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The
house I grew up in. Built in 1860s. (Butler Co.)
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Western
PA forest in Fall. (Cambria Co.)
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PA
back road in Fall. (Cambira Co.)
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St. Patrick's Church, Sugarcreek Twn.
(Armstrong Co.)
Built with help of my great-great-great-
grandfather, Patrick McElroy in early 1800's
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Iron City Railroad Bridge, built in
mid-1800s.
One of four trestles in my hometown, though one
was destroyed by arson in April 2006. That bridge
was taller and longer than this one, and rather
than rebuild, the railroad company filled in the
entire hollow within two months.
(Butler Co.)
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Frank
Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. (Fayette Co.)
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Pittsburgh
from Mt. Washington. (Allegheny Co.)
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Warmup
at PNC Park. (Allegheny Co.)
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Jellyfish
tank at Pittsburgh Aquarium. (Allegheny Co.)
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Barn
in Penn Yan, NY. (Finger Lakes)
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Gorge
near Watkin's Glen, NY. (Finger Lakes)
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Relaxing
after a day in the Finger Lakes, NY.
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Die
beste Kneipe in Duisburg. (Germany)
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Köln
from atop the Kölner Dom. (Germany)
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Ein
Schloss an der Mosel. (Germany)
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Zum
Schlüssel Altbier, Düsseldorf. (Germany)
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Kleine
Stadt an der Mosel. (Germany)
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Atop
Le Château Bouillon. (Belgium)
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Le
Château Bouillon. (Belgium)
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Canal
boats in Bruges. (Belgium)
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Open
market in Bruges. (Belgium)
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Our
Lady's Church seen from the Belfrey in Bruges. (Belgium)
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Tower
near Our Lady's Church in Bruges. (Belgium)
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The
best bar you'll never find:
Staminee de Garre in Bruges. (Belgium)
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Brewing
kettle at Brouwerij Cantillon, Brussels. (Belgium)
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Open
air fermentation vat for beer at
Brouwerij Cantillon, Brussels. (Belgium)
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Barrels
of aging gueuze and lambic beer at
Brouwerij Cantillon, Brussels. (Belgium)
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Abbey
d'Orval in Villers-d'Orval. (Belgium)
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Casemates
in Luxembourg. (Luxembourg)
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Old
barricades on Normandy Beach. (France)
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Final
marker of "Voie de la Liberte" in Luxembourg.
These markers are found every kilometer from
Normandy Beach in France, following the path that
General Patton's Third Army took through France,
Belgium, and Luxembourg in 1944.
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The
beach at Normandy. (France)
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A
view of the French countryside south
of Reims in Champagne-Ardennes.
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WWII
bomb craters at Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandy. (France)
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American
cemetery, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer
in Normandy. (France)
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Fields
of rapeseed in Champagne-Ardennes.
(France)
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Mont-Saint-Michel
in Normandy. (France)
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Notre
Dame in Laon. (France)
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Notre
Dame in Paris. (France)
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Eiffel
Tower at dusk. (France)
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Ile
Saint-Louis, Paris. (France)
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Notre
Dame in Reims. (France)
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Notre
Dame in Reims. (France)
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The
'back yard' at Versailles. (France)
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Early
spring in the vineyards near
Epernay in the Marne Vallley. (France)
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Summer
vineyards near Epernay. (France)
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Chardonnay
grapes in Champagne-
Ardennes region. (France)
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Freshly
picked champagne grapes in Ay,
near Epernay. And yes, I picked them. (France)
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Old
city of Stockholm. (Sweden)
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Lovely
July afternoon in Stockholm. (Sweden)
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10
p.m. in Stockholm,
Sweden.
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Ice
covered tree in PA. (Cambria Co.)
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