Desi and I both kept a watchful eye for interesting birds to photograph, and across Europe ended up with a few. Many ended up just being pigeons, but it was fun all the same. There are quite a few birds (especially from London) that I hadn’t seen before, so that was a real treat. But my absolute favourite would have to be this little duckling:

I took many photos of flowers through Europe, both wild and garden-variety. We found ourselves along a few forested paths in our travels. These paths were full of various wildflowers in bloom, and I took the time to photograph as many as I could. These flowers were found all across Europe, from Varna to London. See how many you can recognize!

Our trip through Europe was a fantastic experience, including all of the different foods and drinks we tried. Many of the dishes in Bulgaria were familiar to Desi, but nearly all were new to me. I’m sure we both enjoyed trying new foods throughout our travels, even when we didn’t know exactly what we were getting:

Another series from Europe would be traffic lights. Though I didn’t garb them from every country, I did snap quite a few photos of them. I was curious what differences I would find from country to country – the differences were less noticable that I had hoped. Even still, it was a fun experiment!

Throughout our trip across Europe, I took a photo with my fisheye lens inside each cathedral and church that we visited. The results were beyond what I could have expected:

Most of these wonderful buildings have archways and symmetrical designs – which can be beautifully enhanced with the distortion caused by the 180 degree view of a fisheye lens:

You see more of the architecture this way, such as the windows on the sides that wouldn’t be in the frame with a regular lens. The fisheye effect can get old fast – but I love what it does to churches and cathedrals. Here’s the full set: