California

Central Valley

During Thanksgiving, we went to see the world. Toward the Sierra Nevada, we passed through the Central Valley, the San Joaquin valley, and part of the prairie.

41 Pictures in 2 Albums

Coachella Valley Preserve

A nature reserve close to the town of Thousand Palms, mainly featuring the identically named oasis. Due to the rush hour traffic in Los Angeles, we only arrived by early evening, which didn't allow us much time for photography.

18 Pictures

Death Valley National Park

Images of the hottest, driest, and lowest altitude desert.

290 Pictures in 5 Albums

Half Moon Bay

13 Pictures

Joshua Tree National Park

The national park encompasses two deserts of different characteristics. Besides the special plant and wildlife, an excellent view of the Coachella Valley is gained.

57 Pictures

Los Angeles

City of angels...

16 Pictures

Mojave National Preserve

“A land of lost rivers, with little in it to love; yet a land that once visited must be come back to inevitably. If it were not so there would be little told of it.” —Mary Austin, Land of Little Rain.

58 Pictures in 2 Albums

Monterey

88 Pictures in 3 Albums

Mountain View

63 Pictures in 1 Album

Muir Woods

A gorgeous redwood forest fortunately declared National Monument in 1908 by T. Roosevelt.

27 Pictures

San Francisco

The city that's so dear to us that we are willing to overlook all its faults...

364 Pictures in 9 Albums

Sierra Nevada / Sequoia National Park

Sequoia, a world of giant sequoia trees, condors, and boundless ancient pine forests.

51 Pictures

Sierra Nevada / Yosemite National Park

If you want to see Yosemite, prepare for strenuous hikes and large elevation gains! This is the world of rock climbers, nature lovers, as well as of “cultourists” (after Istvan Benedek) at the same time.

175 Pictures

Stanford University

Beautiful campus in Stanford (the city) near Palo Alto.

51 Pictures

University of California at Berkeley

Located in Berkeley, UC Berkeley has a fairly pleasant campus in a very nice environment. In the 60s, it was also one of the centers of the hippie movement.

57 Pictures