Have you ever experienced this feeling of being on the road driving to somewhere and then seeing a breathtaking landscape in front of you, so nice that you feel the urge to stop and take a picture? Some weeks ago we went

to visit an interesting open air museum in the middle of Switzerland, and just before we arrived at this place, we stumbled upon this amazing landscape with the snowy Alps in the background, reflected in the calm waters of a lake, surrounded by some green hills. Fortunately, we found a place on the road to park the car and to take this picture. There is no doubt this country has some amazing landscapes!

If you have been following this photoblog, I think you are not going to be surprised if I mention Berlin is one of my favorite cities in Europe. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit it one more time, and since I stayed with some friends living in the south part of the city I got to see the area around Templehof, including the former airport that is now a huge open green space. In a truly Berlin style, it has an art mini-golf in the middle of the park where we got some water, and this is where I took this picture. During the weekend I was visiting Berlin, there was a referendum to keep the Tempelhof park 100% public, and it passed with around 65% of the votes in favor of the initiative. Therefore, the Berliners will keep enjoying this huge and popular park in the city. Well done!.

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit London one more time. In my opinion, the British capital is always an interesting place to visit, offering so many things to do, places to visit, and food to eat, that it is hard to decide what to do. This time around I was staying in the Paddington area near Hyde Park, and I tried the London (aka "Boris") Bikes for the first time. Since the weather was pleasant, it turned out to be an excellent decision. I started my ride in Hyde Park, passed by Buckingham Palace, continued all the way through The Mall, and ended up in Charing Cross where I finished the trip. It's here where I took this picture of Trafalgar Square. The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory off the southern Spanish coast during the Napoleonic Wars. I really like the view you get from the stairs of the National Gallery.

Last Thursday I read in my tech feeds that Google had released a standalone camera app in the Play Store, to simulate depth-of-field lens-blur effects programmatically to the shots taken with the phone. Since I had updated my "old" galaxy nexus maguro to CM11 the night before I decided to give a go to this new app.

Some weeks ago I was showing my brother the map on this photoblog containing the different cities I had visited during the years I have been living in Europe, and he asked me about Amsterdam. I hadn't noticed, but I realized I haven't published any picture yet from the famous Dutch capital, and since I recently had a connecting flight passing through Schiphol, I thought that was a good opportunity to take a good picture for ConEuropean. One of the most fascinating parts of Amsterdam is its canal system, conceived as part of the city planning in the 17th century. In this picture you can observe one of these canals at night, with the church of St. Nicholas in the background.

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