Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
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The Sagrada Família from the hills above Barcelona, cranes still at work on a church begun in 1882, with the Mediterranean behind.
Court of Honor, Chambord, France
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The long, straight walk up to Château de Chambord. The closer you get, the more chimneys and turrets crowd its roof.
Grosser Muristalden, Bern, Switzerland
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Bern’s bears live in a park by the river, below the old town. This one was taking a summer evening stroll past its pile of branches.
Neuschwansteinstraße, Schwangau, Germany
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Neuschwanstein from the trail above it, small against the Allgäu’s patchwork fields, with the Forggensee shining in the distance.
That's the first photo, from August 2013.