The landmarks and travel thread

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Since some folks started to talk about it in another thread. Here is a thread on the topic.

So where do you guys travelled, what kind of landmarks did you like ect......

I like the gothic churchs a lot, even though I won't say I'm religious, I often like the details of the buildings.

As I said, in England you must visit the Lincoln Cathedral. I'll visit it soon, I can't wait.

Picture taken by a friend from an architecture forum, you can enjoy his website:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/384_pic28.jpg

It used to be 160m tall but the main spire collapsed, it also had two spires if front of it of the size of Salisbury's main spire. They were removed too.
The most impressive are the two transcepts, and I think it looks cooler without spires, better in proportions.

I've been in several places, recently (2004) it was in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Prague, Budapest, Dijon. If you are interested in pictures or details just ask.

EDIT: I forgot to say that now it's 80m tall, you must imagine the spire doubled its size. Which is why I think it's better proportioned without.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Off topic but I just took it (a few minutes ago) and I just wanted to post it. One more cloudy day here.

http://premium1.uploadit.org/LeChacal//Ma_maison15.JPG

[Petsku1]

looks very cool... if only the spring would arrive here too

[DavidAlizée]

sure an amazing site there... those mountains. What part of France is that again ?

[benficabeatsporto]

omg these pictures just depress me even more.. if only i could have a view like that.. im sick of views of the freeway..oh one day i will live somewhere like that..one day.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

It's the Hautes-Pyrénées department. In the southwestern France, it's between Toulouse and Pau if you know those a bit. It joined France only after the first republic, before that it was always apart, from the Kingdom of the Visigoths (or Kingdom of Toulouse) to the Kingdom of Navarre.

Pictures from Wikipedia (Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, from its editor).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Carte_France_D%E9partement_65.png

@Benficabeatsporto.

If you live in England, you'll find the housing are much cheaper here. You can get middle sized villas for something like 300.000€. The only problem is: mieux vaut apprendre le Français.

[benficabeatsporto]

je parle un peu francais mais j'habite en australie..je veux aller en france dans deux ans. (desole pour mon francais)

[Zoomer]

Hmm, how are the jobs out there though? Its fine if you can understand/speak french - but without a financial form - your bugg**d :shock:

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Hmm, how are the jobs out there though? Its fine if you can understand/speak french - but without a financial form - your bugg**d :shock:

Well, for employment it depends. In Hautes Pyrenees, it's not that easy. Only 2 cities can argue having a real economy, Tarbes & Lourdes. There are bigger cities outside Hautes Pyrénées like Pau and Toulouse with a dynamic economy but they are also much more populated (especially Toulouse) and industrialised.

[DavidAlizée]

In normandy and brittany most of the people speak English anyway. Lots of brits moved over there and it is the hotspot for british to live. In Normandy you can even get all British tv and i don't know alot about jobs, but lots of my friends i work with live in Normandy and they claim jobs arnt that much of a problem.

Although, its only a small trip through the tunnel back to England, a few hours.. so you can work in UK.. and live in France lol that, or the ferry.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

I don't think I would live in Brittany or Normandy. I got families in Caen and Vannes but I prefer Burgundy (also have family in Dijon) and Gascony. They have a better quality of life IMO. I wouldn't be so confident about the English skills of the Bretons and Normans than you.

The cool thing in Normandy is the Rouen Cathedral, the Saint Michel Mount (although it was Breton before) and the camembert. Brittany doesn't really appeal me.

[Zoomer]

I have only ever really been around Paris (which I loved immensely!) and Orleans as well. Stayed soooo many times in a little town called Pithiviers, which was a good (although quiet) place. Been towards the south of France - Perpignion - at Saint Marie Plage I think it was called. Really enjoyed the south of France, but the whole of France has some awesome architecture - the buildings are fantastic. Very laid back, very friendly. Has England beaten in many categories imo, although that could just be the 'tourist' part of me speaking :twisted:

However, since I cannot find any pictures (or even a scanner to scan them in with) - I will have to apologise for the thread hijacking. Hope to see more great pics :)

[Ludicrous Maximus]

I don't really care if the thread is hijacked, not that it's very valuable.

