Rome ...

Sharing the ground with the ghosts of gladiators past (summer 2003)

Caesar's glory is no match to Nature's beauty.

Trivia: Shorts are not allowed inside the Vatican.

Spagna is a good vantage point for spiritual reflection above Rome.

Praying above Paris in front of Sacré Coeur

Sacré Coeur (the highest place in Paris)

Eiffel Tower (a tourist trap)

Why does it look so familiar? I am still in Paris, right?

The Mix between the old and the new (Musee Dulouvre and Palais)

The changing faces of Europe (Street Market, Paris)

The most magnificent building ever seen (especially at night)

I used to confuse the Tower Bridge with the London Bridge.

They say that the Queen's Guards don't move. They are wrong.

The end is the beginning (Cemetery by the Durham Castle)

King's College, Cambridge University (also a tourist trap)

Gateshead Millennium Bridge (popularly known as the Blinking Eye Bridge), Newcastle, England

Old Town Heidelberg (Altstadt)

Heidelberg Park is ruled by geese.

Neckarsteinarch near Heidelberg is a quiet place for reflection.

My German, Swiss, Pakistani and Chinese collaborators at Max Planck. Chris Pauli (center back row) died on August 25, 2007 (about 4 years after this picture was taken).