Bavaria

Bavaria holds the status of Free State of Bavaria and covers more than 70'000 km^2 in the southeast of Germany, which makes it the largest of the 16 german states.

Recommended links: Bayern.by, Bayern.de, Wikipedia.de, Wikipedia.en

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Fagus (beech)

A group of deciduous trees with species in Asia (five species), North America (Fagus grandifolia), and Europe (Fagus sylvatica). Especially of the European Beech (F. sylvatica), there exist many varieties, for example weeping beech or purple beech, which are planted as ornamentals.


Recommended links: Kew Royal Botanical Gardens (Fagus sylvatica), Wikipedia (beech), Wikipedia (Fagus sylvatica)

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Bretton Woods, NH, USA

Bretton Woods is a place in New Hampshire (USA). It is located at the foot of Mount Washington and surrounded by the White Mountains. The old, grand Mount Washington Hotel was the venue for the Bretton Woods conference of 1944, which lead to the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.


Recommended links: Mount Washington Resort, Tripadvisor, Wikipedia

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• November 2013 print: Red maple swirl

Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens)

A greenish hummingbird with a short bill that inhabits montane regions between 1500-2400 m in Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. 


Recommended links: Avibase, Internet Bird Collection, Ray Wilson Photography, Wikipedia

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• Ray's birds: Hummingbirds

Berchtesgaden Alps

A remote and wild mountain area in the south-eastern most part of Germany and also a National Park. The beautiful fjord-like lake "Königsee" is in the center of the park and reaches into the mountains. Famous mountains include the Watzmann, Hochkalter, Hundstod, Kahlersberg or Hochkönig (which is already in Austria).


Recommended links: Berchtesgadener.com (german), Berchtesgadeninfo.de, Berchtesgadener-Land.com (english), Königsee.com, Wikipedia (english), Wikipedia (german)

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-In memoriam of my Konica FT-1

Bastia

A port on the eastern coast of the french island Corsica.


Recommended links: Bastia.fr, Lonely planet, tripadvisor, Wikipedia

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Boston

Boston is the capital of Massachusetts, the largest city of this state and, among other things, home to the most renowned Universities of the world.


Recommended links: Boston Public Garden (Wikipedia), City of Boston, Harvard University, MIT,  Tripadvisor, Visit Boston, Wikipedia

Blog posts: Intertwined lights and shadows in Boston