Uppsala, Sweden (July 2019)

Posted on November 27th, 2025 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, Nikon D500, sweden, uppsala. Comments Off on Fyrisån

Mural on Radegastovna Perón Smíchov by Chemis (August 2019)

I was staying in Anděl in Prague in 2019 when I took today’s photo. I don’t remember if I ate and had a beer at the pub Radegastovna Perón Smíchov or if I was sipping a beer at the Pizza/Kebab shop with this view.

Anyway, lots of Prague memories these days as I finish Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets.

Posted on November 14th, 2025 under czech republic, Prague. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, Nikon D500, street art. Comments Off on Stroupežnického 525/20

Ingjaldshólskirkja above the Nootka lupine (June 2019)

Built in 1903, this may be the oldest concrete church in the world. In June, it has the prettiest road to a church in the world IMO.

Posted on October 26th, 2025 under Iceland. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, flowers, landscape, Nikon D500, Snæfellsnes. Comments Off on Ingjaldshóll Church

Winter Palace interior (Saint Petersburg, Russia – July 2019)

We seem to watch films by recently deceased actors these days. Diane Keaton died almost a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve watched three films she is in since. Reds (1981) was the most recent one. I was surprised to see scenes apparently shot in the Winter Palace (which is now the Hermitage Museum) in the film. Alas, they were not actually filmed there. Instead the Lancaster House in London was used for the interiors, and those scenes looked very legit in Reds.

Posted on October 23rd, 2025 under Saint Petersburg. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, hermitage, Nikon D500. Comments Off on St George’s Hall in the Winter Palace

Avtovo Metro Station – Saint Petersburg, Russia (2019)

Bathed in the glow of Saint Petersburg’s subterranean opulence, the Avtovo Metro Station unfurls a grand spectacle. Like something out of a Romanov fever dream, the chandeliers dare riders to linger just a bit longer before the train calls them back to reality. This metro platform dazzles more like a palace corridor than anything meant for catching a train.

Posted on October 10th, 2025 under Saint Petersburg. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, Nikon D500, Saint Petersburg metro stations. Comments Off on Lavish Stalinist Empire