Skylar Ogren » Europe http://www.skylarogren.com Capturing God's inspiration Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Crete pictures http://www.skylarogren.com/crete-pictures/ http://www.skylarogren.com/crete-pictures/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:05:59 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=834 Continue reading →]]> Here are some of the pictures I took in Crete.  The trip was an amazing adevnture that included not having a working battery charger I made it 6 days on one battery and took over 600 pictures…. talk about a miracle!!  So here are some of the ones I got and I will post more as soon as I can :)

 

Crete 1 - The bay that our hotel was in.  Crete 2 - A view from the main hotel building of the beach!  Crete 3 - Down on the beach checking it all out. These are the beach chairs!  Crete 4 - This is the room we stayed in. I'm standing in the "living room" where there were two beds and then there was the kitchen and a "master bedroom" where my grandpa was walking from. And a bathroom to the right of my Grandpa. And a deck behind me! :)  Crete 5 - This is the view from the deck outside of our room. That's the swimming pool below that I swam in 10 minutes after this shot!  Crete 6 - Ten minutes later! :)  Crete 6 - The second sunrise I saw in Crete... it was really beautiful!  Crete 8 - The beautiful sunrise  Crete 9 - The girls and Kyle (Olivia, My cousin Emily, My cousin Ana, Laura, Kyle (behind her) and Carrie  Crete 10 - These are the ruins we went and saw  Crete 11 - Pillars and part of a painting at the ruin  Crete 12 - Half of Delany, Kyle, Carrie, and Laura  Crete 13 - Best friends Carrie, Laura and Ana at the ruins  Crete 12 - A random dog at the ruin that was just lying there.  Crete 13 - Prettpy purple flowers at the restaraunt we at at Monday  Crete 14 - This is fried squid, and it was good, but kind of chewy. It was definitely not my favorite food there.  Crete 14 - A stranded boat on the beach we went to after lunch.   Crete 15 - The Beach  Crete 15 - Delany tip toeing in the ocean :)  Crete 18 - An orange stand where we got oranges for Emily!  Crete 19 - On our way home... that is the bay in the distance.  Crete 2- - Kyle over looking the work Laura and I did on the castle of vines.  Crete 21 - The bay our hotel was in. Our hotel is the building to the left, but we stayed in a seperate building that further down the road....kind of in the middle of the picture and to the left  Crete 22 - My Gyro... Mmmm :)  Crete 23 - This is a picture of the valley from a mountain vantage point on our way to the southside!  Crete 24 - Another picture of the valley!  Crete 25 - The valley and the beach we went to below!  Crete 26 - This was really cool.... the waves would crash into this little hole and then spray back out.  Crete 27 - Sunset in crete :)  Crete 27 - The girls sand castle...  Crete 28 - Zack and I's castle :)  Crete 29 - and another picture of our amazing fortress!

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/crete-pictures/feed/ 1 More pictures of the Alps! http://www.skylarogren.com/more-pictures-of-the-alps/ http://www.skylarogren.com/more-pictures-of-the-alps/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:46:35 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=832 Here are the rest… well I have more, but I’ll post more when I get home! Enjoy!

The Alps (5) - Day 16  The Alps (6) this reminds me of Lord of the Rings! - Day 16  This is the ski station taken from the ski lift - Day 16  The Alps (7) - Day 16  The Alps (8) - Day 16  The Alps (9) - Day 16  The Alps, with my favorite peak in the background. - Day 16  The Alps (10) I think this was taken on the way up to the very top station - Day 16  The Alps (11) - Day 16  The Alps (*12) - Day 16  The Alps (13) - Day 16  The Alps (17) , Taken from the way top! - Day 16  The Alps (17) - Day 16  This was the marker for the very top, I thought that was cool - Day 16  A river that we passed on the way back from skiing - Day 16  The creek - Day 16  Here I am again! - Day 16  So some random lady walked up to me as I was standing next to the creek and asked me if I wanted my picture taken, but she was lithoanian so I didn't understand her and it sounded like German... it was kind of awkward when I appologized for not understanding German... so she took my picture and then I took a picture with her camera of her... it was cool!- Day 16

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/more-pictures-of-the-alps/feed/ 0 The Alps! http://www.skylarogren.com/the-alps/ http://www.skylarogren.com/the-alps/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:20:00 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=792 This is less then half of the pictures I’m going to post!!  I’ll be posting more later!! Enjoy! 

