Picturesque Harz Mountains

What a drive! Anyway, driving along (again) I noticed this sight and decided it needed to be captured. What is not present in the photo is all of the mountains around here and how difficult it is to drive them. That's a workout!

Yellow Pines?

Driving along from Zurich to Dusseldorf I noticed these trees along the '94' motorway in Germany. I have no explanation for these trees, and I can only guess that they are sick or dying, as evergreens should not go yellow. Right??

Footbridge over railway in Gdynia, Poland

During the worker strike in Poland soldiers were sent in to protect the shipyard from damage by the workers. A diffrent leader told the workers to go back to work. Due to a miscommunication, soldiers did not know that workers were supposed to go to work, and as they were getting off of the train trying to go back to work they were fired upon by the soldiers.

This footbridge over the commuter rail tracks was where they were fired upon.

MIsc Pictures from Switzerland

Below is an interesting vehicle for 2 people, gas or pedal powered.



And below is a view of the scenery that one can see along the road. I saw better but it was the autobahn and I was lost and frustrated.

City of Lucerne, Switzerland

This is the skyline at night in Lucerne. I took a few wrong turns and ended up with this sight. Its nice what can happen when you are lost.

Wicked old elevators

Ok so some people get on older elevators but this is one of the oldest elevators I have been on (that works!) Small, cramped and rickety, it was better than going up the 5 floors on the stairs.



If you cant see it, max capacity is 375kgs, and it was built in 1956.

Dawn in Dortmund

I woke a little early in the hostel that I was staying at and was getting ready for the day when I was idilly thinking and looking outisde. Deja vu... I had a similar sight to this the first day I was in Frankfurt in April of this year. How I have come full circle.

Dusk over Nordrhein-Westfalen

Driving along the A2 for about 190km, dusk started to fall and I was struck by the colors in the sky and the silouttes created by the waning light. I'm sure that I could have taken more amazing photos but this is the best you get when the driver is also the photographer on the autobahn.

Power Transmission (Electrical)

Ok so we have some wind power now, but how to get it from place to place. This is a transmission tower in Germany, in Bollensen. Few places in the modern world where you can walk right up to a transmission tower.



These posts did not actually mean to be together, but it ended up that way. Ah well!

Wind Power

Love these guys, they are all over Germany and are wonderful in operation. Cape Cod should get some too!

A walk through the Forest

Pretty little path through the forest in Germany. Walked to the local cementary and back.



On the way back, I saw some sheep, long wolly ones laying in the feild.

Sheep and Neuclear Power

Ok normally not connected but driving around on Sunday, I ran across this interesting sight of having these nice sheep with the nuclear power plant in the background



I was struck by the wonderful sight below though. The sun reflected in a little canal, and a church in the distance. Very pretty.

Traffic in Eindhoven, NL

Traffic getting to Tilburg, NL from Dusseldorf, GR was awful. Here is a shot of traffic near Eindhoven, NL. Interestingly they have the stoplights to get into the rotary. That's crazy!

Egyptian Museum - Torino, IT

The Egyptian Museum in Torino, Italy is one of the biggest museums in the world related to Egyptian antiquities, after the museums in Cairo and in London.

Porto Palatino, Turin, Italy

So this is the Porto Palatino, and specifically the old wall built by the Romans... Cause once again Europe; its where the history comes from. Anyway in the background you can see the bell tower for the Catherderal of Saint John the Baptist, this was attached to the palace of the House of Savoy.

This little guy was seen poking his head out of the wall built by the Romans.

Faro de Hercules

Apparently 2000 years old or so, refurbished a few times, but still in operation the lighthouse in La Coruna is pretty neat. I only saw it the last day though. Sorry for the blurryness; I was trying to get to the airport at the same time!

Clouds over the Alps

Ok, so the last post was about clouds.... this one is too! Just thought the mountains looked great in the distance with the clouds.

Clouds and Morning in the Air

Morning at 30000 ft. This was taken from the plane going from La Coruna to Madrid airport on my way to Torino, Italy.

La Coruna, Spain

See not an airport post.... This is La Coruna, Spain at 0820 AM. The dawn is wonderful when you don't have to wake up early for it.

Madrid Airport

Apparently my readership is not appreciating my pictures from airports. Sorry, but this is one that I will have to post due to how diffrent it is to other airports I have been in.