raid
Dad Photographer
I have started to upload some images that I took during a two week trip to Europe last June into our gallery here. I used the Olympus E-P2 with the Carl Zeiss 45/2 as my portrait lens or maybe as my tele lens for some close-ups, in addition to the M9 with the pre-asph 35/1.4 Lux as my main lens during the trip. My emphasis was my family, and I tried to capture the places that we visited, with them in the photos.
Instead of uploading many images each week, I am uploading five images each day from the first memory card, which was in the E-P2.
Our round tip took us from Tegel Airport (Berlin) by rental car to Heiligenhafen (Germany), followed by a ferry to Denmark, on the road to Copenhagen where we stayed 4 nights. It was mostly very nice weather, but then it rained. We met up with RFF member David for a brief "RFF Meeting" in Copenhagen, and we chatted about things he was doing in his life and things about us. It was a nice brief gathering. My wife took one (unsharp) photo of us! Anyways, here it is:
Then David took a photo of us, and he did better:
Here are some of the images from Copenhagen:
As I said above, the rest is posted in the RFF gallery each day.
The trip went well, even though our rental car was broken into, and my M9 in the end had a sensor problem that resulted in only half of each image being shown, but the trip was a success overall for us. We had a great time together as a family, and we experienced wonderful places.
After Copenhagen, we drove to Oslo (Norway), via Sweden. We stayed four nights in Oslo. The weather was mixed between rain and no rain, but we had fun anyways. Oslo is a beautiful city with many places to visit and enjoy there. The girls had gelato or ice cream every day more than once. It is a trip after all. After Oslo, we drove north a little to Aurland, where the fjord country starts. We stayed only one night there, but I just wanted to give y family some taste of fjords and ice and lakes. The drive itself was the highlight of the brief trip to Aurland. The scenery there was awesome. If we had any extra time, we would have taken the fjord tours for sure (which I have done in the past).
Then we drove from Aurland down to the southern tip of Norway that has ferries to Denmark. I took this drive to avoid driving back the same route. We stayed at Langesund Bath, which had an old hotel from 1800's. The hotel manager was a past member of PM in Norway, and we had long chats about Iraq ... etc.
The next day, we took a 4 hour ferry trip back to Denmark, and we drove to the second largest city in Denmark (Aarhus).
We met with Fred (RFF member) and his wife and baby the next morning. Fred was very helpful with guiding us around Aarhus to find the main police office and then to find the Hertz rental car office. The hotel receptionists ignored my mentioning of the car break-in. Thank you Fred (and RFF).
Fred
Then we drove to Frankfurt (an der Oder) which is not "the Frankfurt" we usually hear about (at the River Main).
The small city is across from the city Slubice (Poland), divided by the river Oder. We stayed three days there. I gave two one hour long talks there, and it was quite informative to me to see some new research on spatial studies on CO2 and on wind speed in Germany for wind mills.
Then we drove to Berlin for our last night in Europe for this trip. We met up with Nezih, my middle school buddy from my time in Germany. It was 47 years since our last meeting! We exchanged news and had a great tasting dinner at his home.
Anyways, this was our Europe trip in a nutshell. Photos will follow.
Instead of uploading many images each week, I am uploading five images each day from the first memory card, which was in the E-P2.
Our round tip took us from Tegel Airport (Berlin) by rental car to Heiligenhafen (Germany), followed by a ferry to Denmark, on the road to Copenhagen where we stayed 4 nights. It was mostly very nice weather, but then it rained. We met up with RFF member David for a brief "RFF Meeting" in Copenhagen, and we chatted about things he was doing in his life and things about us. It was a nice brief gathering. My wife took one (unsharp) photo of us! Anyways, here it is:
Then David took a photo of us, and he did better:
Here are some of the images from Copenhagen:
As I said above, the rest is posted in the RFF gallery each day.
The trip went well, even though our rental car was broken into, and my M9 in the end had a sensor problem that resulted in only half of each image being shown, but the trip was a success overall for us. We had a great time together as a family, and we experienced wonderful places.
After Copenhagen, we drove to Oslo (Norway), via Sweden. We stayed four nights in Oslo. The weather was mixed between rain and no rain, but we had fun anyways. Oslo is a beautiful city with many places to visit and enjoy there. The girls had gelato or ice cream every day more than once. It is a trip after all. After Oslo, we drove north a little to Aurland, where the fjord country starts. We stayed only one night there, but I just wanted to give y family some taste of fjords and ice and lakes. The drive itself was the highlight of the brief trip to Aurland. The scenery there was awesome. If we had any extra time, we would have taken the fjord tours for sure (which I have done in the past).
Then we drove from Aurland down to the southern tip of Norway that has ferries to Denmark. I took this drive to avoid driving back the same route. We stayed at Langesund Bath, which had an old hotel from 1800's. The hotel manager was a past member of PM in Norway, and we had long chats about Iraq ... etc.
The next day, we took a 4 hour ferry trip back to Denmark, and we drove to the second largest city in Denmark (Aarhus).