   The view outside of our "hotel" room. - Day 15  Our room - Day 16  The dam outside of the ski place - Day 16  Day 16  The ski car decending through the fog - Day 16  The alps from the first car station. You can see the fog below in the bottom of the picture... who would have thought that it would be this beautiful!! - Day 16  The alps from the first station and the wires from the car - Day 16  The Alps from the first station - This is still pretty low compaired to how high I get later! - Day 16  The Alps from the ski lodge with cool sun bubbles - Day 16  A skier on the Alps - There were a lot of slopes you could go down that weren't even groomed - Day 16  A really cool mountain peak that got the full attention of my eye all day long - Day 16  The Alps... I'm putting a ton of pictures up because I could not get enough of them and I'm sure you can't either!! - Day 16  The alps! - Day 16  The Alps - Day 16  The Alps - Day 16   The Alps and the ski lift up to the 2nd set of hills - Day 16  The Alps (4) - Day 16  Here I am!! - Day 16

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/the-alps/feed/ 1 French Weekend #2 http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-2/ http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-2/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:31:19 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=758 Continue reading →]]> Here are some more Pictures of my visit to Colmar… the first couple are from the museum.

Colmar Museum - Day 12  Wood carvings in the museum - Day 12  Antique furniture in the museum - Day 12   Amazing wardrobe... the time it must take to make this amazes me! - Day 12  Guns in the Colmar Museum - Day 12   Painted China - Day 12  B/W hallway outside of museum around the cnter garden - Day 12  Glasses in the case - Day 12  Stone well outside museum - Day 12  Apartment number 4  <3 Emma, bench shot in the park - Day 12   Fountain in the park - Day 12  Flags in the park - Day 12  A bathroom in the park that sprays itself down every time it's used. Pretty interesting... - Day 12  Reflection... or not? - Day 12  Pelican nest silouhett - Day 12    Follow the pattern... - Day 12  My cousin taking pictures... this is one of the towns we stopped at while looking for a place to eat. - Day 12  Door 1 - Day 12  Door 2 - Day 12  Village along the "Wine Road" - Day 12  Door 3 - Day 12  Heart Salute - Day 12  Blue house... and not the one we were looking for... - Day 12  Wine display along side the Wine Road - Day 12  Day 12  Pretty much a really good soda!! - Day 12

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-2/feed/ 1 French weekend #1 http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-1/ http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-1/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:27:45 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=729 This is the bunker we stopped at and then just some shots around Colmar.

Tanker - Day 9  Flagged - Day 10  This is another tank at the bunker - Day 10  Hummer front at the bunker - Day 10  Barb wire fencing - Day 10  Barbed fencing at the bunker - Day 10  Stairway to rof of bunker - Day 10  Rooftop of bunker - Day 10  Loading ramp - Day 10  Another shot from the bunker - Day 10  Chained (At the bunker) - Day 10  Door Hinges and cracked paint - Day 11  Colmar - Day 11  Pigeon outside of church in Colmar - Day 11  This was an amazing french biker who was jumping up stairs on one tire and jumping up and down off some walls and stuff... it was cool! - Day 11  Church in Colmar - Day 11  Broken lamp stand - Day 11  Colmar Street - Day 11  Tables outside a cafe in Colmar - Day 11  Colmar Bench pictures - Day 11  Purple flowers in Colmar! - Day 11 Stair way in Colmar - Day 11  My dinner - Hashbrowns, ham and cheese! - Day 11  Street shot - Day 11  Garden outside of Museum with hallways around the outside - Day 11  Museum garden in Colmar - Day 11

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/french-weekend-1/feed/ 1 Pictures from Friday! http://www.skylarogren.com/pictures-from-friday/ http://www.skylarogren.com/pictures-from-friday/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:10:17 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=692 Continue reading →]]> There are photos from Friday when we went to the airplane and car museum.  I’ll get my France photos up soon!!

  In a fog - Day 9   The train station - Day 9  Train Station bench - Day 9  The first of many airplanes - Day 9  Mr. Bull - Day 9  The Sky and an airplane! (Good combo) - Day 9  Sweet ride! - Day 9  The good side - Day 9  Good ol' Red - Day 9 Yellow! - Day 9 Back to the future anyone?!? - Day 9  The scene - Day 9  This is like a farrari airplane... - Day 9  The expression here was so funny - Day 9  My not so good snack - Day 9  Tank - Day 9 Old fasioned! - Day 9  Day 9  B/w spiral stairway (I saw plenty of these that day) - Day 9  Wingspan - Day 9 Car paintings - Day 9  I'm driving a train!!...or not! - Day 9  Engines (Those pokey things are to keep the birds off... I'm guessing) - Day 9 The inside of an airplane - Day 9  I'm blue... - Day 9  My very good salad lunch with some apple dessert - Day 9 No these aren't toys.... Day 9  Day 9  Broken glass tracks - Day 9  Rows - Day 9  I have been trying to work on shots like this... I like framing - Day 9  This is a shot I took with it just hanging down from my hand no focus. - Day 9  Triangles!! - Day 9

