WWE: Bamberg, Germany

For Granny Shot It’s daily Water, Water Everywhere, here are a few shots of lovely Bamberg, Germany featuring water. Bamberg lies at the confluence of the Regnitz and Main Rivers, and from here going south, boats enter a series of locks to get to the Danube. This is one of two bridges that connect the Rathaus […]

FOTD: Roses in Bamberg

These roses grow in the Rose Garden of the Neue Residenz (New Residence), the former palace of the prince-bishops of Bamberg. Check out the blooms and signs of fall at Cee’s FOTD 10/11/19.

Thursday Doors: Walking Tour of Bamberg, Germany

Day 7 (July 1, 2019) of our Viking Grand European Tour river cruise was spent in the beautiful city of Bamberg, Germany. We arrived at the picturesque harbor in the early afternoon. Bamberg was founded in 902 and is famous for its symphony orchestra and rauchbier, smoked beer. The city marks the northern end of […]

CFFC: Circles Everywhere

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Circles, Curves and Arches, and for this post I am focusing only on circles, which are abundant! Circles are everywhere – in nature, in art, in architecture, in daily life. I find circles in modern sculpture, art museums, light fixtures, in decorative displays, floor patterns, and buildings. Circles are […]

Wurzburg Windows

For the photo challenges Ludwig Keck’s Monday Windows and Becky’s October Square, this post on Würzburg features the windows and lines of the city’s historic architecture. (The first two photos are squares.) This one is my favorite window photo. (There are squares and geometric lines in it too!) The Baroque architecture of the prince-bishop’s palace, […]

Thursday Doors: Würzburg Walking Tour

This week for Norm’s Thursday Doors challenge, I continue our tour of Würzburg at some of the city’s Catholic churches. Other interesting doors in Wurzburg: Other Wurzburg scenes

CFFC: Rectangles & Squares

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the theme rectangles and squares.

FOTD: Flowering Bush

This is either a flowering bush or a bush of flowers! I thought it was so striking when I saw it and admired the different colors in the same bush. Photograph taken in Würzburg, Germany on June 30, 2019 and posted for Cee’s FOTD 9/30/19.

AOTD: Musician’s Best Friend

I captured these two in a narrow street behind St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Passau, Germany. The dog seems to be guarding the euro coins passers-by have put into the musician’s makeshift bowl. Posted for IdahoBlueBird’s Animal of the Day (AOTD) 9/28/19.

Thursday Doors: the Würzburger Residenz, Würzburg, Germany

June 30, 2019 On a walking tour of the city of Würzburg, Germany, we first visited the palace of the Prince-Bishop, known informally as the Residenz. The palace was built in Austrian/South German Baroque style, with some influence of the French Style, commissioned by Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn in 1720 and […]