As dumb as it might sound, I haven't been in Paris (lol, to take the plane but that doesn't count), though I've done London.

Well, if you want pictures, I can post huge amounts of them since I still have the pictures I took in 2004 (more than 1000). I lost those of the USA and England (was a long time ago).

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Biarritz, it's my summer beach resort. Since I can get free lodging there I never miss an opportunity to go to the coast.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Villa_Belza01.JPG

Have no windows? Just paint one.
http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz07.JPG

The port and a typical English looking church (Saint Eugénie).
http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz15.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Eugenie03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Eugenie01.JPG

In don't remember the exact location of this one.
http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz17.JPG

Napoleon III's palace:
http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz31.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz21.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Biarritz14.JPG

[DavidAlizée]

Fantastic pics again, thanks alot. I liked all of them! One of the best laws i like about France is that, you can not have a clear glass window looking onto another buildings window. Very private.. i like privacy.

Here are some photos from Rosslyn. The chapel/Temple was built in 1400's by Sir William St.Clair, Prince of Orkany.. Knights templar. Carved by freemasons by hand. I have been here around 20 times, each time more better than before. Ofc, the history of this place is amazing, dating back that the chapel has the exact same ground plans as the temple of soloman, identical with the fanous two pillars at the entrance. It also comes with the myth, that it was the only temple that was not destroyed under the order, as it contained the treasures that were excavated from Jerusalem during the crusades, that are buried below the vaults of this amazing and stunng building.

So much mystery and History to this place. People visit it from all over the world, its not far from me.. 40 minutes drive. Sorry for huge pics..

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/6510/6apprenticepillar0qb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/6674/airviews8sy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/5696/barrelvaultedroof2dc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/3963/rosslynbaptisteryoutside2jc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/7140/rosslynchapel066fr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/849/rosslynchapel8le.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/8774/rosslynorgan6rq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I have much better pics.. these are not that good taken from the web.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Nah, the best law in France is that it's illegal to name his pig after Napoleon.

Best English law, it's illegal to enter the houses of parliament with a full suit of armor.

More pictures of the pyrenees.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Paysage_des_Pyrenees10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Paysage_des_Pyrenees07.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Paysage_des_Pyrenees05.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montagnes_Pyrenees10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montagnes_Pyrenees02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montagnes_Pyrenees18.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montagnes_Pyrenees19.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montagnes_Pyrenees20.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Val_d_Aran04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Mauvezin02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Mauvezin10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Mauvezin08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Paysage_des_Pyrenees16.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Montastruc03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Ma_maison02.JPG



This last picture is my house. I'm going to Gavarnie tomorow, expect great pictures. I might also see (again) a church built by the dominican monks in Luz Saint Sauveur (already have pictures of it though). Later I might post pictures of Saint Bertrand, Lourdes or other places.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

BTW, my pictures are not to be used without permission.

[Lía]

In normandy and brittany most of the people speak English anyway. Lots of brits moved over there and it is the hotspot for british to live. In Normandy you can even get all British tv and i don't know alot about jobs, but lots of my friends i work with live in Normandy and they claim jobs arnt that much of a problem.

Although, its only a small trip through the tunnel back to England, a few hours.. so you can work in UK.. and live in France lol that, or the ferry.

ru suggesting that u want to live in kent????

i'm gonna post sum pics of ireland tomorra, am too tired/busy to do it tonite...

[Petsku1]

keep on posting LM... great pics 8)

Orléans... Cathedral of Jeanne D'arc
http://img200.exs.cx/img200/6091/img05085oy.jpg

http://img200.exs.cx/img200/4280/img05130zn.jpg

a valley in Sierra Nevada
http://uc.hit.edu/~jmerikal/kuvat/sierranevada.jpg

the bay of Gibraltar... and my bro...
http://uc.hit.edu/~jmerikal/kuvat/gibmaisema.jpg

[DavidAlizée]

omg, amazing pics petsku!!! That last pic, with ur bro.. omg that view! Such paradise.

