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Post by Nidaros on Sept 16, 2018 13:42:49 GMT -5
Went to the hills SE of Trondheim today looking for fall colors, still in the municipality.
Most trees more green than yellow even up here along this small lake, 250 m asl
The heather up here had more colors, ca 300 m asl
Sambubus (Red-berried Elder, no: Rødhyll) to the left, ca 300 m asl
Getting close to the where I parked my car, ca 180 m asl, and the heather on the forest floor down here is still green
Very close to the parking area, and the first houses start to appear, 170 m asl. Less fall colors here, but that long gras to the righ had nice red colors
This photo I took through the windscreen of my car, close to the parking area, ca 160 m asl. Wonder why they still haven't harvested the grain field?
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Post by Babu on Sept 16, 2018 17:01:39 GMT -5
Since tomorrow is just Disneyland, and I already have way too many pictures of Paris, I'll post them now. First though, we have to acknowledge that sliding down the train station stairs in Belgium is against the rules.  Paris: what better encapsulates the city than a fancy old building turned gritty and dirty over the years, with a homeless man sleeping next to it?  Some typical old streets of Paris: Some less typical colorful buildings. Apparently this street is a "hidden gem you have to see". I feel like most cities have these... Old architecture: Sacré-Cœur  Paris looks a bit 3rd world to me. Could just be the white buildings though.  Old Architecture: Notre-Dame  I think it's very discomforting seeing military and police walking around with assault rifles. Lots of "fall" colors from drought-wilted horse chestnut.  Old archirecture: Cool tunnel  Old architecture: The Eiffel Tower  This is obligatory. Gf didn't quite understand how perspectives work though.   I prefer Paris at night.  Big Ben!  New architecture: This tower was pretty cool because it was placed in what we felt was a ghetto area. I think it's just our Nordic and Dutch standards though...  Woah! People live there???  This building was bizarre. The yellow glass panels shone SO bright. Looked more bizarre IRL though.  Palms: Really tall palm!  Thicc palm  Palm cluster  Didn't see a single palm in Amsterdam that wasn't in a pot. Felt very un-temperate due to the drought, at least in some places.  RIP horse chestnuts  Rip sycamores (BTW, What the fuck is up with Paris literally only having sycamores and horse chestnuts?)  This feels like some war-journalist stuff: kid running around in a park while a homeless old man brushes his teeth...  Miscellaneous: Cool bus  If I were a jew, I'd caption this "Yew and Jew"  In République française, cherry eat you.  These monks tried to solicit us lol.  We initially got disappointed with Paris. It felt dirty and rough looking, everything was loud and fast paced, and everything was so huge, compared to our expectations of Paris being the city of love, with a cozy romantic feel. Gf is still underwhelmed. I think it's just very different from what I expected. The city is probably the most grandiose in the world. Absolutely gigantic buildings and gardens everywhere. But if you want romantic and cozy, go for Amsterdam. Paris is more of a bustling metropolis with some very grandeur architecture here and there. I personally prefer Amsterdam by a fair margin though. |
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Post by rozenn on Sept 16, 2018 18:36:20 GMT -5
Some less typical colorful buildings. Apparently this street is a "hidden gem you have to see". I feel like most cities have these... Lol what brang you there? Do they advertise it somewhere? I stumble upon it after having lived in the city for a good 15 years. I guess non-beige or brown buildings are impressive to Parisians. Paris looks a bit 3rd world to me. Could just be the white buildings though.
The roofs do look messy. As for the rest, coming from Umea I can understand. Marseille and Naples are a whole other level of 3rd worldness tho. Old archirecture: Cool tunnel i.imgur.com/QvP8oOp.jpgLove this pic!This tower was pretty cool because it was placed in what we felt was a ghetto area. I think it's just our Nordic and Dutch standards though... It is a ghetto area. Actually the roughest district in central Paris.
Rip sycamores (BTW, What the fuck is up with Paris literally only having sycamores and horse chestnuts?) This I'd like to know. And also why the fuck to city gardeners think trees look good trimmed in the form of a 5x10 m box. 
In République française, cherry eat you.
This very tree looks glorious in April. <3
We initially got disappointed with Paris. It felt dirty and rough looking, everything was loud and fast paced, and everything was so huge, compared to our expectations of Paris being the city of love, with a cozy romantic feel. Gf is still underwhelmed. I think it's just very different from what I expected. The city is probably the most grandiose in the world. Absolutely gigantic buildings and gardens everywhere. But if you want romantic and cozy, go for Amsterdam. Paris is more of a bustling metropolis with some very grandeur architecture here and there. I personally prefer Amsterdam by a fair margin though. Where are you guys staying at? Never understood the romantic Paris meme either, thought it was because I'm from here. Since you've got the first 20 arrondissements covered, I'll post pics of Deauville, aka Paris' 21st ward. Yellow foliage in front of the train station:   The place is less gritty than the first 20 wards:  Covered sidewalks @joe90!  Norman-style city hall Across the Touques river lies the town of Trouville.   I always find jetties inspiring.  Across the Seine river lies the port of Le Havre:   Nearby Honfleur, on the estuary of the Seine:      7-story houses in a tiny town?!   Statue in honor of the founder of Quebec City, who left France in Honfleur.   Drove to the Pont de Normandie, the last bridge across the Seine river and the World's longest cable-stayed bridge upon its completion sometime in the 90s.  Further down the coast in Houlgate, looking towards Caen and the D-day beaches:  Parisian-style domed building in sight!  Lots of nice mansions around Leaving port   We bathed there, the SST was 18°C. You're basically bathing in the sewer of 20 million people and the waste of the nearby oil refineries.  The hell happened there?  |
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Post by ral31 on Sept 16, 2018 21:08:24 GMT -5
Nice cloud from an isolated t-storm in the area this evening.  |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Sept 16, 2018 23:45:44 GMT -5
MorningriseFall colours in downtown Vancouver earlier today: 
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Post by Babu on Sept 17, 2018 0:47:19 GMT -5
rozenn We're staying at St Christophers Inn - Canal.
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Post by Morningrise on Sept 17, 2018 10:09:53 GMT -5
Morningrise Fall colours in downtown Vancouver earlier today: Wow! Way ahead of schedule! I don't remember ever seeing reds like that on West Georgia before October. |
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Post by Hlidskjalf on Sept 17, 2018 11:22:59 GMT -5
It is definitely becoming quite depressing outside now. Ok, this place is rather depressing all year.
Photos taken half an hour ago.
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Sept 17, 2018 19:31:56 GMT -5
Gorgeous above Squamish today. Gotta go to this mountain soon:  |
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Post by Hlidskjalf on Sept 18, 2018 11:24:10 GMT -5
Quite nice day today with 20c and sunny. Not bad for being late September.
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Post by Babu on Sept 19, 2018 7:48:40 GMT -5
Not my picture, stole it from instagram. Fall colors are peaking in the Swedish fells (Kebnekaise massif) now.  |
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Post by Hlidskjalf on Sept 19, 2018 8:32:30 GMT -5
Nice weather today as well so I cycled up this hill. There's a nice scenery from the top. Autumn colours are not very prominent yet.
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Post by Babu on Sept 19, 2018 8:56:37 GMT -5
Some images from the train through Switzerland. We initially sat on the right side of the train, but right before going to the alps, in Luzerne the train switched side so we sat on the left side. All the nice views were on the right side of the train... We had to do with these (and some others, but I was busy doing a timelapse that turned out shit) Very blue water in the alps. Also incredibly and thoroughly green grass.   Glarner Alpen peak  There was a very drastic increase in humidity as we arrived on the southern side of the alps. Incredibly hazy air. Pretty cool sunset, although early at like 7pm. If you look right between the left and middle mountains, there's actually another mountain just barely visible through the haze.   |
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Post by Babu on Sept 20, 2018 12:21:45 GMT -5
Internet isn't the greatest so I'll settle for these for now. We've gone to Levanto to visit the Italian riviera and Cinque Terre. Absolutely stunning here. Lots of hills and mountains, and narror streets and cute houses and amazing greenery. Riomaggiore:  Manarola:  Vernazza:  And this is a lovely view from Levanto where our B&B is.  I feel like I'm in paradise. I just wanna move here and retire immediately. Lovely weather. Gf gets heatstroke though. |
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Post by Hiromant on Sept 20, 2018 15:23:40 GMT -5
Passing ships under the rising sun on the way to Helsinki.  The new terminal has a nice view as well.  |
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Post by Moron on Sept 21, 2018 9:20:33 GMT -5
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Post by Wildcat on Sept 21, 2018 15:59:43 GMT -5
The end of summer is approaching at about 20 mph. No more 80s in the forecast after this line of storms.  |
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Post by knot on Sept 21, 2018 20:06:53 GMT -5
Drought's buggered off for good this Spring...  ...ain't the rain just lovely?  Spectacularly green!  |
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Sept 21, 2018 20:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by longaotian on Sept 21, 2018 21:04:01 GMT -5
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