http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/rss Collection of photos accompanied with short texts taken by Pavol Bernhauser during his trips in UK and elsewhere http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/154 <p><img alt="Dsc_7590_hdr" src="/photo/image/4530/DSC_7590_HDR.jpg?1322509971" /></p><p>Is this my first post about Slovakia? Well, I think so, because I am introducing a new category - Slovakia. <p/> We have been thinking about visiting Vršatec every time we passed along it on motorway heading somewhere else. Interesting silhouette attracted us a lot, but it was easy to postpone visit every time. Until 3 weeks ago when we decided to take advantage of unbelievably nice weather for this time of year.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/154">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/154 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/153 <p><img alt="Dsc_6320" src="/photo/image/4500/DSC_6320.jpg?1322421748" /></p><p>What amazing mountains are Dolomites in Italy! We have been there just for a single day hike, but it would be possible to spend much more time surrounded by these amazing mountains. I wish I could see a sunrise or sunset with nicely coloured sky here.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/153">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/153 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/152 <p><img alt="Dsc_4122_hdr" src="/photo/image/4476/DSC_4122_HDR.jpg?1321471839" /></p><p>The first time I heard about HDR was about 6 years ago. After the first enthusiasm I learned it is not so easy. But I kept bracketing at occasions (sometimes quite often) and tried several different applications to process them. But I was never satisfied. I was never targeting surreal results, I just wanted to get good looking photos in situations cameras were not able to help. I was hardly ever satisfied, many times the result was pure frustration or even disgust. I have shown some of my results in this blog, just because the result seemed better than single exposure. But that does not mean I was happy with them.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/152">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/152 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/151 <p><img alt="Dsc_5909" src="/photo/image/4449/DSC_5909.jpg?1320263835" /></p><p>We used the last day of our trip until last minute. Literally. We flew back to Gran Canaria afternoon and wanted to go to Palmas de Gran Canaria. Our flight back was scheduled on next day at 6am, which was a bit inconvenient considering a need to find our way to Palmas, look around, find some accomodation to leave it early in the "morning" to gat back to airport. <p/> So we changed our plan at last possible moment and I have studied Lonely Planet to find out what we could do instead while waiting at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Our new plan has been born - we will rent a car and go to the south of island to check how it looks like.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/151">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/151 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/150 <p><img alt="Dsc_5559" src="/photo/image/4397/DSC_5559.jpg?1320166430" /></p><p>Masca is described in Lonely Planet as a place similar to Macchu Picchu and you could get impression you have just discovered this place if you arrived before 10am. But after 10am, buses with tourists arrive and shops open... They got that after 10am part correctly. <p/> The place is very nice, but small. Fortunately it is not just Masca what you can see here. There is also El Barranco de Masca - a gorge, where you can spend 3-4 hours walking in beautiful and narrow gorge down to ocean. And optionally the same time walking back.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/150">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/150 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/149 <p><img alt="Dsc_5382" src="/photo/image/4374/DSC_5382.jpg?1320158527" /></p><p>It is time to get some proper and lasting sunshine that summer holiday destination should offer. The best way to achieve that on Tenerife is to go above cloud level. OK, our plan was not exactly to get sunshine, it was just nice to have side effect. We wanted to visit Pico del Teide - a volcano in the middle of the island and also the tallest mountain in Spain.</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/149">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/149 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/148 <p><img alt="Dsc_5080" src="/photo/image/4337/DSC_5080.jpg?1313863517" /></p><p><p> I usually don't write much about accommodations and I never dedicated whole post just to describe one. </p><p> But that is going to change now. Albergue Rural Mamio Verde deserves it as it was most entertaining accommodation we have been to (I need to say we are not looking for fun at hostels and hotels we are staying at. A place to sleep is sufficient). </p></p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/148">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/148 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/147 <p><img alt="Dsc_5063" src="/photo/image/4332/DSC_5063.jpg?1313861157" /></p><p>After we finished our Chinobre walk we went to San Cristóbal de la Laguna. Just a short stop to see its historic center with colorful buildings. It attracts Zuzka as an architect and me as a photographer. We had a lot of green today, it is time to get some reds and yellows too. <p/><p> On our way to La Laguna we stopped in some restaurant for lunch. To our delight they served a goatling or <em>cabrito</em> in Spanish. We did not prepare especially for this vocabulary, but goat cheese (<em>queso de cabra</em>) was our favourite self-catering stuff, so we were able to recognize it. We like goat cheese and it was much cheaper than in Slovakia. <p/><p> <i>What else is cheap in Tenerife?