Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), one of the two covered bridges in Luzern, Switzerland. Behind is the large Wasserturm (Water Tower).

This is a ten-image stitch. I must have taken dozens of photos of this bridge and a similar (but older one, which is “behind” you from where this was taken) bridge but you can hardly blame me when it’s such a picturesque view. In fact, it’s supposely the most photographed monument in the country, which is hard to believe given some of the other things around Luzern, let alone Switzerland.

What I like about this bridge is that even though the style old the style of construction (see the concrete pillars) is new. This is because of a fire which destroyed quite a bit of the bridge. All the builders cared about was making it feel like the old bridge; they don’t care if it’s exactly the same — it’s the feel that’s important.

Luzern has such a nice feel about it too; it feels like the air is clean (the water most certainly is), the place feels small even though it’s large enough to be considered a city and there is a definite country feel about the place even though it’s definitely quite urban.

And that doesn’t even take into consideration the huge lake and massive mountains surrounding the place.

Trevi Fountain in Rome. Once you manage to work your way through the massive crowd, it is customary to throw coins into the fountain over your shoulder.

We both threw one each.

I’d heard of Trevi Fountain; it was on our list of things to see in Rome, but I had no idea what it was (besides being a fountain, obviously), where it was, or why I wanted to see it. When we first arrived in Rome, we took the subway from the main (Termini) station to Barberini station.

As we exited the subway, we were immediately facing a statue which, for some reason, assume was Trevi Fountain. If you know Rome at all, you’ll know it’s not, but I’ll continue. We found our hotel and the next morning passed by the statue. It was then I found the fountain we’d seen is actually one of Triton, not the famous fountain.

A day or two later, we came across Trevi Fountain (whether by luck, design or intent I cannot remember) and the difference is staggering. Trevi Fountain may not look large in the photo (I hope it does), but it’s a few stories high and incredibly wide. It is also totally surrounded by people sitting, standing, pushing and taking photos.

Normally I’d remove the people from this shot, but I intentionally left them in to try and get a feel of what it’s like to be there, and to try and give you a sense of scale (look at the people at the left of shot). It’s huge! What’s surprising is that the other side of the fountain is just a regular building (like the one on the right). I think it was a government or city administrative building, but one can’t be sure.

Prague, looking from the Western tower (on the Lesser Quarter side) towards Prague Castle and away from the Old Town.

Prague is easily one of the two most beautiful cities I’ve visited, along with Paris. While Venice is also a beautiful place, I prefer the old world charm of Prague and Paris which have somehow both still managed to keep their roots while becoming modern cities as well.

Taken the first day we arrived in Prague, there was so much to look at that I wanted to capture that I simply had to take panoramas all the time. This tower is at the end of Charles Kridge (Karluv Most); up here with us were another Australian couple — the male had a large white ‘L’ series lens and was photographing Charles Bridge in the sunset, the female was pulling things from the bag as ordered by the male. Some would say bliss, but she certainly didn’t seem to be enjoying herself.

We were, though!