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Grindelwald View from Männlichen

Grindelwald View from Männlichen

This shot was taken from The Männlichen in Switzerland, which is a 2,343 (7,687ft) meter mountain in the Swiss Alps located near the Lauterbrunnen Valley where we stayed on vacation this summer. The town you see at the base of the mountain is Grindelwald, the famous winter destination that offers ski slopes for beginners and intermediates [...]

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| October 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
A Stroll in Montreux on Lake Geneva

A Stroll in Montreux on Lake Geneva

After our four glorious days in the Berner Oberland, we headed to Montreux on Lake Geneva. Montreux was a fun town and Lake Geneva was very beautiful with it’s sparkling alpine lake and views. We stayed in a funky and nice hotel called the Tralala in the old town, which is up the hill about [...]

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| October 13, 2010 | 7 Comments
The Olive Press

The Olive Press

Gears, grease and weathered wood. A perfect medley of ingredients for an interesting photograph. Believe it or not, this monstrosity is for pulverizing tiny little olives. You know, those delicate little things we throw in our martinis. While exploring one of the barns at the Ballenberg Swiss Open Air Museum in Switzerland, I found this [...]

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| October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
The Ogre, Monk and Maiden

The Ogre, Monk and Maiden

Here they are in all their glory – the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, also known as the Ogre, Monk and Maiden. They are the world famous trio of mountain peaks that serve as the impressive backdrop to the Jungfrau region of Switzerland. About two hours into our hike from Murren down to Lauterbrunnen, we came [...]

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| October 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Picture Perfect Barn at Ballenberg Open Air Museum

Picture Perfect Barn at Ballenberg Open Air Museum

We are back from China and not suffering jet lag so I thought I would revisit Switzerland tonight. This shot is from an amazing place called the Swiss Open Air Museum in Ballenberg, Switzerland. The museum showcases Switzerland as it used to be. It is host to more than one hundred century-old buildings from all [...]

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| September 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Three moods of Château de Chillon

Three moods of Château de Chillon

What could be more inspiring than a sparkling lake, distant hills and Alps rich with atmosphere, and of course a medieval castle perched on a rocky outcrop at the water’s edge? Not much! During our three-day stop in Montreux on Lake Geneva, Donna and I visited the Château de Chillon, Switzerland’s most visited monument. I shot [...]

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| September 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
Bern parliament building by day and night

Bern parliament building by day and night

There are a number of significant buildings in Bern, Switzerland and the shot above is of one of them. The Swiss parliament and government building was completed in 1902 and it is now a prominent part of Bern’s skyline. The granite slabs in front of the building, which came from the Alps, were not always [...]

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| September 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
High Noon at Milan Station

High Noon at Milan Station

How convenient that the clock was wrong when I took this shot in Milan’s central train station last week. It was actually about 2:30pm. In Switzerland this would never happen but in Italy you never know! Donna and I were waiting for our train to Lake Como when I decided to get the camera out [...]

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| September 5, 2010 | 6 Comments
Tales from the road – Switzerland Teaser

Tales from the road – Switzerland Teaser

As I sit in the guesthouse here in Murren Switzerland with the Alps filling the view out of the window, I wanted to take a moment to share a picture from the road. For those that have not been to Switzerland, I have to say that the scenery is beyond description. Words cannot do it [...]

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| August 26, 2010 | 5 Comments

The ADNW Painting Challenge