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.


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.


Fall Colors at Colorado's Mt. Sneffels Range
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Fall Colors at Colorado's Mt. Sneffels Range

Ridgeway, Colorado

It’s hard to beat or explain the splendor of fall in Colorado’s Mt. Sneffels Range, with it gold and yellow aspens quaking in the wind and the smell of soon coming snow in the wind.