The Baltic States April 2024
Riga
Riga
Mix your own hot chocolate at the Black Magic
Riga
Riga
Tallinn
Tallinn
Vilnius
Hot chocolate in Vilnius
Lithuanian map of Russia
Showers at the KGB
KGB Building layout
KGB Building
Macedonia March 2024
Norway October to November 2023
Egypt September to October 2023
Muhammad Ali mosque Cairo
Water stations are a common site on the roads
Incredibly well preserved papyrus
Aswan Market
Aswan Market
A real whirling dervish
Backgammon lessons on the ship
Entering the locks, yell a price toss your money and they'll toss up a carpet
This fellow on our tour wore this cap "ISRAEL since 1948" bold and proud everywhere and everyday, except on Oct 8th the day we left.
On the way to Liverpool October, 2023
Conwy
Conwy
Conwy
A pint at Conwy before the train
Downtown Liverpool
Some great musicians covering the catalog at the Cavern
Liverpool
Liverpool
Photo of Epstein on the Cavern stage wall
Sarajevo April 9, 2023
Military Museum Vienna
Articles carried by Sophie the day she was killed
Armor testing
Old town Sarajevo
Market in Sarajevo
Musuem of War Atrocities Bosnian War
Princip's clothing
Bridge where bomb was thrown
The Archduke and Sophie leaving city hall
City Hall today
Cool pub in Sarajevo named for a famous Serb
Sarajevo night view from Marriott bar
Memorial to the fallen Sarajevo
Very cool bar in Sarajevo
View from the fortress in Belgrade
Belgrade shopping district
The fortress in Belgrade
Belgrade
German Panzer II WW2
Soviet SAM missles
German Panzer IV WW2
WW2 Italian tankette
Soviet WW2 T34 tank
Vietnam February 26, 2023
Another playground attraction at the airport Singapore
A sidewalk used for street vendors Singapore
Singapore
Hyatt private beach Bali
Our room in Bali
Saigon war museum
A Jeep with Wagner headlights (from my old plant in Boyertown PA)
Searching for snakes
An expanded tunnel for the tour
Booby trap demo
Fake termite mound used as a tunnel vent
Old phone booths in the post office
River boat at Hue
The morning approach to Ha Long Bay
Chinese frigate patroling off Hainan
Hong Kong the night of departure
A nice, small and typical coffee shop
Hong Kong food market
Hong Kong
Honk Kong street market
The citadel at Hue
Ha Long bridge at night
Ha Long market
A cave tour on one of the islets
South America Jan 12, 2023
Salvador
Santiago Chile
A Gaucho driving cattle
India Nov 18, 2022
Tiger tracks
Anywhere is fine
Tool and Die Company
Another store front
Ritual bathing in Ganges
Berchtesgaden Sept 10, 2022
Small rotunda entry to elevator at Eagles Nest
Tunnel to Eagles Nest
Surviving building that housed Gorings support staff built near his house, now a private residence
Brass elevator to the Eagles Nest
Eva Braun's favorite room, someone says
1938 heat plates
Porch at Eagles Nest with you know who...Then
Porch at Eagles Nest ...Now
Ruins of Berghof
Ruins of Berghof
Service road to back of Berghof
Israel July 22, 2022
Nice outdoor restaurant Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Masada
Ein Gedin
Looking across to Jordan
Meggido
View east from Meggido
Capernaum
Sea of Galilea
The Golan Heights is 5 km beyond
Magdala
Pastry shop in Jerusalem, God help you if you go in.
Jerusalem old city wall
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Stone Christ was thought to be laid on
The tomb of Christ by one account
Nearby, the tomb by another account
Byzantine market ruins Jerusalem
Notes in the wall
Istanbul July 7, 2022
Bust of the a great architect of Topkapi
Terrific coffee shop near the palace
Conference room at Topkapi for foreign diplomats, the Sultan hid behind the screen and his scribes recorded the meeting behind a curtain in the adjoining room
A model Muslim
The great kitchens at Topkapi
Original art at the Byzantine Hagia Eirene Church near the palace
Hippodrome
All that remains of the serpent sculpture at the Hippodrome
A obelisk at the Hippodrome once clad in bronze
The Column of Constantine near the bazaar
Inside the bazaar
Entrance to the bazaar
The shores of the Bosporus
The Turkish fort of Rumelihisari built to cut the strait ahead of the siege
Palaces along the Bosporus
Standing next to the propeller and all that remains of German/Turkish battlecruiser Goeben. One of the most famous warships that ever sailed and was responsible for bringing the Turks into WWI.
The tower of Galata, a Byzantine stronghold north of the Golden Horn
My new favorite breakfast. Menemen!!!
Barnathan, a great restaurant near the Galata tower
City walls near the "Crooked Gate"
A nice place for cappuccino where we waited out the rain. Mare Mosso
Courtyard of the Church St. George
The ancient golden throne at St. George
Many houses are wood construction
Ireland May 23, 2022
Trinity Library
Squire Danaher's house
Abby Ruins
Famous fight scene "give us a hand"
Glenlo Golf Course
Suite at Glenlo
Japan April 30, 2022
Prince Hotel Shinagawa
A poster for a street backgammon exhibition
Wasabi in it's natural state
Fish market giant scallop we shared
Mogami Restaurant Tokyo
The sushi is pretty fresh
Subway cleaners
Traveling to Kyoto at nearly 200 mph
Welcome sign for us at the ryokan
Our Ryokan
Tofu DIY style
Tea house at the Golden Palace grounds
Get your fortune, if you don't like it tie it to the fence. Keeps it from happening.
Nijo Castle
Gate a Nijo
View from the famous bridge at Gion
Gion
Curaçao February 14, 2022
Lunch at the Old Market or Plasa Bieuw
The infamous Scuba Bus which took us to the islands snorkel spots
The gang touring Willemstad
Abruzzo September 20, 2021
Trieste, Istria and Croatia August 28 2021
Geneva and the French Alps August 20 2021
Chamonix
Chamonix
Gluten free with fried foie gras
Munich August 10 2021
Gema Building, former Burgerbräukeller
Hofbräukeller
Entry to Hofbräukeller
Fuhrerbräu
Fuhrerbräu
Ruins of Temple to the Beer Hall Putsch martyrs, destroyed by US Troops
Overgrown ruins of martyr temple
Bar Gabanyi
Osteria Italiana, formerly Osteria Bavaria. Hitlers favorite restaurant in Munich and his favorite table
Osteria Italiana
Entry to Osteria Italiana
WW1 Memorial
Sibillini Mountains August 8 2021
Venice and Torcello July 16 2021
Called Attila's chair, not his but old regardless
Da Franz
Bra Bar
Rasiglia Umbria June 14 2021
