Andreas Welch Photography

China Town was an interesting stroll, but we didn’t stay long.

Another “must visit” in my opinion. We spent several hours here and it’s central to other locations. Very pretty and nice to visit.

No trip to San Francisco is complete without at least seeing the Golden Gate Bridge. We didn’t really have any interest in crossing it, or getting up close, so we chose to do this from Lincoln Park.

The painted ladies are a frequent visit of most tourist. They’re bright and colorfully painted Victorian houses. They are quite interesting and the architectural details and colors are definitely worth seeing.

Walking around San Francisco it’s hard to miss some of the architectural details in the buildings, both inside and outside, and you wouldn’t want to. This is just a small sampling of what was seen.

One evening we went down to the Bay Bridge for some late evening/night photography. The results came out decently, I think.

San Francisco has a variety of interesting and pretty skyline views. These were primarily shot from atop a parking garage by fisherman’s wharf while we were waiting for July 4th fireworks. The panorama shows a nice view of the skyline, but the bus yard isn’t the best view.

The visit to the Cloisters is why I didn’t get to Central Park until evening. The cloisters are interesting, but I am somewhat jaded in having been to Europe so I couldn’t say they were impressive. For what is available in the US, they are very impressive.

Plovdiv has a beautiful old town that contains a huge number of museums. So many that we didn’t visit many of them due to a lack of time. However, when going through the museums, it is well worth the time looking around the neighborhood as well.

One of the many things to see in Plovdiv is an old roman theatre. It is still in use from time to time, but not when I was there. The entrance fee was a bit higher than most others, so only I went in. On the other hand, the attendant didn’t seem [...]