Monthly Archives: May 2007
Frankfurt fog
Emilia and I took a bus from Vienna to Frankfurt. It was a somewhat pleasant trip, except they pretty much refused to turn on the air conditioning on the bus. About 15 kilometers from Frankfurt we heard a series of beeps and then the driver pulled off to the side of the road. After about 10 minutes the drivers came back on the bus and started again. They never said a word to any of the passengers. Another 3 kilometers down the road and they pulled into a rest area. As I got off the bus, engine coolant was exploding from the engine. We ended up spending about an hour at the rest area and arrived in Frankfurt a little over an hour late.
This shot was taken while the bus was pulled over on the side of the road. It is a little noisy, mainly from shooting through the tinted bus windows using the Fujifilm S7000 that I had out of the backpack at the time.
Greenland
First off, why is Greenland covered in ice and Iceland is covered in green?
On the flight back to the USA from Frankfurt, Germany, our flight path took us over Greenland. This was taken from about 38,000 feet from our Airbus A300. It was a crystal clear day and was just amazed at the beauty below.
Schönbrunn Palace Rose Garden
The rose garden at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria is truly amazing. Here is a shot from the rose trellis looking back at the palace.
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Austrian composer was born in 1756 in Salzburg and died at the age of 35 where he was laid to rest in a Vienna suburb.
This sculpture of Mozart stands in Burggarten in Vienna, Austria. In the foreground a garden has been created in the shape of a music clef with beautiful flowers in full blossom.
Castelul Bran
Known incorrectly as Dracula’s Castle, Bran Castle, built in 1377, is actually a fortress meant to guard an important pass through the mountains near Brasov, Romania. It has been one of the favorite vacation homes for Queen Maria and Princess Ileana in the early 1900’s.