On the 4th of July, the day we spent the morning in Passau, Germany, we opted for an afternoon tour to the small town of Schärding, Austria (population approx. 5,000). Passau and Schärding are essentially border towns. We even crossed a bridge on the Inn River that had a small metal plaque in the middle […]
Read More Thursday Doors: A Walk Through Schärding, AustriaThe German city of Passau is located in Bavaria very close to the Austrian border, at the confluence of three rivers: The Danube, the Inn and the Itz. It was the last German city we stopped at during our cruise last June-July. We arrived at Passau on the U.S. Independence Day, July 4. This post […]
Read More Thursday Doors: Passau Walking TourCee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is Two of Anything.
Read More CB&WPC: Two By TwoJuly 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 […]
Read More Thursday Doors: Walking Tour of RegensburgThe theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this month is colors; this week is Blue. Three fire hydrants painted blue, Arlington Heights, IL
Read More CFFC: BlueI had Norm’s Thursday Doors in mind when, two weekends ago, we went into the city for Open House Chicago. I took some random pictures of doors as we drove down the street. Most of these were on Belmont Avenue. This is not a door, but a gate is a portal, an entryway, so I […]
Read More Thursday Doors: Belmont Ave. & MoreLast Saturday, we participated in the annual Open House Chicago event, in which over 300 buildings are open to the public. People can tour these buildings and most have volunteers that can answer questions about the building or organization housed there. For Norm’s Thursday Doors this week, I feature some of the doors we saw […]
Read More Thursday Doors: Open House ChicagoThe main lines in this door can be traced to make M, N, X and Z. Posted for Becky’s October Square: Lines and Squares 10/15/19.
Read More October Square: Today Is Brought to You By the Letters M, N, X and ZThis 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
Read More Thursday Doors: Würzburg Walking TourCee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the theme rectangles and squares.
Read More CFFC: Rectangles & Squaresage is just a (biggish) number
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