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/pictures-from-friday/feed/ 0 Heidelberg Castle http://www.skylarogren.com/heidelberg-castle/ http://www.skylarogren.com/heidelberg-castle/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:09:15 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=661 1: Focused hearts - Day 5   2: The stair way to Heidelberg Castle - Day 5  3: Mangled Branches - Day 7  4: Set sail - Day 7  5: Side road shot of village - Day 6  6: Spotted hill along romantic road - Day 6  7: Stone decay - Day 6  8: Onion shaped church tower - Day 6  9: Tower view of Norlinden - Day 6  10: Tower view of Norlinden hotel that we stayed at - Day 5  11: Tower view of Norlinden - Day 5  12: Tower view of markets in Norlinden - Day 5  13: Orange Slices that I got in trouble for taking a picture of - Day 5  14: Door way number 5 - Day 5  15: Church tower I climbed - Day 6  16: Roof Tiles - Day 6  17: Norlinden wall - Day 6  18: A really cool angle shot of a building I saw in Norlinden - Day 6 20: A large building in Norlinden - Day 5 19: Another shot of the church tower in Norlinden - Day 6  21: Music store that was close :( Sad day - Day 5 22: Reflective pond - Day 5  23 - Day 5  24: A golden leaf on the fountain in a small village - Day 5

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/heidelberg-castle/feed/ 0 Romantic Road http://www.skylarogren.com/625/ http://www.skylarogren.com/625/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:04:36 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=625 Here are some of the pictures of the first day down Romantic road and Rothenberg.  I will post more soon!

Cool stone filled walls! A shot from the autobahn of the vineyards. (Day 5) Another shot of the vineyards! The Picnic benches I thought were grave stones from a distance. (Day 5) A hotel across from the parking lot we parked in before seeing Rothenberg (Day 5) The wall of Rothenberg (day 5) Houses from the Rothenberg wall - Day 5 Roof Tiles - Day 5 One of the stones that was placed in the section of wall that the people donated towards. - Day 5 Roof tops and tower construction - Day 5 Houses from the Rothenberg Wall - Day 5 Cool timbers on the outside of a house - Day 5 A tree - Day 5 Some cool objects hanging from the wall of a house in Rothenberg - Day 5 One of the first Ford cars I saw (Taken for my brother Merritt) - Day 5 The golden "E" - Another cool gate that I saw! - Day 5 Some cool ivey that I saw along the road in an alley - Day 5 The same ivy plant from far away - Day 5 This was a cool ball that had water flowing underneath it that made it roll really fast - Day 5A very famous shot of the two arches - Day 5 The market square in Rothenberg - Day 5 Heart Salute, Rothenberg Garden - Day 5 Garden view - Day 5 Garden view - Day 5 My two cousins and aunt spelling love with their hands :) - Day 5 photo taken from the van... really cool wood work! - Day 5 Cool stairs at the base of the church tower in the market square - Day 5 Horse tours in Rothenberg (taken for my sister Abigail!) :) - Day 5

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/625/feed/ 2 Zur Muehler! http://www.skylarogren.com/zur-muehler/ http://www.skylarogren.com/zur-muehler/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:53:08 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=601 This is when we went and ate at “The Mill” or “Zur Muehler” on Friday last week. 

Cousins! (Emily, Me and Ana) 

The Mill - Day 4 

The Stone Table - Day 4 

The Water Mill - Day 4

]]> http://www.skylarogren.com/zur-muehler/feed/ 0 A walk to Felsberg http://www.skylarogren.com/a-walk-to-felsberg/ http://www.skylarogren.com/a-walk-to-felsberg/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:46:09 +0000 Skylar Ogren http://www.skylarogren.com/?p=560 Continue reading →]]> This is the 3rd day I was in Germany and we hiked up on the bluff that was right above the dam we went to the day before.  There was a small town on top with a castle ruin and a small town. 

 Shattered Glass (Day 3) Jesus calms the storm (Day 3)  A shot of the valley on the long climb to Felsberg (Day 3)  The archway into Felsberg (Day 3)  A cool rose in the middle of a black gate (Day 3)  A stairway (Day 3)  An old horse trough (Day 3)  My hot chocolate at Pipenfax Cafe (Day 3)  A church tower (Day 3)  A tower ruin of the castle (Day 3)  Felsberg (Day 3)  My grandpa on a lower tower of the castle - Taken from the high tower (Day 3)  Castle Ruins - Taken from high tower (Day 3)  Me trying to smile, but being attacked by the cold wind (Day 3)  A row of houses (Day 3)  The trail down from the castle (Day 3)  The cool goats we "talked" to (Day 3)  Mr. Goat (Day 3)

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