We met with Fred (RFF member) and his wife and baby the next morning. Fred was very helpful with guiding us around Aarhus to find the main police office and then to find the Hertz rental car office. The hotel receptionists ignored my mentioning of the car break-in. Thank you Fred (and RFF).
Fred
Then we drove to Frankfurt (an der Oder) which is not "the Frankfurt" we usually hear about (at the River Main).
The small city is across from the city Slubice (Poland), divided by the river Oder. We stayed three days there. I gave two one hour long talks there, and it was quite informative to me to see some new research on spatial studies on CO2 and on wind speed in Germany for wind mills.
Then we drove to Berlin for our last night in Europe for this trip. We met up with Nezih, my middle school buddy from my time in Germany. It was 47 years since our last meeting! We exchanged news and had a great tasting dinner at his home.
Anyways, this was our Europe trip in a nutshell. Photos will follow.
raid
Dad Photographer
Bingley
Veteran
I'm enjoying your photos, Raid. We did a similar trip in 2011.
raid
Dad Photographer
Hi Steve,
Thanks. It was a trip that we all enjoyed.
Thanks. It was a trip that we all enjoyed.
raid
Dad Photographer
There was a man in Oslo with a huge soap blower that made such bubbles. Lina and Dana were excited and they were chasing these bubbles.
raid
Dad Photographer
The Copenhagen Harbor District.
Olympus EP2 with Zeiss 45/2. The images came out colorful. The niexpensive EP2 did well with the superb Zeiss lens.
Olympus EP2 with Zeiss 45/2. The images came out colorful. The niexpensive EP2 did well with the superb Zeiss lens.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Excellent! For sure it was a great experience for you all!
robert
robert
raid
Dad Photographer
Thank you Robert. Yes, it was a wonderful experience for us. I felt "at home" during the trip.
bwidjaja
Warung Photo
Enjoying your vacation photos...thanks.
I have seen these bubble men in German and French cities in Europe last year. Is this a recent trend in Europe?
I have seen these bubble men in German and French cities in Europe last year. Is this a recent trend in Europe?
There was a man in Oslo with a huge soap blower that made such bubbles. Lina and Dana were excited and they were chasing these bubbles.
oftheherd
Veteran
Nice photos Raid. I always enjoy your photos. Those you take on trips are especially intriguing.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thank you. My family is everything to me.
raid
Dad Photographer
raid
Dad Photographer
Here are more images from Copenhagen.
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raid
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Oslo, Norway
Viadrina Tower, Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
Viadrina Tower, Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
raid
Dad Photographer
We drove from Oslo to Aurland, where beautiful fjords start in Norway. It was cold and it was raining quite a lot during this part of the drive. I covered up my EP2 and Zeiss 45/2, and I took a few shots quickly.
I was then thinking "what if the car stops or has a flat tire or ...?" while we had no phone with us for calling the police or Hertz. Next time, I will make sure to have with me a phone that works in Europe. I have a small phone that I bought in Egypt, and I think that it accepts cards from Europe so that we have a phone for emergency cases. There were times when there were no cars around at all, and it was not so comfortable.
The Zeiss 45/2 was great here. I needed a short tele for cropping out the street and "stuff" that was blocking the views. The 45mm length on a M 4/3 was great.
I loved the switch from cosmopolitan Oslo with sunny skies and thousands of tourists in the main streets to a road on some mountain tops with snow and lakes and hardly any humans in sight anywhere.
I was then thinking "what if the car stops or has a flat tire or ...?" while we had no phone with us for calling the police or Hertz. Next time, I will make sure to have with me a phone that works in Europe. I have a small phone that I bought in Egypt, and I think that it accepts cards from Europe so that we have a phone for emergency cases. There were times when there were no cars around at all, and it was not so comfortable.
The Zeiss 45/2 was great here. I needed a short tele for cropping out the street and "stuff" that was blocking the views. The 45mm length on a M 4/3 was great.
I loved the switch from cosmopolitan Oslo with sunny skies and thousands of tourists in the main streets to a road on some mountain tops with snow and lakes and hardly any humans in sight anywhere.
raid
Dad Photographer
Bill Clark
Veteran
Same.
Nice photos!
Lighting & posing on Fred nice.
Thanks for showing us.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thank you, Bill. As for Fred's photo, we were at some restaurant, waiting for our lunches. It was quite dark, but some window light came through. No posing; he was sitting on the other side of the table.
raid
Dad Photographer
We drove through the longest tunnel in Europe when we drove from Aurland to Langesund. The GPS had its own mind, and we often had to over ride it and use common sense to navigate on the roads.
Aurland is a small town with obe main street and some buildings. The beautiful Aurland Fjord starts there, and an amazing fantadyland opens up to you. The local church my have been from the 1400's or earlier. The fjord water looed very cold and clear like a clean mirror. It felt so good to feel a clean environment without air pollution there.
This was my third trip to Norway's fjord areas.
Aurland is a small town with obe main street and some buildings. The beautiful Aurland Fjord starts there, and an amazing fantadyland opens up to you. The local church my have been from the 1400's or earlier. The fjord water looed very cold and clear like a clean mirror. It felt so good to feel a clean environment without air pollution there.
This was my third trip to Norway's fjord areas.