A devilish conspiracy between my computer and my Panasonic Lumix travel zoom camera - a nice pocket camera with a Leica lens - conspired to not only refuse to download my pics on that camera (good shots of Regensburg, Nuremberg, etc. - the last third of our voyage) but also took the opportunity to delete them all from the camera after rejecting them for "title too long." What does that mean? And I had my download thing set for "Erase images after downloading."
I travel with three cameras, an old 35 mm digital and two pocket cameras - and no laptop. I do not own a laptop, and don't really need one. Or so I thought...
My best pics were on that camera, about 150 I think. Dang. So much for my travel pics. I am quite certain that my computer's photo handling is screwed up, and it is probably my fault. Well, got the memories tho, but between ADD and a touch of Alzheimer's, the pics would have helped.
Does a camera come between us and direct experience? I sometimes wonder.
Well, I do have a few more snaps to share. Here's a WW 1 river ship, now a museum, in Regensburg, with the Old Stone Bridge (c. 1146) in the distance. Fine biergarten over the bridge, but my pics of that got erased by diabolical computer:
More below the fold -
Ships passing in the night. Trust me - my blurry pics are on purpose, for artistic effect.
More Bavarian countryside:
My pic of the Kunst Historische Werke, or whatever it's called. That's worth a trip alone, plus the Belvedere Museum with the Klimts and Schieles -
Wonderful German pastries in Regensburg.
Schmuck Paradise. Schmuck shops everywhere. Cannot find my pic of the "Schmuck Accessories" shop, but I know I took one.
Another pic of the Hapsburg Library in Vienna:
More rollin' up the Wachau. A damn shame that my kids mostly slept throught that wonderful piece of the river. After all these years, they have not learned that vacations are for getting up and getting going and seeing and doing. Well, they are young...but not that young. Carpe diem vs. carpe sleep. I tell them that they can sleep and rest when they are dead.
Nice big cafe where we took a hydration break, in Pietersplatz, a short walk from Stephensplatz. Wonder if this was the one Bruce went to.
Regensburg - flowers everywhere -
A solid entryway, Regensburg -
A pink one:
If I remember correctly, this is across from the Passau Rathaus. Lost my pics of the old Rathaus itself - other camera.
Evening, headed upstream towards some low bridges with everything folded down except me. A very pleasant trip indeed.
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