Grand Canyon, North Rim: 2004

During this trip we did not only visit the South Rim like in '95 and '98. This time we took the opportunity to take a look into the Grand Canyon from the impressive North Rim as well.

Mount Hayden

This photo was published in the Time To Travel Agenda 2005.

Paris, the city of lights: 2002

The Eiffel Tower:

The tower stands 324 meter tall. It was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle, a World's Fair.

 

Building the Eiffel Tower:

March 15, 1888

September 15, 1888

December 26, 1888

March 12, 1889

Arc de Triomphe:

This triumphal arch was commissioned by Napoleon  to commemorate his victories.

Centre Pompidou, Stravinski Fontain

Louvre, Pyramid

The Louvre and its pyramid starred in the Da Vinci Code, the novel by Dan Brown (2003), and in the 2006 film based on the world famous book.

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

Mount Etna, National Geographic 2: 2002

Mount Etna ignites, our contribution to the forum of the april 2002 issue of the Dutch/Belgian National Geographic magazine on the 2001 eruption of Mount Etna.

Mount Etna, National Geographic 1: 2002

Mount Etna ignites, the cover of the February 2002 issue of the Dutch/Belgian National Geographic magazine.

Mount Etna ignites: 2001

August 2001: only a few days before our trip to Sicily, Mount Etna ignites.

A satellite image showing a plume emanating from Mount Etna and stretching over 600 km south-eastward across the Mediterranean Sea towards Libya.

Near the town of Nicolosi we were able to climb to the active vent of Mount Etna. The sound, the smell and the sight on the active volcano: a dream come true!

August 9: the 2001 eruption of Mount Enta enters its last phase. Tourists approach the active volcanic vent.

 

Nefertiti, the bust: 2001

Impressed by Egypt in 1996 we had to see the world famous bust of queen Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum during our visit to Berlin.

"And the heiress, great in the palace, fair of face, adorned with the double plumes, mistress of happiness, endowed with favours, at hearing whose voice the king rejoices, the chief wife of the king, his beloved, the lady of the two lands, Nefertiti, may she live for ever and always."

Inscription on a stelae of Queen Nefertiti's husband Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center: 2000

10 November 2000, 12:14 PM. Boeing Delta 2 rocket 7925 lifts off from pad 17A and roars to space. The sight, the sound: a once-in-a-lifetime experience from the pier in Jetty Park!