My Photos

Montenegro & Croatia

A fantastic day on Montenegro's Bay of Kotor, from above Kotor.
I really didn't know what to expect from Montenegro, but it was very beautiful, and cheaper than Croatia

For any Montenegro patriots out there

The view from within the walls above the city of Kotor

The view over beautiful Kotor Bay from Herceg Novi

Bay of Kotor again, this time near the airport in Tivat, Montenegro

The spectacular walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. It's where all the tourists go, but there's a reason why

Looking over the harbor of Dubrovnik at dusk.
It was really strange to see so many tropical plants in Eastern Europe

There have been tons of cute cats throughout my travels, but the playful kittens I saw in Dubrovnik definitely win the prize

Dubrovnik from the mountain behind it

Sunset over the Adriatic Sea

Dubrovnik at night is just ridiculously photogenic. It makes you feel like you're in a fairy tale
(a fairy tale populated by tons of tourists, but still...)

Dubrovnik through one of the windows in the city wall

Looking down from the city wall on the main street in town

Looking across the city at the Keep

And in reverse, looking from the Keep over the city.
The keep is where I could the place where Games of Thrones was being filmed, and this view just screams "Kings Landing" from the series

A tall ship, and even taller clouds

I can't decide if I like this photo, or if it looks like a affirmations poster background. Maybe both

Looking down a Dubrovnik alley onto tourists looking down a Dubrovnik alley

Amazing Abisko, Sweden

The daily migration of hikers/campers from the train to the tourist station

Everywhere I looked there were amazing landscapes like this, and sunny for almost the whole time

The one morning it wasn't sunny, it was foggy, which I love in an entirely different way

The second night, I decided to hike up the mountain behind the lodge at 11pm to see the sunset. This is the ski lift with the sunset behind it.

And once I got to the top, this was the panorama; sunset, lake, and moon.

On one of my hikes, I came around a corner to find I was staring a moose eye-to-nose (his eyes were about a foot higher than mine), no more than 15 feet away from me. 

I wouldn't say he looked like he trusted me, but we didn't have any problems.

This has to be one of the biggest moths I've ever seen in my life

When it flew by me, I thought it was a hummingbird for a second.

All the toilets in the national park have hearts on the doors. Maybe that means you're supposed to love using the outhouse? I'm not sure.

One of the big deals about this park is that it's only place in Sweden where the rivers are so pure you can safely drink from them.

To my American mind, drinking straight from the river sounds like a bad idea, but I tried it and it was delicious, with no ill effects.

The start of the Kungleden, a 270 mile long train that winds through most of central Sweden. There are maintained huts along the way too, if you don't want to sleep in tents on the trail.

There were waterfalls all over the park, as you can see from the next couple of photos

The train to take me back to Stockholm. The "train station" on the left is an unmanned one-room building.

My sleeper car on the train. A very civilized way to travel, if you have to be on the road for 20 hours.

 Norway

My train to Andalsnes

While walking around in Alesund one morning, I thought "What am I going to do today?" and then immediately say this sign. It seemed like good advice.

From my ferry boat/cruise ship

Obligatory Troll photo

Akershus Castle in Oslo

Boats in Fredrickstad

Every evening in Oslo, this guys comes down to the main
plaza and makes these huge bubbles for the kids for over an hour.
He puts out a cup for change, but I never saw anyone put
anything in, and I think he does it more for the fun of it. 

Bergen from above

Norway seems to really like public art,
especially of famous Norwegians. But
a lot of it isn't at all flattering, like this
one of Ibsen. Creepy.

The Trondheim Waterfront 

The Historic Bergen waterfront near sunset

Or this one, of "The Last
Viking". If they ever make a
statue of me, I'd prefer
something a little more classical.

The Hanseatic League seal, including a beheaded cod
fish on the right. That's how important cod was to trading,
they put in on their official coat of arms.

Ahhh, breakfast in Oslo