Grand Canyon View

Great view of the great canyon / © A. Stavridou

Grand Canyon

At the South Kaibab Trail Head with my sons, Grand Canyon, Arizona (USA), July 2009

Helvetia - Switzerland

Vineyards along the coast of Lac Leman.

This week in Switzerland for a workshop at the International Space Science Institute in Bern.

Lac Leman, the Alps and the UNESCO-listed Lavaux vineyard terraces

Gaudi's Casa Batlló

A masterpiece of Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona: Casa Batlló
© I.A. Daglis, 1992

Carcassonne

In Carcassonne - 23 years after ...

Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace - the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples is located in Mesa Verde National Park, in the southwestern corner of Colorado (USA).

Family picture at Cliff Palace, August 2009

Alhambra

Patio de los Arrayanes / © I.A. Daglis

Granada, Andalusia (Spain), March 1989: The shockingly beautiful Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles) in Alhambra (al-Hamra, "the Red One") - the palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus.

Η Αυλή με τις Μυρτιές, Γρανάδα. Μάρτιος 1989 - ένα σοκ ομορφιάς για τα άμαθα μάτια μας. 

Kiva

Family-in-a-kiva. Mesa Verde, Colorado (USA), August 2009 / © I.A. Daglis

Brugge

Νοέμβριος 2009 στη Μπρυζ (ή, επί το ορθότερον, Μπρούγκε, αφού είναι φλαμανδική πόλη) ..
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mesa Verde

Family picture at Cliff Palace of Mesa Verde, Colorado (USA). The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America, built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.

Tholos

The Tholos of Athena Pronaia in Delphi - 

a masterpiece of classical Greek architecture, dating from the 4th century BC
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In Rome

Alexandros at the Forum Romanum, June 1993.

Mesa Verde

The Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (USA).

The Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde, was constructed between A.D. 1211 and 1278 by the Anasazi Indians, the ancestors of the Puebloan peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 66 meters at greatest width and 27 meters at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people.

Bryggen

Alfred Skulstad - former fishmonger shop in Bryggen, Bergen (Norway), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Note the sign "Sild - Fisk" (Herring - Fish): Herring was staple food and was therefore distinct from other fish! 28 April 2011.

Tholos

Η Θόλος των Δελφών, ένα αρχιτεκτονικό αριστούργημα.

Delphi Poppies and Apollo Temple

Poppies and other spring flowers among the marble ruins of Delphi.

Ramp leading up to the Temple of Apollo.

Bergen, Norway

Γεύμα στην ψαροταβέρνα Μονόκερως στη συνοικία Bryggen - το παλιό λιμάνι του Bergen και Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς UNESCO.

Παλιά ξύλινα σπίτια στο Bryggen.

Castle of Carcassonne

Στο μεσαιωνικό κάστρο της Carcassonne, στην περιοχή Languedoc της νότιας Γαλλίας, Μάρτιος 1989.

Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Spring

Ένας ονειρεμένος προορισμός: η μαγευτική Μεγάλη Πρισματική Πηγή του Γιέλοστοουν.

... και από ψηλά, από το κρυφό μονοπάτι, σε όλο της το μεγαλείο:

Yellowstone Morning Glory

Enchanting colors of Morning Glory hot spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (USA).