Saturday, December 19, 2015

Crossing the Danube at Night

 
Chain Bridge spans the Danube in downtown Budapest, Hungary, with the St. Stephen’s Basilica towering over the surrounding area in the background.
 
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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Pliva Waterfall Sunset


The Pliva River spills over a 22-meter drop at the foot of the medieval Bosnian city of Jajce as the sun sets.

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Slovenian Christmas


Triple Bridge spans the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the Church of the Annunciation and the town's Christmas lights reflecting in the calm river early in the morning.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Durmitor in the Spring


One of the mountains of the impressive Durmitor massif in Montenegro.  It is still covered with snow in mid-spring while the valley around Black Lake starts to come alive as the weather warms.

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Monday, July 6, 2015

Nursery Rhyme before Bedtime

 
The Banbury Cross, made famous in a nursery rhyme, was designed by John Gibbs and built in 1859.  Here it is as night falls in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
 
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Wonder at Dawn


Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, Serbia, seen from the north at dawn.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Croatian Colors


The colors at Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia were stunning.  This is Kozjak Lake viewed from atop a waterfall.
 
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Friday, May 15, 2015

Venice in Oxford


The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford, England.  I went to Oxford with a different picture in mind, but this ended up being my favorite of the lot.  The bridge was built in 1914 and modeled after a similar one in Venice, Italy.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Morine Stećci

 
Stećci at the lonely, beautiful Morine site in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
 
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Calming the Storm in Kiev


Kiev Ukraine Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as dusk falls on a wet, windy day.
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos


The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Саборна црква Рођења Пресвете Богородице/Saborna crkva Rođenja Presvete Bogorodice) in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
 
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