the internet works quite well here in fort myers, 

so i decided to upload the shots from the everglades as well...

the everglades!

face to face with an alligator

and another one...

a boardwalk through the 'glades

same

a different place somewhere in the everglades

facing an anhinga

pelicans in the everglades

sunset in the everglades

dinner in the oysterhouse in everglades city

i have to admit that i was a little bit lazy during the last days concerning the postings.

but to my excuse i can tell that we had no internet access in key west at all 

and very very slow internet in the everglades.

but of course we took photos everywhere

and i am going to post them during the next days. 

so let's start with key west...

24th december in key west

same...

olivia in the streets of key west

olivia at southernmost point (90 miles to cuba!)

the hemingway house

same

same

same

all cats are direct descendants of snowball, 

the six-toed cat hemingway got from his friend.

and as you can see this one has six toes as well...

heading to the dolphins

a mother dolphin and her calf

the famous sunset in key west

a few minutes after the famous sunset of key west

duval street on the way back to the hotel

same

some more shots of olivia and me in miami,

4 taken at southbeach and ocean drive,

2 taken at winwood walls.

and another selfie of olivia at bayfront miami 

and a selfie at winnwood walls the same day...

hi to all of you, 

i decided to leave cold vienna and see my friend olivia in florida 

to spend christmas and new years eve with her. 

so here are some pictures of the first day with olivia in miami.

miami bayfront

miami south beach / ocean drive


miami south beach

from the archive:

one of the very early trips to australia in 2001, 

shot with an analog camera of course, 

so the quality is not quite what you can expect today...

5th day: an early morning walk in the nearly empty streets of prague

 

 the moon again over charles bridge...
(but now on the opposite side of the bridge)

...and the sunrise on the other side

this is obviously the golden city

 see what i mean...

4th day in czech republic: meeting jana in prague

 

the prague castle seen from the charles bridge 

full moon over charles bridge

memorial to jan palach and jan zajic, 

students who set themselves on fire 

to protest the soviet invasion in 1969 

 

 

the vaclav square

 

this upside-down horse was created in 1999
by the post-modern czech artist david cerny

 the powder tower

the prague astronomical clock was first installed in 1410,
making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world
and the oldest one still working

 grand hotel europa

 hotel paris