Our trips 2019, part 2

Dear Readers,

It has been a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. In Part 1, we posted photos of places we visited in the second half of 2019. Here are the places we visited in the first half.

In reverse chronological order:

Rapperswil on the shore of Lake Zurich

Feusisberg overlooking Lake Zurich, Switzerland, the boats were waiting for the firework on Swiss National Day (August 1) to start after dark

Feusisberg, fireworks from towns around Lake Zurich on Swiss National Day (August 1) – looking in the direction of Zurich – hope it is not too dark online

Place de la liberation, Dijon, France – of course, we visited a mustard factory

Vignoble de Bourgogne (Burgundy) – off D974 between Beaune and Dijon

Rincon Park – San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge

Powell and O’Farrell, San Francisco

Santa Barbara, view from Belmond El Encanto

Santa Barbara, view from tower at County Courthouse

Lake Cachuma, on the way to St Ynez – lots of rain recently

Heading north out of Los Angeles near Malibu, due to the rain, yellow flowers were blooming

Albertina, Vienna

Hotel Bristol, Vienna

Hlavné námestie, Bratislava, Slovakia

Lenbahhaus, Munich

Munich in January, Frauenkirch (cathedral) visible in a distance

Let’s see where we will go in 2020.

Our trips 2019, part 1

Dear Readers, Happy 2020 !

We have moved here about a decade ago, and started this blog just before our departure from New York. So this blog is 10 years old ! We took a break from updating the blog earlier this year because of other projects.  But we are committed to keep this going as long as possible, even if the posts are less frequent and regular.

It is a tradition on this blog to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. We traveled quite a bit in 2019, possibly more than 2018, at least in terms of capitals visited. Chris had been to Berlin, Vienna, Bratislava, Bern, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo.

In reverse chronological order:

Basel – Christmas markets – originally we wanted to visit Strasbourg but the French train strike …

St Alban-Tor, Basel, Switzerland

Chateau Grandson, near Yverdon Les Bains – on the shore of Lac Neuchatel, Switzerland

The Zytglogge, Bern, Switzerland

Brandenburger Tor Berlin, Germany

Berliner Fernsehturm & Alexanderplatz, Germany

Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany

Bauhaus museum, Weimar, Germany

Leipizig University, Germany

Leipzig opera house, Germany

Imperial Palace 皇居 from Otemachi Building 大手町ビル, Tokyo

Yurakucho 有楽町 near Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Samseong dong 삼성동 near Coex, Seoul, South Korea

Samseong dong, Seoul, South Korea

Qian Men 前门 near Zhengyang Gate 正阳门 Beijing, China

The Place 世贸天阶, Beijing, China

Photos from the first half of 2019 will be in our next post.