We toured the entire Blue Ridge Parkway from Waynesboro, Virginia to Oconaluftee, North Carolina in three days after tour of Skyline Drive. We had a very good day on the first day and viewed and photographed some nice fall color scenes (whatever was left as […]
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Shenandoah National Park – Skyline Drive (11/3/2022)
We took a week-long trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park via Skyline Drive of Shenandoah National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway last week. Skyline Drive still had lots of beautiful autumn colors – we spent whole day driving from Front Royal, the Northern […]
Autumn Colors on Skyline Drive of Shenandoah National Park
I took a day trip to Shenandoah National Park yesterday. The fall colors along the Skyline Drive were brilliant. However, the colors on some of the distant mountains have not fully developed yet – may be another week.
Tastes of Autumn in Frederick, Maryland
Autumn colors start to appear in Frederick, Maryland. I took some pictures at Catoctin Mountain Park yesterday. Full autumn colors probably two weeks away.
Leonardo Da Vinci Birthplace in Vinci
Our last tour during the recent “Tastes of Tuscany” trip was the visit of Leonardo Da Vinci birthplace and museum in town of Vinci. Da Vinci was born 4/16/1452 in Anchiano and died on 5/2/1519 in Cloux, France. He was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, […]
Tastes of Tuscany – 4 – Lucca and Pisa
Lucca is one of Tuscany’s most beloved artistic cities, with nicknamed the town of a hundred churches on account of its incredible number of places of worship. It is the birthplace of famous composer Puccini. whose great pieces of La Boheme, Madam Butterfly that I […]
Tastes of Tuscany – 2 – Florence and Siena
We toured Siena and Florence (Firenze) on two different days. We enjoyed the cityscapes of both cities. Florence was packed with tourists everywhere we went, especially at Duomo and Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), a World Heritage Site. At the stunning Piazza del Campo of the […]
Tastes of Tuscany – 1 – Landscapes
We took an 8-day “Tastes of Tuscany” tour two weeks ago. We stayed at the hotel at Montecatini for seven nights and used it as a base to tour Chianti Wine Country, Cinque Terre, Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Florence and Vinci. As we drove through the […]
Church Steeples in Frederick
Downtown Frederick is well known for magnificent church steeples especially along Church Street (naturally). I took some of the pictures from top of a nearby parking garage and some from street level.
Gateway Arch at Saint Louis
We are visiting our daughter’ family in Wichita, Kansas vis Saint Louis, Missouri. Naturally, we toured Gateway Arch and also took a brief river cruise on Mississippi River. Here are some pictures of Arch taken from the land and also from the water.
Salzburg Austria
The Historic Center of the City of Salzburg, also known as the Altstadt, is a district of Salzburg, Austria, recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. It corresponds with the historic city center, situated on the left and right banks of the Salzach river. […]
Innsbruck, Austria
It was our first visit to Innsbruck Austria during our recent tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. I love this mountain city that hosted Winter Olympic Games twice (1964 and 1976). The old town is fascinated with narrow street and full of many old Baroque […]
Stephen Hung Photography 