On the German Austrian Border

This river, fed by the run off from the Austrian Alps, eventually ends up in the Chiemsee.

Direct on the German / Austrian Border

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When Clear is Beautiful

Mountain brook in Bavaria near the Austrian border.  Click on image to enlarge.

 

Chiemsee on a Glorious Oct. Day

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You can still see a bit of the morning fog on the Southern shore of the Chiemsee.  The Northern birds are migrating and massing on the lake as they head South.

 

Secret’s Out – Mr. & Mrs. Larry King on True Blood

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Amsterdam — the Volcano got us!

Hard to believe there is a huge volcanic cloud overhead that would cause our flight to be canceled.  We flew to Amsterdam for my wife’s birthday and couldn’t believe the fantastic weather, little did we know…  KLM couldn’t have been nicer, they let us exchange our tickets for train tickets and we joined the untold thousands who were trying to get home.  Instead of a one hour flight it was a 10 hour train ride, but we felt lucky.  I never tire of walking around Amsterdam with a camera, regardless of the weather, but sunshine is a real treat.

 

Our Valley

After the last Ice Age our valley was deep underwater, now the Chiemsee and a few smaller lakes and ponds are the last vestiges of that water.  Our valley is very flat with a couple of small hills and a narrow pass through the mountains to Austria which is about 10 miles away.

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Marquartstein, Germany

Marquartstein is a small town about an half a mile from the little town where we live.

 

Kitzbuehel, Austria

When I was a kid watching downhill skiing from Kitzbuehel on the Wide World of Sports it seemed like such an exotic place.  Now it’s a short scenic drive away.  It’s a nice little town with the “Black Lake” nearby and a view of the Wild Kaiser mountains.

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Cannes, on the French Riviera

This was a fun trip that killed two birds with one stone.  I hadn’t been back to the French Riviera in about thirty years and I was looking for an excuse.  A few years back Eric Clapton went there for three weeks to rehearse with his band for their world tour.  At the end they did a “small” concert (I guess around five thousand people) before they launched the tour with the full set — thus it was like an off-Broadway test run.

It’s only about an hour flight from Munich, so I flew down for a few days to catch the concert.  Here are some photographic impressions.

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Prague, Czech Republic

Here are some photos I took in Prague during a record heat wave a few summers ago.  Along with Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Vancouver, Sydney, Paris and New York, this is a must see city.

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