Also, that catheral has so much detail, i love those kind of buildings. Outstanding! :bounce:

[Pawel]

Waaa beatiful! :shock:

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Lourdes, it has something like 3 or 4 Basilicas:

The Basilica Notre Dame du Rosaire.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire09.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire16.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire22.JPG

The Castle

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Lourdes02.JPG

And the city itself

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Lourdes01.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Lourdes06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Lourdes09.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Lourdes12.JPG

Saint Bertrand, a village with an old cathedral:

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie40.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Bertrand_de_Comminges03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Bertrand_de_Comminges10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie32.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie31.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie23.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie19.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Cathedrale_Sainte_Marie10.JPG


I'll post stuff on Prague and Budapest later.

[Zoomer]

:shock: must........go.......travelling.........now.....

Fantastic pics - making me look at digital cams now :) Wonder how much it will set me back though..

[Ludicrous Maximus]

I'm using an Olympus C-5050 Zoom, it's not a very high end one but I like it. The pictures you see here are very compressed and resized. The orignal ones are way better.

[Zoomer]

hehe - I was looking at the Olympus C-5500 Sport just before I posted that ;) - looks like a good camera, but at £250 its pushing the top limit of my budget :)

[Tyza]

Ohhh.... Guys. :shock: I can't take it anymore... it's sooooooo beautiful.
I must say, that are very nice pictures. :thumbup:


...plz post more... :oops:

[tern]

Wow very nice pics you guys. This thread is definitely adding to my itenarary for my next trip to Europe. I'll put up a bunch of stuff later when I feel like copy & pasting a bunch of urls.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Ok, Prague and Budapest. I had a bad weather in both cities (you can see that) so it was hard to make good pictures, and someone stole (most likely, I don't I lost it) my debit card in Prague.

Praque:

1st the castle, the cathedral Saint Vitus (Neo-Gothic) is within its walls.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Prague01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Prague04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Vitus04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Prague05.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Vitus05.JPG

Karluv Most, or Charles' Bridge (had to take the pictures at 7am, because after this, it was full of tourists and it was impossible to take a shot).

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_Charles03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_Charles06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_Charles09.JPG

Our Lady Before Tyn. Those bloody buildings are stuck to the church and it was a pain to guess you actually have to enter them to enter the church.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Tyn03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Tyn01.JPG

Saint Nicolas (there are 2).

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Nicolas_de_la_Place_de_la_Republique02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saint_Nicolas_de_la_Place_de_la_Republique03.JPG

The City Hall's clockwork

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Hotel_de_Ville02.JPG

The Gloz Kinsky Palace

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Palais_Golz_Kinsky01.JPG

The Park

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Parc01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Parc03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Parc07.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Mur_de_la_Faim02.JPG

The Eiffel Tower (Petrinska Rozhledna)

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Tour_Panoramique04.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Tour_Panoramique03.jpg

Various pics

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague02.JPG

I hate those wires.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague11.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague13.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague21.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague28.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague40.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague41.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague45.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague51.JPG

Pictures were strickly forbidden in Prague's churches. And most of them had guards. I managed to take this one in a minor one (mainly because I was alone in).

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague66.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Prague82.JPG


BTW, it is only a sample, I have nearly 150 pictures of Prague (and about the same for Budapest).


Now Budapest (I prefered Budapest to Prague).

Buda Castle

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda07.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda09.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_Buda16.JPG

The Chains Bridge:

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_de_Chaines01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_de_Chaines02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_de_Chaines05.JPG

Elizabeth with her bridge behind her.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Statue_de_la_Reine_Elizabeth01.JPG

Saint Istvan

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Etienne01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Etienne04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Etienne05.JPG

Westminster Palace (Lol, the Parlamenti)

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Maison_du_Parlement01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Maison_du_Parlement03.JPG

Heros' square

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_des_Heros03.JPG

Vajdahunyad Palace

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Vajdahunyad07.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Chateau_de_Vajdahunyad03.JPG

The Anonymus

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Statue_de_l_Anonymus01.JPG

Nyugati Station

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Gare_de_Pest01.JPG

The Synaguoge, Europe largest, there is an organ in.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Grande_Synagogue01.JPG

Nemzeti Hotel, for once I get a nice one (bedrooms were just average though).

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Hotel_Nemzeti08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Hotel_Nemzeti04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Hotel_Nemzeti03.JPG

The city

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest15.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest17.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest23.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest42.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest51.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Budapest52.JPG

[Tyza]

Thank you for these wonderful impressions...
Very well taken pics. :)

[Petsku1]

wow so cool again... i love watching these pics, thx.

ill beat you in 5 years time :P

[benficabeatsporto]

i have some pics but i can only be bothered posting one

Lakes entrance, Victoria, Australia
http://img111.exs.cx/img111/1315/dcp00540iu.jpg[/img]

[DavidAlizée]

wow, amazing! perfect line.. damn, it looks nice n hot. In England, a quick dip in the North sea and back in the car before you get the flu! :*(

cool pics! :mrgreen:

[tern]

Some highlights from my summer trip. Property of me, blah blah blah. Ask me if you want to use them or want full-size version.

Amsterdam
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Amsterdam.jpg

Bayeux, France
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Bayeux%20Cathedral.jpg

Athens
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Parthenon.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Athens.jpg

Bergen, Norway
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Bergen.jpg

Berlin
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/BerlinerDom.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Reichstag.jpg

Bruges, Belgium
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Brugges.jpg

Brussels
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Brussels.jpg

Budapest
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Budapest.jpg

Capri, Italy
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Capri.jpg

Cinque Terra, Italy
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Cinque%20Terra.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/CinqueTerra.jpg

Rome
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Colosseum.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/StPeters.jpg

Dresden, Germany
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Dresden.jpg

Leipzig, Germany
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/leipzig2.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Leipzig1.jpg

Milan, Italy
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Milan.jpg

Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Neuschwanstein%20Castle.jpg

Oxford
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/OxfordDiningHall.jpg

Paris
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Paris%20from%20Louvre.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Effiel1.jpg

A fjord, Norway
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Fjord%20in%20Norway.jpg

Florence, Italy
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Florence.jpg

Heidelberg, Germany
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Heidelberg.jpg

Helsinki, Finland
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Helsinki.jpg

Munich
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Hofbrau.jpg

Jungfrau Region, Switzerland
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Jungfrau.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Switzerland.jpg

Bern, Switzerland
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/BernEinstein.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Bern2.jpg

Edinburgh, Scotland
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Edinburgh.jpg

Köln, Germany
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/K%f6lnDom.jpg

Pisa
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Pisa.jpg

Pompeii, Italy
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Pompeii.jpg

Pont du Gard, France
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/PontduGard.jpg

Prague, Czech Republic
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Prague.jpg

Ste. Mere Eglise, France (first town liberated on D-day, notice replica stuck parachutist on church tower)
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/SteMereEglise.jpg

Stockholm, Sweden
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Stockholm.jpg

Venice
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Venice.jpg

Vienna
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Vienna1.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Vienna2.jpg

York, England
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/York.jpg

Wensleydale, England
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/WensleyDale.jpg

London
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/TowerofLondon.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Parliament.jpg

Salisbury, England
http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/SalisburyCathedral.jpg

[benficabeatsporto]

OMFG TERNUC. i would dream to even go to one of those places and u have been to them all.. you are so lucky.. i've never been on an oversees trip :? .. ah oh well.. nice pics

[tern]

OMFG TERNUC. i would dream to even go to one of those places and u have been to them all.. you are so lucky.. i've never been on an oversees trip :? .. ah oh well.. nice pics

Thanks! I know what you mean. I would be poor just to be free and over there. So many amazing sights and people that I can't wait to go back. I think I have more pics of all of these places so if any of you like something I can put more up.

[krazykanadian]

OMG, this thread is awesome! I took about 3400 pictures when I went to Europe. I'd like to share but I'm way too lazy these days. Nice pics though everyone. Seeing these pictures makes me want to travel more. I'd say there is about a 50% chance that I can study in France next year. That would be sweet. :wink:

[Tyza]

Callanstoog, Netherlands (Summer 2004)
http://img194.exs.cx/img194/2199/strandmeer5tv.jpg
The same location (Winter 2004)
http://img194.exs.cx/img194/4544/strand026ow.jpg
http://img194.exs.cx/img194/7936/mwen030pz.th.jpg (http://img194.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img194&image=mwen030pz.jpg)

[Pawel]

It's amazing, ternuc! So many places. And all in one summer? You must have visited like 10 a day. :wink:
And what are those cars doing in the first pic? :lol:

[DavidAlizée]

Yeah, great pics again ternuc. Like lostintime said.. so many places in one summer. You should have took a video camera, and made your own "globetrekker" tv show... you could have made a fortune! :P

great pics though, the countryside one you posted of England with the small stream.. that is so like where i live.


But, if there is one place i need to visit before i die.. it must be venice!!!

and ofc vagas


Tyza.. nice ones also!

[tern]

@LostInTime

They're parked, what does it look like? Actually we ended up in Amsterdam on the day they had the gay pride parade in the canals so this is one of the few good shots we could take.

This is Prague and there is nobody in this car:

http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Prague2.jpg

Right in the crosswalk next to a busy street.



Yeah, great pics again ternuc. Like lostintime said.. so many places in one summer. You should have took a video camera, and made your own "globetrekker" tv show... you could have made a fortune!

great pics though, the countryside one you posted of England with the small stream.. that is so like where i live.


Yeah I wish I could have! Unfortunately that would have been 8 more pounds to lug around on my back. More pics of Wensleydale:

http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/Wensleydale2.jpg

And this one, which we walked 20 miles to and from the train station to see. The bridge here is the Bain Bridge which named the town around it Bainbridge. Eventually this surname was passed down to Captain William Bainbridge of the US Navy. Bainbridge Island across from Seattle, where I grew up, was later named after Commodore Bainbridge. Therefore, going there was like returning to our roots.

http://students.washington.edu/kuesterj/Data/Europe/wensleydale3.jpg

[Lía]

My mam's been to venice, i'm very jealous as i want to go... but she went with my dad on business, lucky begg@rs!!!!! :evil:...:twisted:

neways, here r sum pics of ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.island-images.co.uk/Travels/Dublin02/DUB0247.jpg
Ha'Penny Bridge (a wicked bridge, better than the millenium bridge in London!)

http://www.unionky.edu/Images/Photos/Events/Alumni/03/Ireland/Blarney_Castle.jpg
Blarney Castle

http://www.camping-ireland.ie/c+ci/wexford/morriscastle.JPG
Morriscastle Beach, Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford

http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/sligo/ballisadare/ballisadare.jpg
A pic of Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, where my family originate!!!!!!!!!!!!
(it's the cemetry, btw.... it woz the only pic of the village i could find on the WWW).

http://www.usm.maine.edu/~mcgrath/ireland_images/images_of_ireland/Irish_History/Thatched_Cottage2.jpg
A Thatched Cottage in Connemara, Co. Galway (will post more pics of Connemara 2morra!)

hope yas like them!!!! :wink:

[Pawel]

They're parked, what does it look like?
Yeah, I guess so, but it just looks funny - a bunch of cars and a canal instead of a street.

Here are some my pics from 2003:

Croatia:
river Krka
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/2042/ch13go.jpg
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/5541/ch26ea.jpg

Dubrovnik
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/7559/ch36zx.jpg
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/3982/ch47dh.jpg

(Dubrovnik on the the right)
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/4271/ch58ly.jpg

Split
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/6397/ch65xr.jpg

Baška Voda
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/1794/ch73kw.jpg

Etna, Sicily:
http://img177.exs.cx/img177/8118/et18nl.jpg
http://img177.exs.cx/img177/4284/et27hj.jpg
http://img177.exs.cx/img177/6465/et37ph.jpg
http://img177.exs.cx/img177/2383/et49xs.jpg
and me again:
http://img177.exs.cx/img177/8484/et58wh.th.jpg (http://img177.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img177&image=et58wh.jpg)

[tern]

Yeah, I guess so, but it just looks funny - a bunch of cars and a canal instead of a street.


Well in Amsterdam it goes canal, parked boats, parked cars, street for each direction. You stay on the right side of everything! And another set of great pics!

@lia

I never made it to Blarney castle but I definitely want to!

[Neo79]

ternuc, you're very lucky you've travelled so much!

