Often in Hong Kong sights, subway stations, observation points, visitor bridges end in a shopping mall, so there’s no excuse that time was tight and you couldn’t bring home some presents :-).
The circumstances were not the best for taking stills on a swaying water bus, rough sea, night and rain, crowded deck with pressing people, there was only one way to take photos – high ISO. Armed with the king of high ISO, the Sony A7S, it was possible to take shots under really unfriendly photographic conditions. Sony A7S is unbelievable.
On my way back to the W Hotel I took some street shots. There I saw that friendly man who was waving his hand as he saw that he will be on the photo. Seattle is a very nice town with very nice people. I am lucky that I get invitations from Microsoft for attending the ECB briefings, where I can learn and explore the newest technical stuff and development and in the spare time exploring the city and neighborhoods. 🙂
Walk through Dürnstein in the Wachau and you feel like walking in the medieval times, the whole village is under monumental protection. It’s located in middle of lower Austria, directly at the Danube. There’s also a hill with a castle ruin where the king Richard the Lionheart was arrested. The area is also famous for apricots, you will get them as schnaps, jam or fruit sirup. And a blue church…
Istanbul is a gigantic city, a real metropolis. Same with the shopping malls, incredible large and diversified, they fill the heart of every shopper. And often you can make a bargain, because prices are not too expensive. After your first visit at a mall you can choose from around a dozen more. 🙂
It was during a garden exhibition where different disguised people showed themselves on the scenery. I think those were goblins or garden gnomes, however they enlivened the festivities and gave some additional photo motives. 🙂
This rollercoaster is not in the suburbs or peripherals, no, you can find it in the middle of Tokyo. From the top, you have a great view, but only for a short time, because it goes down very fast, it was a thrill ride 🙂
Life on the streets, nowhere it’s so intense and cultural as in Italy, this great country with the finest architecture of the world. Trieste, this town at the northern Adriatic Sea, is the perfect place to immerge into Italian street life. … and you can get an espresso at any corner. By the way, Trieste is home of Illy coffee roasting house.
“And I think it’s gonna be a long, long, time …. ‘Til touchdown brings me ’round again to find … I’m a rocket man “ … latest with this song the whole audience jumped off their seats and celebrated this great artitst, perfect performance, music, video walls and the songs most of us love 🙂
On a rainy day I visited the Grand Bazaar, it’s completely roofed, so no chance to get wet 🙂 And I can tell you, don’t leave Istanbul without a visit, you can get all kind of crockery, often hand made, dried fruits in all variations, carpets, clothing, and don’t forget to bargain before you buy 🙂
