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Tranquil escape from Berlin’s hustle and bustle

22 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Berlin, Germany

Adjacent to Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin is a luscious urban park, a bit of an oasis embedded in the heart of Germany’s capital city. Walk past the well-manicured flower gardens adjacent to the palace buildings, above, to find something a little more untamed, like this quiet spot below. These photos are from my visit to Berlin last year.

Berlin, Germany

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Colonnade in Potsdam

21 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Potsdam, Berlin, Germany

Seen about a year ago: Some of the majestic columns in a former royal palace building at Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. The structure is now part of the campus of the University of Potsdam.

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Royal welcome

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Berlin, Germany

Another photo from my visit to Europe last year: more treasures from antiquity on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin.

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Gazing from the past

19 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Berlin, Germany

One of the many Egyptian artifacts kept in the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany. Snapped this photo on a visit there last year.

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Hold the torch high

18 Monday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Berlin, Germany

From my visit to Berlin last year, strolling along the Spree River, if I recall correctly.

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Lumberjack

17 Sunday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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London, England, U.K.

Some random art spotted last September on an exterior wall, spotted as I strolled down a side street not too far from King’s Cross-St. Pancras station in London.

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St. Pancras hotel, London

16 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, history, London, photography, random, Travel, urban

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St. Pancras, London, England, U.K.

A view of the St. Pancras hotel, seen about a year ago (!) from my hostel room in London.

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Twisted link

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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London, England, U.K.

An elevated pedestrian walkway made less-ordinary thanks to a little extra visual something. Spotted near Covent Garden in London last year.

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Suburbia, framed

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary’s Tuscany neighbourhood in deep suburbia, seen a few months ago through the frame of a soccer net.

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Sidewalk hopscotch

12 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A temporary diversion seen on Calgary’s Stephen Avenue several weeks ago.

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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