us? Is it the unknown that lies behind them? Or is it the fact that they come in so many different shapes, colors and styles? Whatever it is, I really love photographing them! Traveling around, I've always found really cool doors and, on our latest trip to Central Europe, I told myself I wanted to keep my eyes open for cool, colorful doors with lots of personality. Here are some I saw and photographed!

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Green Door in Prague

Colorful Door at the John Lennon Wall in Prague

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Budapest, Hungary

Awesome red door in Bratislava, Slovakia

Cool Green Door on a Yellow Wall in Budapest, Hungary

Prague

Lovely Old Yellow Door in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava, what a beautiful place! I had no idea, yet I was very excited about visiting the Slovak capital. I was not disappointed. I can't really pinpoint what it was about it, but I just fell in love. It was so colorful, so peaceful yet so lively. It was so charming and a great place to explore. I hope to return there in the future!

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Bicycle Photography

What is it about bicycles that makes them so picturesque? I honestly don't know, but I do know that, if found in the right place, against the right backdrop, bicycles can be absolutely great subjects. Perhaps their beauty lies on their elegance and the wide variety of styles that exist? Again, I don't know, but I surely know I love photographing them!

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Munich, Germany, where biked never seem to be locked!

Two bikes in the old Jewish Ghetto in Budapest

Vienna. A bike parked.

Munich, Germany

A bike by a canal in Munich

Fun for the Kid in Europe

Wow! We just got back from our first backpacking trip with our son, Hugo, and it was fantastic! We had a ton of good family fun AND I got a ton of good opportunities for photographing the gorgeous places we saw.

Anyway, here are a couple of photos of attractions we saw that only called my attention because we were traveling with a one and a half year old. I love that traveling with a baby gives you a different perspective and a fresher way of looking at the world!

More photos to come soon!

Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria