A quick post, because I'm tired and don't feel like writing much. New pictures! For the first time in... quite a while. These are from back in May (!) when my brother Jeff and his wife and son came to visit. I flew back from the States on a Friday, and the next day we piled into my car and drove up to Düsseldorf to visit one of my sister-in-law's friends who lives there. They showed us around town a bit, and then turned us loose to go into the Rheinturm, which is the big TV tower in the city. Unfortunately the weather was quite lousy that day so the pictures didn't come out that great, but here they are anyway. First a picture of the tower itself, and then several views from it:

Germany - Düsseldorf - Rheinturm

Germany - Düsseldorf - View north from Rheinturm

Germany - Düsseldorf - View northeast from Rheinturm

Germany - Düsseldorf - View west from Rheinturm
We stayed the night in Düsseldorf, and the next morning we went to get some breakfast and check out part of the harbor. There are a couple of interesting buildings down there, including one that has little colored statues climbing all over it.

Germany - Düsseldorf - Harbor buildings

Germany - Düsseldorf - New construction
We got on the road around noon from Düsseldorf, and headed for Köln, just down the Rhein river. We spent a couple hours in Kö, then headed back to my apartment. I left the next day on a work trip, and when I got back, we all went to Turkey for a week. While we were there, I took just over 1600 pictures, a couple of which I posted before. But, I haven't stitched any of the panoramas yet. They're next on my list! Unfortunately, with my holiday travel schedule, I probably won't have the time to stitch them until after the new year. Once I actually get around to it, my new computer should help me to process pictures super fast, so hopefully it won't take too long.
Until next time!