If you know Wagner and his Ring cycle, you know about Siegfried and the dragon. The Nibelungen are said to have had their palace in Worms, in the Upper Rhine Plain. So no wonder that images of dragons can be found in the town.
For Monday Murals. More murals and graffiti can be found here.
Worms, a town on the Rhine between Mannheim and Mainz, can trace its origines back to the years B.C. and the citizens were challenged to incorporate old walls and buildings into the modern lay-out throughout the ages. The town walls we see today were built from the 12th century onwards on foundations dating back to walls of the Roman military garrissn that stood here in the first century A.D. The big gate to one of the bridges crossing the River Rhine is much newer, and the houses can be anything from a few decades to a few centuries old.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More ways, paths, streets, etc. can be found here.
A courtyard in the old part of town where an old streetlamp has found shelter from the urban renewal going on outside.
For Black & White Sunday, a trace of the past. More traces can be found here.
January was far too mild but the last couple of weeks we had a little snow and since then we had a few wonderful crispy, cold, sunny days – although the snow is all but gone.
For A Photo A Week with the theme weather. More climate related shots can be found here.
An outing into the woods to savour the little bit of snow we had during the last couple of days.
First the road, leading up into the hills.
Light and shadow playing on the surface.
A path branching off.
Walking amongst the trees.
Snow crackling under the feet.
The path circling a hill.
And leading back to the road and the parking.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More roads, paths, walkways can be be found here.
Weinheim, in southwestern German, is known as the “two castle town” although “two fortress town” would be more accurate. The lower one, called Windeck, is a ruin, more than a thousand years old. The Wachenburg is a relatively new building, only about 100 years old, constructed as a venue for student fraternities of technical universities. I like this shot because it shows the two castles from a different perspective than the usual photos of them.
Technically, the town should even be called “three castle town” – as there is also a proper castle, the small palace of the local count. My parents’ house is close, actually their garden borders the wall surrounding the castle grounds. This photo is quite unusual and does the whole structure a bit of a disservice but I like it because it is how I used to look up to the tower as a child, through the branches of the large cedar (said to be the oldest in Germany). My dad used to work in this building (it houses the town council nowadays) and one can just see the window of his office in the bottom right corner.
Another wonderful feature and tourist attraction is the botanical garden “Hermannshof” which features many trees planted 200 years ago. It is a pleasure to visit any time of year. This photograph was taken in early summer.
This is for The Daily Post, sharing photos of the place I live – again, after being away for many years. Other people showing off their world can be found here.
A schoolyard in Hesse, slightly faded. For Monday Murals.
Last weekend we went on a “red wine walk”, which is basically a stroll through the vinyards and along the way there are tents where one can sample the local wine (not necessarily red) and a variety of food. At the first station people pay a deposit for their wine glass and keep drinking while they walk, replenishing whenever they feel like it.
The amount of people is quite astounding, even though the weather was not at its best but at least it was dry. And the wine helped to combat weather.
The paths vary from paved tracks to field roads and dirt tracks.
And a lot of fun was had by all. Despite the miserable weather.
More roads, paths, tracks, avenues, and highways can be found on Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
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