Tag: Frankfurt

Getaways without getting away

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Balconies in the centre of the town of Heidelberg.

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And in Frankfurt – more green, less flowers.

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The townhall balcony in Lampertheim – geraniums are the perennial favourites for balcony gardening.

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This is more colourful, seen in Ladenburg.

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More geraniums, in Weinheim.

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No flowers at all, yet the feeling is definitely “holiday in Balconia”.

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The old part of the town of Weinheim is built on an incline.  The rooms behind the lower row of balconies are street level on the other side of the house.  It looks even higher when shown with the more modern houses in front:

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Linked with Friendly Friday: balconies.

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There can only be one.

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Actually, there are, as you can see, at least three.  I saw the above sculpture on a tombstone in an exhibition for graveyard designs. While I think it’s cool I wonder if anybody chose this as an actual tombstone.

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Is DEATH crying?

Eintracht Frankfurt

I took this picture with my phone.  I keep telling myself that I have to go back to this mural with a proper camera.  It is near the home of the Frankfurt football club “Eintracht” – where else?

For One Word Sunday: skull.  More skulls can be found here.

Half a ufo has landed

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The Kronenhochhaus (crowned skyscraper) in Frankfurt, Germany, from the side

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and from below.

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A three-bowed bridge crossing the Neckar near Ladenburg in Southwest Germany.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: curves and circles.

More curvy and round subjects can be found here.

No more take offs

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There once was an American airfield (Maurice Rose Airfield) in the north of Frankfurt.  It was used for helicopters and light aircraft.  It was given up in 1992 and the area was actively reformed to become part of the Frankfurt green belt, a landscape conservation area.  The runway was made narrower but the length of 750 metres was kept.

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For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  For more streets, avenues, paths, roads click on the badge: Cee's-which-way-1

Running on green

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Memories of a St Patrick’s Day are necessarily blurred.  I remember it was fun … And so will be this year’s – even if the Main in Frankfurt won’t be running with green beer, we will be running on beer (and it might even be green).

For more  Paddy’s Day entries on A Photo a Week, have a look here.