</i> you could ask. Well, that is easy - petrol. And car rentals are not expensive too. There are so many competitors there. </p></p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/147">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/147 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/146 <p><img alt="Dsc_5004" src="/photo/image/4319/DSC_5004.jpg?1313858532" /></p><p>We never heard about rain forests in Tenerife. And when you look at a map, it looks like Northwestern part of Tenerife is not interesting at all. Fortunately we had Lonely Planet and it mentions Anaga Mountains in its Higlights section. Especially Zuzka was, for some reason, interested in this region and persuaded me to check it out too. <p> OK, let's go there, now we just need to find a nice walk over there...</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/146">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/146 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/145 <p><img alt="Dsc_4816" src="/photo/image/4288/DSC_4816.jpg?1313849355" /></p><p>Canary islands are synonym for summer holidays at beach. That is not kind of holiday I prefer (but Zuzka says I will get used to it with time). Regardless, we have been to some beaches on Tenerife. <p> Not only that, we went to beach on our first day in Tenerife - in the afternoon after visiting Auditorio de Tenerife. </p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/145">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/145 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/144 <p><img alt="Dsc_4714" src="/photo/image/4261/DSC_4714.jpg?1313845502" /></p><p><p>I did not post anything new for a while. There were so many distractions and things to do during last couple of months, I simply could not find enough time (and I still cannot find it for other things, but I am going to post about our recent trips now).</p> <p> We were thinking about visiting Tenerife while we were still in UK, but at that time we considered just single weekend due to all holidays being spent before. That did not work out well, so we jumped on an opportunity back home when I learned there will not be enough work at my job in May. It nicely coincided with Ryanair opening the route from Bratislava to Gran Canaria in April. We decided to go for a week. Perfect!</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/144">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/144 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/143 <p><img alt="Dsc_4082" src="/photo/image/4249/DSC_4082.jpg?1292698735" /></p><p>I did not expect this. Heavy snow and blue sky. It would be mistake to ignore such an opportunity. Well, I was lazy to go out yesterday evening to capture fresh snow and Christmas lights in the centre and also to get some rich colours of sunrise today... But I went out eventually!</p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/143">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/143 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/142 <p><img alt="Dsc_3866" src="/photo/image/4221/DSC_3866.jpg?1292095684" /></p><p>Well it is here, time to go back home. But before we can go, we need to visit the last waterfall in Zuzka's list - Pistyll Rhaeadr. She talked about it since I came here, but we'd never managed to get there. Until now. Peter came to visit us, so this was good way to spend our weekend. <p/> We've been there 6 weeks ago, but I had other things to handle like organizing moving, finding stuff we want to buy before we leave (just to have more to move). Plus it seems to be good farewell post, so I was not in hurry with posting it. </p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/142">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/142 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/141 <p><img alt="Dsc_3639" src="/photo/image/4201/DSC_3639.jpg?1285696446" /></p><p>Our short 3 day trip to Spain ended in Alicante. It was more convenient and cheaper to flight back from there. Also beach was more conveniently located (regarding train station and bus to airport) than in Valencia. <p/> That suggests we did not see much - after ariving to Alicante we headed directly to beach and stayed there until it was time for return. But looking back, I could take more photos of beach. I just did not want to attract any attention. That means I don't have many photos to show this time. </p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/141">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/141 http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/140 <p><img alt="Dsc_3095_dxo" src="/photo/image/4161/DSC_3095_DxO.jpg?1285609248" /></p><p>Important part of Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia is oceanographic park. It was designed by Felix Candela and it makes whole complex much more interesting. <p/> I really liked shapes of all those buildings as well as clever passages connecting them, either underground or surrounded by water. And fish and other animals were amazing too. I mean dolphins, penguins, fish of coral reef as well as sharks and sting rays. </p><p><a href="/photoblog/trip/140">Click here for complete text</a></p> http://palove.kadeco.sk/photoblog/trip/140