Travel Journal

Adventures from Around the World with a Camera

Heidelberg Castle from Philosophers' Way
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Hello, Good Morning: on the Philosophers' Way

Heidelberg, Germany

“Guten Morgen” rang out from one of the three older ladies who passed me by on an early morning walk on the Philosopher's Way. I had just begun the walk up the steep incline.


Remains of tree turned to stone in Petrified Forest National Park
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Living Stone: in the Painted Desert

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

In 1540, an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on a quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, passed through this region naming it "El Desierto Pintado" - The Painted Desert. It's a land of petrified forests, dinosaurs fossils ...


Fall Colors line the path of the Ahrtalweg
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Along the Ahrtalweg

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

Suddenly, it's quiet once again. The only sounds are the crackling of fallen leaves on the pavement. There is a light fog in the air, with the trees ablaze with gold, red and yellow.

What started as a quiet Sunday morning walk ...


Spielbank Casino along the Ahr River
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Changing Misconceptions in Bad Neuenahr

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

I always had the impression of northern Germany as too industrialized, lacking an Old World charm I had come to expect in Germany. My first trip to Bad Neuenahr changed that.