Athen and Acropolis in one day ...

Temple at Acropolis, Athen

We arrived with the cruise ship Constellation from Celebrity Cruises in the Athen harbour Piraeus for a one day stop and sightseeing.

Athen was one of in all 7 stops one our cruise crossing the Mediterranian from east to west.

Presenting here (Klick for Flickr) some selected photos, partly taken from the bus and partly from our time at hill Acropolis with the temples and the view of Athen.

Atlas Mountains near Marrakech - one day visit

Video and photos from a day trip from Marrakesh with 4W-drives, arranged by Viator/HolidayServices, Marrakesh, into the Atlas Mountains.

Recommended: YES

Camera: Canon G1X

A complete Flickr photo set with more than 50 photos
can be seen here >>

Video: Fantasia - The chez Ali Show in Marrakech.

An incredible tourist trap is this amusement place outside Marrakech.

In spite of the adventure like buildings and the many mucicians etc who entertain the show itself is quite boring, done in a terrible light setting accompanied by very high Morrocan music. (2/6).

...but the obligatorie food served in big tent like structures was surprisingly good - even served with absolute no service attitude at all :-)

Jerusalem - Via dolorosa - in our time..

From a visit along the historical old town in Jerusalem with all the myths - going the narrow streets that once was a path up to a hill and today a closed merchant street with cobbled stones and the thousands of visitors....

Nature launch a new season

After the long winter the nature decide:

- There is a new season of warmth and joy coming..

A spring photo greeting from the south of Denmark..

The cemetery at the end of the world

Village at the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic - the cemetery in the back

Photo from a travel back in autumn of 2008. Camera. Nikon D70

Young Moroccan woman - near Marrakech

Portrait of a young Moroccan women, from a village close to Marrakech

Camera: Canon G1X

 

A complete Flickr photo set with more than 50 photos from the Atlas Mountains can be seen here >>

 

 

Our neighboorhood FOX

In our cottage up in the mountains of Norway South we have this guy lurking around the corners - waiting for some goodies. IE some remaining of the Fridays pizza....

Anyway nice he is.

No snow in March 2012

An unusual sight in the lower mountains in the South of Norway with no snow left as early as the end of March.

This photo from Tisleidalen, Valdres. Alt. app 900 m.

No skiing in March 2012

For the second time in 25 years the snow has gone and the skiing season have ended in the South part of Norway before the end of March....

Camera: Canon G1X

View to the Atlas Mountains

Photo from the city walls in the Medina, Marrakech

Another photo with my new Canon G1X camera

 

 

Marrakech - the International Airport

The modern airport Terminal in Marrakech

Afternoon in the Medina, Marrakech

The madam relaxes and enjoy the pleasant life behind the walls of the Riad Jardin de la Medina - just inside the very busy and stressing old town of Marrakech.

Camera Canon G1X

Seascape along the Oslofjord today

Along the Oslofjord this fine spring Sunday in March.

Camera: Canon G1X

In the shadows of the Majorelle Garden, Marrakech

When in Marrakech, Morocco:

"Don't miss a stroll in the Majorelle Garden where Yves Saint-Laurent's ashes now lie. An elegant and touching little paradise on earth which houses an Islamic art museum installed in a blue-walled Art Deco villa."

Ref. www.visitmorocco.com/index.php/eng/I-am- going-to/Short-br...

People of the Medina, Marrakech

Entrance to the Ben Yusseff University in the Medina, Marrakech

For the whole photo set, visit Flickr >>

They are not very pleased the inhabitants of the old town: Medina in the Marrakech to have their photos taken. Understandable as all the tourists seems to enjoy putting cameras of all sisez and mobilphones into their faces for their "souvernir photos".

Guess I was just another visitor then making my small photo set walking in the Old Town: Medina and many of the souks, March 2012. Camera Canon G1X

Sunset in the Medina, Marrakech

Another perfect day ends in Marrakech.

Photo from the Ryad: Les Jardin de la Medina.
Camera: Canon G1X

Testing the new Canon G1X camera

Hovin Country Church, Spydeberg, Norway.

You can see some more test photos in my small Flickr Sample collection >>

..and even a short video at Vimeo >>

..and after this the "big premiere" for using the camera was on my recent trip to Marrakech, Morocco. Status so far: QUITE satisfied :-)

Madeira as in "The day After" (whatever...) Filter: Coffee. Mood: Contemplation. (HD)

Sometimes the Madam ask me:

...was we on the same tour?....

What do I know....

;-)

Salvador Dali - his home

Along the Costa Brava in northern Spain, in the little seaside vilage of Portlligat, sits the house that became Salvador Dalí’s main residence in 1930. It started off as a small fisherman’s hut. Then Dalí went to work on the structure, renovating it little by little over the next 40 years, creating a living, breathing, labyrinthine home that reflects the artist’s one-of-a-kind aesthetic. Writing about the house, the author Joseph Pla once said:

The decoration of the house is surprising, extraordinary. Perhaps the most exact adjective would be: never-before-seen. I do not believe that there is anything like it, in this country or in any other…. Dalí’s house is completely unexpected…. It contains nothing more than memories, obsessions. The fixed ideas of its owners. There is nothing traditional, nor inherited, nor repeated, nor copied here. All is indecipherable personal mythology…. There are art works (by the painter), Russian things (of Mrs. Gala), stuffed animals, staircases of geological walls going up and down, books (strange for such people), the commonplace and the refined, etc.

For many, it’s a long trip to Portlligat, and only eight people can visit the house at a time. So today we’re featuring a video tour of Dalí’s Spanish home.