Dries Buytaert

Photos

My life in photos: the people I love and the places we go.

Photos from August 2026

Boats and crowds fill Amsterdam's canals for the WorldPride 2026 Canal Parade.
We stopped in Amsterdam for a couple of days without realizing it was WorldPride. The city was packed with happy people, and it was nice to see everyone celebrating together.

· Miscellaneous

A hiker holds a pole flying the Albanian flag at a mountain pass, with jagged peaks behind him.
Stan holds the Albanian flag at the summit of the Theth to Valbona Pass.

· Albania

A hiker with a backpack stands on a rocky peak with arms outstretched, facing a vast range of green and gray mountains.
Stan looks out across the Albanian Alps while hiking the trail between Theth and Valbona.

· Albania

A small stone church with a wooden shingle roof and cross-topped steeple set against rugged mountains.
Kisha e Thethit, the small church at the heart of Theth.

· Albania

Woman in a red dress and sunglasses holding up a glass of red wine at an outdoor restaurant during golden hour.
We had a great dinner at a family-run restaurant in the hills near Berat. They made their own wine and cheese, raised their own chickens, and grew their own vegetables.

· Albania

Tourists stroll and sit at cafes on a cobblestone street lined with shops in an old town.
Gjirokastër's UNESCO-listed historic center is known for its cobbled streets and Ottoman-era stone houses.

· Albania

Wooden beehives in green and yellow on a dry grassy hillside.
One day, I'd love to have a few beehives of my own.

· Albania

A man leaps off a wooden dock into the ocean as a woman in sunglasses swims nearby watching.
Stan does a backflip off the dock while Vanessa watches from the water.

· Albania

Numbered gondolas of a Ferris wheel against a muted teal sky, with the metal spoke framework visible.
Early in the evening, the Ferris wheel was already turning, but no one had arrived yet. Nights tend to start later in Albania.

· Albania

A woman prepares drinks inside a camper van with its sliding door open on a rainy day.
Anneleen gets the aperitif ready in her van while it rains outside.

· Barvaux

A full moon glows over a fog-covered meadow framed by silhouetted trees.
The moon rising over a meadow covered in mist.

· Barvaux

A man and two young children make coffee with a portable press at a table in front of a camper van.
When you're camping, coffee takes three times as long to make but tastes three times as good.

· Barvaux

A family washing dishes together in soapy basins at a campsite, with a van in the background.
Only when you're camping does washing the dishes become part of the fun.

· Barvaux

A man rests his hand on his chin while examining a tangle of colorful wires.
Stefaan used an ESP32 to build a light pole with LED strips that react to music. When it stopped working, Ben started tinkering.

· Barvaux