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Tag: Germany
Getaways without getting away
Balconies in the centre of the town of Heidelberg.
And in Frankfurt – more green, less flowers.
The townhall balcony in Lampertheim – geraniums are the perennial favourites for balcony gardening.
This is more colourful, seen in Ladenburg.
More geraniums, in Weinheim.
No flowers at all, yet the feeling is definitely “holiday in Balconia”.
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:
Linked with Friendly Friday: balconies.
Edited row of houses
All I did was increase backlighting. This was the original photo, taken in the old part of Heidelberg.
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Palace windows
These are windows from the Heidelberg Castle (Renaissance), Gersfeld, Schwetzingen and Mannheim palace (all three Baroque buildings).
Heidelberg, Mannheim and Schwetzingen are in close proximity of each other – one can see that sandstone is a prevalent building material in the area. Gersfeld is not that far away, about the same distance from Frankfurt to the north-east as the others are south.
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Flower
I came upon rows and rows of cup plants along the banks of the river Neckar a few days ago. They are about 2 metres high and non native to Germany but I have no idea whether they are self-seeding or are meant to be there. Their Latin name is silphium perfoliatum.
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Looking in or looking out
“Landscape is my mistress – ’tis to her I look for fame.”
John Constable
More photos inspired by this quote by John Constable can be found at Travel with Intent.
Crank up the volume
For One Word Sunday: Volume. Other loud photos can be found here.
With terrible claws and terrible teeth
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo!
Oh yes, there is! And it lives in our woods. The illustrator Axel Scheffler was there for the Gruffalo’s birthday and the unveiling of the sculpture:
For Six Word Saturday. More six word musings can be found on Travel with Intent.
Garden
Behind the fence there is a garden with a stall selling drinks and snacks.
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