The Pantheon in Rome - Opened since 126 AD

Pantheon - Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Roma, Italy 

Post by Michael LaPalme.

Post by Michael LaPalme.

Post by Michael LaPalme.

Winter Weekend in Amsterdam

The reason I created this blog was so that I would have a place online to share my travel and photography experiences. Sometimes, if my work schedule becomes too hectic my photography and blog take a back seat to my professional commitments.  As spring is quickly approaching the rest of the world, I wanted to post some photos from a short weekend trip to Amsterdam I took during February of 2014.

MC Escher Inspired Selfie in Amsterdam

I was on-site working for a client of mine in Europe and jumped on a quick flight over to the Dutch capital one short weekend

Houses along one of Amsterdam's canals

Store front in Amsterdam's Chinatown

Beautiful statue along Amsterdam's Canal 

Life along Amsterdam's canals

Bicycles rule in this city.

Closed for business this early in the morning.

Beautiful, quiet neighborhoods

Public street art

National Monument Dam Square

National Monument Dam Square

Blue hour over old churches and canals in Amsterdam

Dutch take-away food very popular with residents

Blue hour in Amsterdam city center

Statue near red light district

Tagged by local and international visitors.

At first light the city is quite calm and peaceful.

Psychedelic storefront selling magic truffles and other mind altering substances

Bangkok Shutdown 2014

Thai monk during his morning alms rounds on my street in Bangkok

As the political situation in Thailand continues to worsen it is unclear if and when the city will return to normal. Not all of Bangkok resembles a war zone... In neighborhoods outside of the protest areas life goes on as normal. People in Bangkok seem to be enjoying the lack of traffic and peace  on the city streets. The photo above was taken with my camera phone as I was out walking the dogs this past week.