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

Monday Window: Miltenberg

This is my third post about picturesque Miltenberg, Germany, on the Main River in northern Bavaria. These are a few of the windows in this historic town. Monday Window is a weekly feature and photo challenge sponsored by Ludwig Keck.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Silhouettes

The topic for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #62 is silhouettes. Winter, Des Plaines, Illinois Prairie Lakes Park, Des Plaines, IL Cologne Cathedral and adjacent buildings, about 10 pm, Cologne, Germany Boat in chapel, Magdala, Israel Morning, Sea of Galilee, Israel Morning, Sea of Galilee, Israel Karnak Temple archeological site, Luxor, Egypt

Thursday Doors: Marksburg Castle

Of all the Rhine River hill castles from Bingen to Koblenz, Marksburg Castle is one of only two that has never been destroyed nor fallen into disrepair, so it has been continuously occupied for nearly 700 years. It is located above the city of Braubach in Germany and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The […]

Thursday Doors: Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral is the most noticeable building as you approach this city on the north Rhine River, with its Gothic spires soaring high above the landscape. At 157 meters (515 ft.) ir the third tallest twin-spired church in the world. The towers for its spires make its façade the tallest in the world. From the […]

Mont St.-Michel, France (Thursday Doors)

June 19, 2019 Ever since I first saw a photo of Mont St.-Michel, on the Normandy coast of France, it’s been on my bucket list. I first looked it up when my dad referred to it in one of his letters to my mother when he was a U.S. Navy officer stationed off the coast […]

Bayeux: Tapestry and Cathedral

The city of Bayeux, in the province of Normandy, France, has three main tourist attractions. The first is a famous tapestry that tells the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy’s successful campaign to invade and take over England. William became king of England, later passing the throne to his […]