Monday Window: Historic Budapest

On July 8, 2019, we visited Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is really two cities – Buda on the west side of the Danube and Pest on the east side. These photos were all taken in the historic district of Buda, during a walking tour. Posted for Ludwig’s Monday Window challenge, 12/9/19.

CB&WPC: Two By Two

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is Two of Anything.

Monday Window: St. Sebald Church

This week for Ludwig’s Monday Window, I feature the windows of St. Sebald’s Church in Nuremburg, Germany.

CFFC: White Is…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with her color series and this week is WHITE. Snow white Flowery white Bridal white (two weddings) Swan white Architectural white (two styles in Amsterdam) Somber white (American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France) Leisure white Lawn ornament white Prickly white Styrofoam white

Weekly Prompt: Clock the Time

The Weekly Prompts from GC and Me theme is Clock the Time. These photos of clocks are all from our 2019 summer trip to Europe. Most of these clocks are on tall towers. Interestingly, they all use Roman numerals (except the one on a sign), which until recent times was actually quite common. On the […]

Thursday Doors: Two Chicago Churches

I am entering this post into Norm’s Thursday Doors, as part of my tour of Chicago’s places of worship. Today I feature two Roman Catholic churches, St. Edward Church and St. Gregory the Great Church, both on the north side. We visited St. Edward Roman Catholic Church during Open House Chicago, having put it on […]

Monday Window: Windows of Medieval Regensburg

For Ludwig’s Monday Window, I feature here some of the interesting windows in Regensburg, Germany, photographed during a walking tour of the medieval center. To see more, go to my earlier post on Regensburg here.

Thursday Doors: Walking Tour of Regensburg

July 2-3, 2019 We arrived in Regensburg by bus, where our new ship was waiting for us. We had been on the Viking Gefjon up until our arrival in Nuremberg, but the ship could not proceed south on the Danube because of a broken lock! So a sister ship, the Viking Sigyn, which was coming […]

CB&WPC: Brick & Stone

The theme of Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is stone or brick. Mont-St.-Michel, France Miltenberg, Germany Nuremburg, Germany Regensburg, Germany – stumblestone Arlington Heights, IL – stones with messages at The Moorings Tacoma, WA – Rose garden at Point Defiance Park

Thursday Doors: New Neighborhood

For Norm’s Thursday Doors this week, I feature our new neighborhood. (See also my companion post about The Moorings.) Since we moved to The Moorings of Arlington Heights three months ago, I have not confined my walks to the campus – I’ve been exploring the surrounding neighborhood as well! Here are some doors and other […]