Walks through Europe relived

[lovelife65]

Since it's stormy and windy out, and I have to also work, having some fun going through some old photos during lunch when I got outside of small town America a little bit more

#1 Alley in Slovenia




#2 McDonalds love Central Europe (mild HDR effect)




#3 Colorful baskets on windows, a common theme in Slovenia. (took the processing a bit over the top yes).




#4 Some wall art.

[LePetomane]

Sharon, very nice. I like #'s 2 and 4 the best. The last time I visited St. Petersburg I had lunch at a McDonald's. It seemed strange.

[Black Pearl]

Number one is a superb capture with depth, detail and a sense of place.

[lovelife65]

Number one is a superb capture with depth, detail and a sense of place.

Thank you, I am appreciating the B&Ws I have from these trips.

[lovelife65]

Sharon, very nice. I like #'s 2 and 4 the best. The last time I visited St. Petersburg I had lunch at a McDonald's. It seemed strange.

Thank you PD. I couldn't even imagine eating at McDonalds when in Europe, but to them I guess it's different

[Digital]

Sharon, nice photos.


Bruce

[Shadowman]

Nice series, the shadow in #3 is a bit strong and competes too much with the vibrant colors. Nice eye on the other three.

[Tronhard]

I am truly envious of your previous travels!

For me the first was a bit of a love/hate thing. I loved the photo's capture of the winding streets and character buildings but the engineer in me wanted desperately to have the verticals vertical
So if you will pardon me, this is what soothed my stress levels and let me focus on your otherwise great image:

[lovelife65]

Lol trev I seriously thought lr corrected this! Bad form for something so simple thank you for fixing.

[Tronhard]

Lol trev I seriously thought lr corrected this! Bad form for something so simple thank you for fixing.

I was watching an episode of a UK real estate program called Location, Location, Location. In the series a couple of realtors go out to find homes for demanding clients. In this case one of the clients could not live in a home where the walls were in any way out of plumb. Ironically he was looking at heritage homes, which in the UK are VERY old and VERY unlikely to be perfectly straight!

I came to realize I have that same fixation.

[LePetomane]

Thank you PD. I couldn't even imagine eating at McDonalds when in Europe, but to them I guess it's different

At the time it was because Soviet rule had been gone for about a year. I need to get back there. St. Petersburg is a beautiful city.

[xpatUSA]

Sharon, very nice. I like #'s 2 and 4 the best. The last time I visited St. Petersburg I had lunch at a McDonald's. It seemed strange.

Having lived in Texas for a good few years, I went home (Lincoln, England) to visit kids, to discover that a McDonald's had appeared in the downtown area.

But I knew I was in England - because they charged a penny for every extra packet of tomato ketchup served . . .

[lovelife65]

That's very interesting. Slovenia is part of the former Yugoslavia, so I suspect the same thing. Such a beautiful vibrant country. But that language... ugh. I've never been to St. Pete, but would love to some day.

At the time it was because Soviet rule had been gone for about a year. I need to get back there. St. Petersburg is a beautiful city.

[lovelife65]

LOL. Great story. We probably have similar programs here, like "buying Alaska", etc. Couples looking to live in the wild frontier. Often amusing, to see the reactions and responses of "this is a little too Alaska". I tend to be a bit anal too. For some reason the horizontal guide on my camera is either off, or I am. ;-)

I was watching an episode of a UK real estate program called Location, Location, Location. In the series a couple of realtors go out to find homes for demanding clients. In this case one of the clients could not live in a home where the walls were in any way out of plumb. Ironically he was looking at heritage homes, which in the UK are VERY old and VERY unlikely to be perfectly straight!

I came to realize I have that same fixation.

[george013]

That's very interesting. Slovenia is part of the former Yugoslavia, so I suspect the same thing. Such a beautiful vibrant country. But that language... ugh. I've never been to St. Pete, but would love to some day.

The first McDonald in the former Sovjet Union, Moscow, was in 1990. The first in former Yugoslavia, Belgrado, in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s
I don't understand why anybody would eat there, anywhere in the world.

George

[Wavelength]

Excellent set of images!!!