weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

The following 2 sets presented today and tomorrow cover the year 2018 which saw us exploring some new venues as well as reliving our memories in some some more familiar places.

To start off, we made a quick trip in March to the frozen reaches of the northern shore of Lake Superior, where our third grandchild was born a few weeks earlier, after which we moved down to still freezing-cold Toronto, our home town in an earlier life for a total of 8 years in 2 different stages. In April to June, we first visited London, then flew down to Toulouse and enjoyed the countryside and the fascinating historic towns and landscapes located between Toulouse and the Provence and ended up in Switzerland. In the fall, we took a very interesting river cruise from Saint Petersburg to Moscow and spend a substantial amount of time with our son's family in Switzerland, which gave us a chance to re-visit many places in my native country.

The images in this first set cover Ontario, London and Switzerland in different seasons.

Notes
TRIP INTRODUCTON: Set # 1 provides an introduction. Please use the link below if you would like to review it::
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-682502-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: To view, access my profile via the link below, then click on the figure behind "# of topics created" for the list of posts:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-profile?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Canada/ON/Enroute from Thunder Bay to Terrace Bay - View over ice and snow covered Nipigon Bay at the north shore of Lake Superior, east of Nipigon and Ozone Creek

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2 - Canada/ON/Oakville - Knox Presbyterian Church on Lakeshore Road, dedicated in 1888

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3 - Canada/ON/Toronto - The gleaming façade of the East Tower of Sun Life Center, completed in 1984 (the reflection in the bottom left is of the UBS building which I helped to construct)

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4 - Canada/ON/Toronto - Street scene on a cold winter day with the glass facade at right mirroring one of Toronto's street cars

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5 - UK/London/Fulham - Bishops Park: Pond with a sculpture

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6 - Switzerland/LU/Lucerne - Chapel Bridge and Water Tower: Covered wooden footbridge spanning the Reuss (1360) with adjoining water tower (1333), at left the Jesuit Church (1677), at right the tower of the Rathaus (1606),white Château Gütsch at rear

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7 - Switzerland/LU/Meggen - Attractive forested area enclosing the road from the parking area to Schloss Meggenhorn

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8 - Switzerland/UR/Spiringen - View from the Klausenpass road to Mount Clariden (3267 m)

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9 - Switzerland/UR/Wassen - View from the Sustenpass road to the Gross Spannort mountain (3198 m) in the Urner Alps (used as Christmas card)

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10 - Switzerland/VD/Rivaz - The famous terraced Lavaux vineyards on the south-facing northern slopes of Lake Geneva, a UNESCO World-Heritage site with the village of Rivaz and the Rochers de Naye mountain

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Love number nine.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series, Joe.

Ourspolair

Another beautiful series. I am always amazed by the detail you append to the images in your descriptions. A rare compendium of knowledge accompanies each of these excellent captures. Thanks for sharing. Please stay safe.

cascadejunkie

Beautiful images that brought back a flood of wonderful memories when I traveled through this beautiful country on numerous occasions.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Bill, definitely one of my favorites as well and I felt it had an appropriate subject matter / mood to be used as my Christmas card that year.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Earnest, glad to hear that you like this set. Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Ours for your kind comment. I know I am probably going overboard with my descriptions, but I feel knowing a bit more of the subject in an image may enhance the appreciation of the image.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you cj for looking in on my series again and I am happy that my pictures brought back some positive memories from when you visited my native country. Have a great day - Joe

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Outstanding, Joe. You've wonderfully documented some great places.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much Ken, I am pleased that you enjoyed this set. Joe

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

More good work, Joe!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Mike!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

All above. Wonderful series, Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much Barbara, I am pleased that you like these images! Joe