COVID-19 Summer

 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic we decided to travel close to home, starting with the Bayerischer Wald.

First, we climbed Grosser Falkenstein to the Falkenstein Schutzhaus,

then we climbed up into the Baumwipfelpfad

and, finally, we visited the Steinklamm and the Glasmuseum.

Our next mini-vacation was to Fusch, Austria, to drive the Grossglockner High Alpine Road

and to see what is left of the Pasterze Glacier.

Our final trip of the summer was to Maastricht, Netherlands, followed by De Panne, Belgium and ending at Przemko's in Everberg and Leuven.

Bob made sure to practice social distancing in Maastricht's Vrijthof.

We walked through the Dodengang (Death Trench) and the trenches of Sanctuary Wood near Ypres,

as well as on De Westhoek dunes and De Panne beach,

before touring Leuven's Begijnhof with Przemko.

Great Britain Highlights (Before Coronavirus)

I couldn't help but have this photo taken in the London Underground.

And Bob just had to take this one at King's Cross.

The Palace of Westminster from the London Eye. The clock tower housing Big Ben was, unfortunately, blanketed with scaffolding.

 With the Shard in the background

Tower Bridge

and London from the Tower Bridge

British Library with the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in the background

The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum

Self-explanatory

Asiatic Lion in the "Gir National Park" enclosure at the London Zoo

and a Patagonian conure who fancied Bob.

Camden Town

In the Temperate House at Kew Gardens

Again, self-explanatory

Me trying to move one of the stones at Stonehenge. Surprisingly, it did not budge.

Cheddar Gorge

With Rob in Axbridge, Somerset

Clifton Suspension Bridge near Bristol

Harborside in Bristol

Banksy in Bristol

Pulteney Bridge

and the Roman Baths in Bath

I went on a beach ride in Pembrokeshire, Wales. One of the guides is holding my horse, Bagel, and I'm standing next to one of Bagel's fellow Irish Cobs.

St Davids Cathedral, Wales

Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park