With my new camera (got it today) I took some pictures at the lake in Sipplingen and Meersburg. Weather was not great so I choose a 10-stop Filter for long exposures and B/W pictures. Here is what came out. One picture is in color with a rainbow above the Meersburg castle.

This spring another European capital was on the travel list – Warsaw the capital of Poland. Sadly LOT cancelled the direct flight from Stuttgart, instead we had to fly via Frankfurt with a 3hr layover. In Warsaw we stayed in the oldest Hotel of the city with a long history […]

And some more shots from the lake – this time from Langenargen with focus on the Montfort Castle.  Unlike last week the view was quite good. The alps were visible and the sky clear. Usually I am not at this part of the lake at this time, so I took […]

Finally today I had a little time to take my camera to go to the lake to take some pictures. All week the weather was fantastic. Almost 20deg and sunshine the whole day – very unusual for this time of the year. Also the animals seem to enjoy the weather.

After being in the Caribbean last year (Martinique) this years winter destination is Guadeloupe. It is also a French Island, I really liked the atmosphere on Martinique with lots of small towns and great nature. I hope Guadeloupe will be the same. The island is divided into Basse Terre (volcano […]

To get to Ushuaia by land is a very long drive. From Puerto Natales we took the road South to Punta Arenas but before reaching the city we turned east along the Magellan Strait. The only interesting (photo) stop on that road are some abandoned buildings and 2 old ships […]