The lighthearted traveller
  • About me
  • Acknowledgements
post image

Solitude

Posted on: May 10, 2016 /
Categories: Nature, Photography, Travel

A lonely tree in a field on a foggy morning. Near Cristian, Brașov county, Romania

post image

Postcards from Romania (1)

Posted on: April 23, 2016 /
Categories: Destinations, Nature, Photography, Travel

Prahova Valley. Above Sinaia, looking towards Bușteni (in the valley towards the back)

post image

Vienna night panorama

Posted on: March 22, 2016 /
Categories: Photography, Simple Snap, Travel

A night panorama of Vienna, Austria, featuring St. Stephen’s Cathedral, taken from the top terrace of the Haus des Meers, a former WW2 flak tower repurposed into a zoo and aquarium.

post image

What to expect when flying with Austrian Airlines

Posted on: March 10, 2016 /
Categories: Flight, Travel, What to expect

While I am not an uber-frequent flyer, I did fly enough in the past few years to get an idea of how things work. So I decided to write a few short notes on what to expect when flying on some of the airlines I flew on and to some of the airports I have been

Read More →

post image

Winter’s last fight

Posted on: March 8, 2016 /
Categories: Destinations, Nature, Travel

At the beginning of March 2016 I was in Vienna for a week, and on one of the mornings I decided to take a walk through Lainzer Tiergarten, which is in a forest on the hills south of Vienna. Climbing towards the park it was drizzling, then it started raining, and as I went higher and

Read More →

post image

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Posted on: December 11, 2015 /
Categories: Children, Flight, Opinions, Travel

Seatguru and other sources unanimously say that the last row of seats in every airplane is the worst, no matter what type of plane is involved. Limited or no recline, galley & lavatory proximity, sometimes noise from the engines or seats protruding in the aisle, they all provide a cocktail of elements that makes this

Read More →

Protected: A few considerations about the art of landing

Posted on: December 10, 2015 /
Categories: Flight, Opinions, Travel

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

post image

Burning money

Posted on: December 4, 2015 /
Categories: Flight, Nature, Travel

As I have stated before, I am love flight and flying, and one of the things I do, every now and then, is to look at planes coming and going on flightradar24.com. On the previous few days I have seen a number of flights divert or return due to bad weather at the destination: yesterday I saw

Read More →

post image

All you need is lo’v

Posted on: October 8, 2015 /
Categories: Photography, Simple Snap

A simple snap of a bike rental sign in Lyon, France Image details: Camera: Canon PowerShot S110 Lens: built-in 24-120 mm Focal length: 26 mm (120 mm full-frame equivalent) Exposure time: 1/250 s Aperture: f/5.9 ISO: 160

post image

[simple snap] Bald eagle

Posted on: September 21, 2015 /
Categories: Photography, Simple Snap

A simple snap of a magnificent bird at a show with birds of prey. Image details: Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: Tamron 18-270 mm f/3.5-6.3 Focal length: 55 mm (82 mm full-frame equivalent) Exposure time: 1/500 s Aperture: f/10 ISO: 200

« 1 2 3 4 5 »

About me

Father of two boys. Radiologist. Photographer. NAUI OWD. Traveller. And plane crazy

read more

Popular Posts

  • Nikon 24-120mm f4 – a hands-on review
  • About me
  • Vancouver – a mini travel guide [EN]
  • Creveți pil-pil
  • Vancouver – mini-ghid de călătorie [RO]
  • A short trip in the Danube Delta
  • The joys of parenthood
  • What to expect when flying with Iberia Express
  • Da capo, maestro!
  • Your friendly grizzly neighbour

Recent Posts

  • Greece slideshow
  • 10 more pictures from Vienna
  • Viena în vreo 25 de imagini
  • Delicious Craiova
  • Rio Tejo at Santarem

Categories

  • [RO] (7)
  • Children (9)
  • Destinations (11)
  • Family (6)
  • Flight (9)
  • Food (2)
  • Greece (1)
  • internet (2)
  • Life (2)
  • Nature (8)
  • Opinions (5)
  • Parenting (2)
  • Photography (24)
  • Portugal (1)
  • Povești (1)
  • Recipes (2)
  • Review (1)
  • Simple Snap (8)
  • Software (1)
  • Spain (2)
  • Travel (28)
  • What to expect (5)
  • Wildlife (1)

Copyright The lighthearted traveller 2021 | Theme by Theme in Progress | Proudly powered by WordPress