[loveherfromusa]

I lived for two years in East Africa - Tanzania. We were in driving distance from all the famous game parks shown on TV. We stopped once to look at a rhino. It turned to stare at us and started running towards us. I was yelling at the driver (another teacher) encouraging her to get out of there fast. She did. Another time a bull elephant turned to face us and trumpeted. We got the message and left quickly. We saw the same family group later that day but we were much further away. He just turned to look at us, but didn't look threatening. Whew!!

I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro twice - beautiful view from that high up. I'll get a few pictures to post.

The worst time we had was in London. Bad food, until we found an Indian restaurant. We saw pigeon poop square (I mean Trafalger Square) and a few other places. I liked Africa and India because they were very different fromt he US.

France was probably beautiful, but from the air at night it was hard to tell. :cry:

[tern]

ternuc, you're very lucky you've travelled so much!

yes, I feel very blessed. Then again 100 days could cost you as little as $3600 if you were willing to sleep on the ground or train every night too!

[Lía]

Picture of Connemara:
http://www.irelandgolflinks.com/fx/connemara.jpg

one more:
http://www.emlaghmore.com/images/connemara-golf.jpg

another one:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~hgeissel/PFN/Connemara.jpg

and another one:
http://www.vaievia.com/photo/2x%20Connemara%20Skyroad.jpg

and a piccy of "Scum-bridge" castle:
http://www.teon.org.uk/contents/CHW/teon/Tonbridge%20Castle.jpg

hope yas like them!! :lol:

[tern]

Nice pictures!

This one looks like it may be the tallest "peak" in Ireland:

http://homepage.eircom.net/~hgeissel/PFN/Connemara.jpg

[Lía]

i think it is... "ben mhuir".. i think.. neways i'll find it out tomorra...

[Pawel]

http://www.emlaghmore.com/images/connemara-golf.jpg
This is great. Though could be bigger.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Auch:

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch09.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch15.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch16.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch20.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch25.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch27.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch35.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch40.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Sainte_Marie_d_Auch17.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Auch08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Auch10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Auch15.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Auch18.JPG

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Zaragoza

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse63.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse48.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse42.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse39.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse25.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Saragosse02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier12.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier05.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier16.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier18.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier19.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier20.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_du_Pilier23.JPG

[tern]

All nice pictures. That last picture of the cathedral in Auch is awesome. I love the shots of the back with all the butresses.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Toulouse, where I was born.

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole03.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole16.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole17.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole18.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole22.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_du_Capitole10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Sernin04.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Sernin06.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Sernin09.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Basilique_Saint_Sernin10.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_de_la_Dorade02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_de_la_Dorade06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Notre_Dame_de_la_Dorade08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Les_Jacobins06.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Les_Jacobins01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Les_Jacobins08.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Place_Wilson02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_Neuf01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Pont_Saint_Joseph01.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Porte_de_Saint_Cyprien02.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Toulouse04.jpg

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Toulouse18.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Toulouse29.JPG

http://premium.uploadit.org/LeChacal/Toulouse12.jpg

[Tyza]

Yeah, nice pictures. But I'm wondering, were you allowed to take pictures inside?
Normally it's forbidden in churches and cathedrals. Maybe without flash, okay. :P

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Normally it's not allowed.

For Auch, Toulouse and Saint Bertrand I was authorised. Especially in Auch and Saint Bertrand, everybody knows everyone.

In Zaragoza, a priest allowed me and a guard didn't. Basicly, since they were contradicting themselves I took more than 100 pictures.

For Budapest, I made a donation for the church renovation, so I took a few pictures in return.

[Tyza]

^Ah... I see. 8) Good job.

[Riccardo]

ternuc, great that u have been in leipzig, although the hwole city leipzig is under construction due to world cmapionchip and lots of eu money they got....

next time you are in berlin or leipzig tell me :cheesy:

[tern]

ternuc, great that u have been in leipzig, although the hwole city leipzig is under construction due to world cmapionchip and lots of eu money they got....

next time you are in berlin or leipzig tell me :cheesy:

Hehe, it may be sooner than you think! I'll buy you a würst off a street vendor and a beer.

