A much needed escape presented itself and I was able to spend 16 days wandering through Europe with my friend Samira. I think we got tickets in 8 different countries.
I thought the autobahn had no speed limit?
I thought the autobahn had no speed limit?
The road less traveled... in Luxembourg... or Belgium.
The ill-fated spelunking expedition...Pitch Black, No lights, No headlamps, and not a whole lot of thinking on my part.
Decided to wander into the pitch-black (spider infested) cave - and didn't notice the floor of the cave (or lack thereof) until I was falling... Seriously falling.
The stinky venture ended in bloody body parts and a swim in a whole lot of thick stinky mud that must've been in that stinky pit for hundreds of stinky years.
Bloodsucker #1, and Bloodsucker #2 were discovered after trying to light the way with flash photography. Not my 'brightest' plan.(That pun was for you, Shaun)
The middle of somewhere - "Sleeping" in our toy euro-car...
Heidelberg Castle, Germany
Heidi and Samira - Heidelberg, Germany
Snoozin with Shrek - Our version of the traveling gnome.
Bourscheid, Luxembourg -the reward for taking roads you're not allowed to take, and entering property you're not allowed to enter. This view was courtesy of a gardener who brought us to a trailer park to find THIS.
Speed limit for tanks - remnants from WWII, Germany.
Going green? Cologne, Germany
Classic Netherlands"Please stop trying to speak Dutch, it hurts my ears"
The O.G. of Germany
Loch Ness, Scotland - not quite as scary as one would suspect...
Neither was Nessie...
Ireland
Somehow Samira pulled off the Glamour-shot. Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland.
Claiming the throne - Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
Stonehenge, England - If you pronounce that /stowne-enge/ and think of Spinal Tap, then this one goes to 11.
Our plan was to take the smallest and most obscure roads and see where they ended up. It paid off over and over... granted, there were times we got high-centered in the mud, ended up in somebody's farm, and had to plead ignorance with the polizei after entering the no-entry zones... but we were also lucky enough to end up here.A village near Easky, Ireland.
A throw-back to another age, and utterly charming.
Blarney, Ireland
Somewhere... Irish Countryside
Ireland
Blarney, Ireland
Another benefit to our 'roadless' plan. A beautiful moss-covered wall in the middle of nowhere.
Creevykeel (Court Cairn/Tomb) - from 4000-2500 B.C., near Sligo, Ireland - FYI, it's against the law to remove rocks from neolithic World Heritage Sites... hmmm.
Mussenden Temple, on the cliffs of the Irish shore.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
2 comments:
Heidi - What absolutely beautiful photography. Shaun would have been hard put to do any better. Thank you for taking me on your adventure with you through your beautiful pictures. I would have been intrigued, also. I'm glad you got to go.
God bless!
Love you,
Connie/Mom
Actually not Cologne but still Heidelberg, behind the train station, I believe :)
nice pics,
all the best,
aili
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