Ireland • England • Germany • Switzerland • Austria
2010 April
The Iceland Volcano Prevents Our Return Home - and Provides a Mini-vacation
Guinness bar waiting for us
The Guinness Storehouse
A visit to Jameson
Jameson entrance
Waiting for our Jameson tour
Jameson Irish Coffee
Jameson lobby
Coffee break
Three gentlemen on tour
Dinner on the Jameson Tour
The Old Jameson Distillery
Copper cauldron
Ha'penny Bridge over the Liffey in Dublin
Dublin Pub
Troll
Irish Visage
Bridge dudes
Trinity College
Trinity College
Trinity College entrance
Trinity College lawn
Trinity College statue
Céide Fields (NW corner of Ireland)
Céide Fields explorers
Céide Fields photographer Jim
Looks safe to me - Céide Fields
Céide Fields panorama
Céide Fields sunset
Setting up the shoot
Instructions
On to Wokingham, England and more shooting
The UK team
Finally in Munich as we learn all flights home are canceled
Lugano as we wait for flights to be rescheduled
Lugano
Lugano church
View from the Lugano church door.
Ordered a glass of wine and were presented with a mini-dinner
Lugano in April
The Alps above Lugano
Val Verzasca
Val Verzasca
Val Verzasca
Val Verzasca river
Val Verzasca lunch
Val Verzasca sausage
Val Verzasca restaurant
Val Verzasca parking lot
Alpine pass
Luxury even at the gas pump in Switzerland
Spargel dinner
Spargel and wine with Andy and Kirstin
Meeting Sepp and Rita - our hosts for the next week
Light snacks
Lake Chiemsee (the "Bavarian Sea")
Herrenchiemsee Palace
Herrenchiemsee Palace interior
Herrenchiemsee Palace gates
Herrenchiemsee Palace garden
Lake Chiemsee sail
Leaving Lake Chiemsee
Café Winklstüberl
Café Winklstüberl torte
Café Winklstüberl coffee
More Café Winklstüberl treats
Café Winklstüberl snack
Café Winklstüberl options
Café Winklstüberl cake
Café Winklstüberl service
Hafner-Alm protector
Hafner-Alm tableside cooking
Sepp cooking
Kartoffelsalat
Dinner companions
Supervising the cooking
Dessert at Hafner-Alm
Leaving Hafner-Alm by torchlight
Lighting director
Munich airport still closed
Munich airport when we returned our car rental
Regensburg Historische Wurstkuchl
Regensburg Historische Wurstkuchl interior
Sausage fest in Regensburg
Wurstkuchl libation
Nurnburger
Nurnburger sausages
Outside in Regensburg with Bachingers
Regensburg along the Danube
Regensburg church
St. Emmeram's Church in Regensburg
Gelato break in Regensburg
Gelato options
Regensburg
Ismaning reflections
Brotzeit - Snack time in Bavaria
Snacking at Sepp and Rita's
BMW Museum
BMW Museum stairs
BMW Museum. And away he goes.
BMW rider
BMW Museum
BMW Museum
Old BMW
BMW Museum's Z3
Old BMWs
BMW Museum
BMW Museum
BMW World
Waiting area for delivery of your new BMW
Roadside potato stand
Salad. Yes, salad.
Brotzeit
Brezel dips
And a little cake
Rita did my laundry
Spare lederhosen in the car
Munich market
Spargel for sale
Munich fish market
Munich spargel stand
Picking up a little asparagus
Well-decorated coffee shop in Munich
Dallmayr department store
Dallmayr meat department
Football fans
Goose looking for the opera
River surfing in the English Garden
Ismaning S-Bahn station
Visit to Dachau
Arbeit Macht Frei. Dachau entrance
Dachau barracks
Dachau station
Viktualienmarkt Munich
Viktualienmarkt Pretzel
Fish fan
Viktualienmarkt
Dinner at Bachingers
Bachinger cake
Bachinger snack
Salzburg break
Salzburg archway
Salzburg Flowers
Salzburg McDonalds
Mozart house Salzburg
Mozart museum
Nockerl café
Café dessert
Nockerl - which I was never able to pronounce
Nockerl
Dessert detritus
Salzburg Cathedral
Salzburg Cathedral
Salzburg Castle
Salzburg funicular
Salzburg from above
Salzburg Castle
Salzburg Castle
Salzburg Castle
Touring Salzburg
Salzburg signage
Salzburg street
Salzburg Castle
Salzburg Sound of Music setting
Salzburg blooms
Back home to a disappointing breakfast