Tag: Mannheim

Winter Water Lights

We were at the local winter night lights show. The venue is a park with a large pond and a circular waterway. The illuminated trees make lovely patterns in the water. Water, Water Everywhere

Run, Run, Run, Jump!

I’m cheating a bit today. We went to a winter lights show yesterday with our grandson. I took photos with my camera, and he took photos with my cell phone. This photo, obviously, was made by him. Cellpic Sunday

Playground Protection

The playground on Herschelplatz in Mannheim is surrounded by traffic. Rather than protecting the playing children with a boring old railing they put up waves. Monochrome Madness: Some Things from a City

Across the Bridge

Crossing the river Neckar in Mannheim can be done on different bridges. This is the newest of them all, a bridge for pedestrians only. It’s the Collini-Steg – named after an intimate friend of Voltaire, Cosimo Alessandro Collini lived at the Mannheim court, considered an esteemed scientist, … Continue reading Across the Bridge