From the Ferry

I am spending 6 weeks in Trieste, Italy taking an Italian language glass. This week we took a ferry from the Trieste waterfront to Castello di Miramare, which sits on a point to the west of the city. For the Lens-Artists challnge, Egidio asked we use a limited area and time to take a series … More From the Ferry

Airborne Above Innsbruck

Paragliding off the Nordkett, at Hafelekar, the top of Innsbruck: Paragliding is the sport of flying lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness/pod suspended from a fabric wing. The paragliders launch from Hafelekar, 1,700 metres above the city of Innsbruck and 2,256 metres (7,445 feet) above … More Airborne Above Innsbruck

Saturday Statues: Royalty

Queens are Wild, Make That Empresses Keeping with the royal theme in Suvi’s Saturday Statues challenge this week, behold Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Consolidated from Wikipedia entry: Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: Maria Theresia) lived from 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780, and was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and … More Saturday Statues: Royalty