Showing posts with label scenic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scenic. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Meteora (Greece day 2)

We spent the second of our two days in Greece headed out to Meteora. Or Kalabaka and the surrounding geology. It was a full three hour trip each way, but it looked to dramatic to pass up. Here's the illustrated tourist map posted outside the train station. 


We headed straight north out of town into the dramatic looking hills/mountains/pillars.


I'm not much of a hiker, and it was a bit of a climb getting up to the monasteries. As in, the tops of those rock formations in the pictures above! But the scenery kept me going.


David was mostly taking the epic pictures from the top, but I grabbed a few:




In fact, most of my time at the top was spent drinking water and taking pictures of David taking pictures. He was excited about the camera. 


On the way down, we encountered both cows and goats. Those inspired selfies. 



And, a man on a motorbike informed us that his mother would make us the best food we'd ever eaten just 500 m down the road. We passed on that opportunity, but I did grab a picture of the sign.


And our google maps route down the mountain ended in a muddy slog across some grazing land - I don't even know how it happened, but it was scenic.


And that's Greece! :-)

Thessaloniki (Greece day 1)

Ever since I noticed that I had leftover vacation from last year, I've been meaning to use it, and this week is it - a combination of staycation and a short trip to Greece! I didn't even know Thessaloniki was a city. We picked it because google flight told us we could get there for less than 100 euro (for two of us) booking only a week ahead of time. Win!


After locating pastries, we climbed the white tower on the edge of the water. Awesome views.


One of the coolest things about the city is that there are ruins in the middle of it. I'll leave you to decide if it's better with or without the selfie!



We booked a tiny AirBnB with a really awesome view of the sunset. This is the best my phone could do, I'm hoping David got some better shots with his real camera. 



And, of course, the milk vending machine. Which made me think of this podcast episode - where I learned that in Greece, rules about ultra-fresh milk protect local farmers.


Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Mount rainier at sunrise

Yesterday's early flight had the benefit of sunrise over mount rainier - so pretty! 


Sunday, January 1, 2017

Scenic ferry

We took the ferry back to Seattle from David's sister's house and it was irresistably scenic. Between that and the excellent beer, I am feeling homesick Seattle urges! 





Friday, December 30, 2016

Scenic PNW

We're back at David's sister's house, and there is a super nice bay right down the block. Very scenic! 



Monday, December 5, 2016

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Spreewald

This weekend we went kayaking in Spreewald. It's the source of the river spree (which runs through Berlin) and has multiple nice, rustic villages. 

I didn't get any pictures while kayaking (it's all for the best, as I tipped over getting back in and would have dialed my phone) but herd are a few in the town of Schlepzig: 



Monday, September 5, 2016

Monday, August 22, 2016

In Kreuzberg

In addition to my usual sorts of activities, I also went to two museums last week! Today I'll do my usual weekly photos post, and tomorrow I'll talk about the museums.

These are all pictures from hanging out in and around Kreuzberg. First, a sign that was up in the building where I meet with my new choir (I'm now in two)!


The moon, a biker, and a typical street:


A creatively illustrated driving school:


And a picture of the Berlin sunset, looking northwest from the south end of the Oberbaumbrücke (Oberbaum Bridge):

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Nearby scenery

To start of this week's pictures, here's one of the Babelsberg Rathaus (city hall), it stands accross the street from my bus stop on the way to work.


And then the Rummelsberg harbor from a run today:


And a memorial to Marx - I could neither read the text nor figure out what the pictures were about:



Thursday, June 30, 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016

At a science meeting

I'm running a bingo competition for students at our science meeting - my wonderful co-conspirators found s bunch of prizes! 


And our opening reception featured a sunset over Lake Mendota. Seriously pretty!

Monday, June 6, 2016

Uppsala in the evening

A pretty sunset that we caught just after dinner. The conference is great and busy!