Tag: Germany

Modern arcade

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This arcade is on the “upper lake” in Böblingen. The area around two lakes in the middle of town was revamped for the “Landesgartenschau” in the late 1990, a horticultural show.  When a town is chosen to host the show it is usually done in such a way that the areal can be kept and benefit the inhabitants for years to come.  I couldn’t find an explanation for this very tall and very barren – and indeed very vertical – arcade on the lakeside.  It provides shade and makes for very nice reflections, though.

For One Word Sunday: vertical.

More photos illustrating this theme can be found here.

A place with a view

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This is Günzburg, just over 100 km to the south of Rothenburg where Nancy took her photograph.  Click here to go to her A Photo A Week Challenge and find other photos featuring towns or cities.

Wie ein bunter Hund

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bunter Hund

When the far-right party AFD started to agitate people against refugees in the autumn of 2015,  many people in our town started to stand up against them. They rallied behind the  slogan Weinheim bleibt bunt – Weinheim will stay colourful, meaning that diversity was welcomed.  Very soon a symbol was created – that of the colourful dog.  The reference is to a German saying when somebody is known all over town that he stands out like a dog of many colours.  

For A Photo a Week: colourful.

More colourful photos can be found here.

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.

Come blow your horn

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No, I’m not Frank Sinatra but feel free to take your pick. The choice of horns is yours:

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The sign of the hotel “Adler-Post” in Schwetzingen.

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Less ornate but rich in contrast, the restaurant “Post” in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Nachtwächter

A mural in Bensheim – night watchmen carried a lamp, a hellbarde, and a horn.

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Passing on the knowledge to the next generation.

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A magnificent set of horns on this he-goat.

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And a more whimsical set of horns on this cow,

A horned theme for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.  More horny photos can be found here.

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I am watching you …

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from a the distance …

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The skyline of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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People on the beach near Bamburg Castle
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Lake Brienz in Switzerland

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: in the distance.

More removed photos can be found here.

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Feeling blue – in a good way

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I don’t know if that exquisite blue flower was the blue flower of the romantics but it could be.  It can be found next to fields (hence its common name “Wegwarte” in German, which could be translated as “watcher on the path”) but Common Chicory has practical applications in ersatz-coffee making.

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In the blue yonder with a blue balloon.

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The side entrance of the restaurant known as “Blue Monkey” (“Blauer Aff“).

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For One Word Sunday.

More blue photos can be found here.