Monday Window: Dohany St. Synagogue

The Dohany St. Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue, in Budapest, Hungary, is the largest synagogue in Europe and the 4th largest in the world. It can accommodate close to 3,000 worshippers. The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, incorporating decoration based on Islamic models from North Africa […]

Monday Windows: Germany

I haven’t been many places lately, for obvious reasons, so most of my photography the last several months has been of nature. So I dipped back into my archives of our trip to Europe last year to find some interesting specimens for Ludwig’s Monday Window challenge this week. Here are some windows in Wurzburg and […]

Monday Window: Windows With Grates

For Ludwig’s Monday Window Challenge, I am looking back at a cruise we took to the Panama Canal, stopping at several Central American Pacific ports on the way back. All these windows have grates. One of them, however, was taken in Jerusalem last year. León, Nicaragua Antigua, Guatemala The purple sashes were there because it […]

Monday Window: Historic Woodstock, IL

My husband and I had to get away from the quarantine for awhile, so in April we drove out of town and ended up in Woodstock, Illinois. It has a historic downtown, including an opera house! Here are some of its historic district’s windows, for Ludwig’s Monday Window challenge. The opera house Historic downtown Shop […]

Monday Window: Passau, Germany

These are random windows in Passau, Germany that I took last July, for Ludwig’s Monday Window photo challenge.

Monday Window: Dominus Flevit Church

(Visited January 13, 2019) This little “teardrop” Catholic church outside the walls of Old Jerusalem is called Dominus Flevit, which means “The Lord Weeps,” representing Jesus weeping about the future destruction of Jerusalem. Here is the same window from the inside, framing old Jerusalem with the Golden Dome as a recognizable landmark. The church is […]

Monday Window: Ocean Life at Brookfield Zoo

Taking the theme from Ludwig for his Monday Window photo challenge, here are some windows into marine life at Brookfield Zoo. Jellyfish

Monday Window: Chagall

One of the “must-sees” at the Chicago Art Institute is the Chagall windows. They are located at the end of a long hallway, in the same room with replicas of other famous artists’ Chicago artwork (such as the Picasso sculpture whose original is in front of the Daley Center). Posted for Ludwig Keck’s Monday Window […]

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.

Monday Window: St. Sebald Church

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