[Tyza]

And if you're in Cologne again... then tell me. I wanna beer 2. :mrgreen:
:thumbup:

Back to topic. What happened to imageshack? Many pics are gone. :cry:
They've killed this thread. :x

[Lía]

sometimes i hotlink, sometimes i upload to photobucket....

picture of cork city, european capital of culture 2005 :P

http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/information/images/buying_trip/cork_city_ireland.jpg

[tern]

^Looks like a postcard. :mrgreen: Been there, very nice. Somehow I got terrible allergies in Ireland and especially Cork, but never anywhere else. We took pictures but all of our shots of Ireland, Spain and Portugal were lost when my bro got his camera stolen in Florence. Tyza, I will be sure of it. Beer flows cheaper than water in Germany!

[Lía]

lol ternuc, i think it is...

i'll need to find more pics of cork now, lol.... :roll: will do tomorra pm coz i finish for spring break at lunch, i'll have more time :mrgreen:

[Tyza]

@ternuc - You're always welcome. We'll check out some Pubs. :cheesy:

[Max_07s]

I will tour UK by car with my friends next month..maybe Lia, Dave or others from UK can help me point out which place should I go..

[Zoomer]

^^ - Depends what your interested in seeing Max.........

Of course, London has to be on the 'map' for you - several days at least - visit the tourist stuff, and then "enjoy" the city itself. Personally, this country doesn't have its own definate culture anymore, so the history is probabily its best feature, instead of soaking up the 'atmosphere' (a la Rio!)

[Lía]

i hav no idea where u should go max....


Dundalk (Dún Dealgan)
The home of The Corrs!! Here r sum pics of their hometown:

http://www.theislandofmemories.co.uk/regionalsnapshots/assets/regionphotos/East%20Coast%20and%20Midlands1.jpg Cooley Pennisula (nxt 2 dundalk, nr border with the north)

http://www.louthonline.com/assets/images/dundalkbayboats.JPG boats @ dundalk bay

hmmm... i hav a feeling that nothing happens in dundalk... could it b that
a. it's in the smallest county in ireland
b. it's halfway between dublin and belfast
c. they prefer to go to newry (just over the border in northern ireland). it has more action :mrgreen:

[Ludicrous Maximus]

A picture of Carcassonne from Wikipedia, I lived there for 2 years, it's allowed to use the pictures (Wikipedia liscence).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Carcassonnevineyards.jpg

[DavidAlizée]

wow, thats pretty amazing. All i need is a white horse, a knights outfit, a sword, a princess and a rope.

[Ludicrous Maximus]

I don't like this picture because we don't see much of the city. Though most pics on the net are copyrighted. Just type Carcassonne in images.google to get an idea.

To see more of my close environment, you can try Gavarnie, Vignemale or Breche de Roland for nice landscapes.

[tern]

wow, thats pretty amazing. All i need is a white horse, a knights outfit, a sword, a princess and a rope.

Yeah no kidding David. Ludicrous that is an awesome picture and now on my next itenerary!

[Max_07s]

where is that place? is it in europe?

[Ludicrous Maximus]

Carcassonne? It's in Southern France.

[Max_07s]

okie..I make sure i'll go there this summer...is it near from marseille?

[Ludicrous Maximus]

It depends what you consider close of far. It's more the Toulouse/Montpellier area than Marseille. West of Marseille.

http://www.thelivefrancegroup.com/images/afp/france-aude-map.gif

Basicly, if you go west of Marseille, in the area that is formerly known as the County of Toulouse, you'll see tons of interesting stuff.

Carcassonne of course. In Toulouse proper there is the Saint Sernin Basilica which is almost untouched since 1070 and was the siege of the Inquisition being among the largest Romanesque Church. The Capitol was also widely rebuilt in the 18th century but it was originaly built in the 9th century.

In Nimes and around, the Pont du Gard is a Roman Aqueduct, the Maison Carrée is a roman temple, and the arenas are also Roman.

Narbonne Cathedral has France 2nd tallest choir (and the French choir are often the tallest).

Albi has a fine cathedral too.

Millau has the world tallest bridge.

Further west you have crazy landscapes (in Gascony) but it's getting quiet afar from Marseille.