Yep, It’s Cold…

Well, somehow I’m in Budapest. I had meant to stay in Austria, but it being the holidays means that people just come out of nowhere and book everything up; so my usual lack of planning doesn’t work so well. I’m actually quite lucky to have a place for the next few days, then everything will go back to normal and I can wander about without much concern. I had really meant to stay in Switzerland, but I ended up in northern Italy for some rock climbing and some photos, so then went to Austria. Oh ya, its pretty cold these days as well, -5c when I was walking around Vienna the other day, good fun.

Adventures in the Alps

The snow has finally arrived…

© cody duncan photography.  snowy mountain peaks, Bernese alps, Switzerland

© cody duncan photography.  snowy mountain peaks, Bernese alps, Switzerland

© cody duncan photography.  Barn in snow storm in Gimmelwald, Switzerland

Ice cave:

We traveled hundreds of feet up through the frozen darkness, only headlamps to light the way. The roof, sometimes high, sometimes low, peeled off in delicate layers, often nearly reaching the floor. One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

© cody duncan photography.  person in glacier ice cave, Bernese alps, Switzerland

© cody duncan photography.  ceiling of glacier ice cave, Bernese alps, Switzerland

© cody duncan photography.  person in glacier ice cave, Bernese alps, Switzerland

Seconds after this picture was taken, the entire hanging section collapsed to the ground from just a gentle touch. One definately feels their mortality in a place such as this.

Germany: War in the Forest

Boom!… Boom, Boom, Boom! rat, tat tat tat tat… As large explosions shake the earth then the rattle of machine gun fire fill the silence. Interesting background noise as I’m wandering in a dark and foggy forest on the border of a US military weapons range. It’s 9:00 at night right now, and I can still hear the explosions in the distance; sounds a bit like thunder…

© Cody Duncan photography.  Foggy German Forest, Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography.  Foggy German Forest, Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography. Catholic monument in German forest, Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography.  German forest, Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography.  warning sign at border of American army base in Germany

© Cody Duncan photography.  Foggy German Forest, Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography.  Foggy German powerlines Bavaria

© Cody Duncan photography. winter trees in Germany

© Cody Duncan photography. winter trees in Germany

© Cody Duncan photography. Nightime view of Heidelberg, germany