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Betws-y-Coed (“Prayer house in the wood”) is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It has a population of 534. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English ‘bed-hus’ – ie. a bead-house – a house of prayer, or oratory. The earliest record of the name is ‘Betus’, in 1254.

Tokyo at Night Long Exposure HDR Photography in Japan [photo] The ultimate urban metropolis, this is Tokyo, Japan. This photo was taken in the Shinjuku district on a rather busy weekend night. I had seen several jaw dropping photos of Tokyo over the years and couldn’t wait to see all the amazing neon lights and [...]

Bodiam Castle Photo in Monochrome, East Sussex, England [photo] Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years’ [...]

Bled Castle in HDR, on Bled Lake in Bled, Slovenia [photo] “According to a legend which stayed with the people, the temple of the ancient Slavic goddess Živa, once stood in the place of the current Baroque church. Priest Staroslav and his daughter Bogomila guarded it when ?rtomir came to the island. The temple disappeared [...]

Fields of Hormaz Jeruzalem in Ormoz, Slovenia – an HDR Postcard [photo] Jeruzalem in the Hormoz (or Ormaz, as it’s better known internationally) area of Slovenia. This is the center of Slovenian wine production and heart of Slovenia’s wine country. Ormož is a town and municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank [...]