Flashback to Freiburg

July 1, 2008

I previously wrote about what I called the bicycle rotundra in Freiburg.  We spent only one afternoon in this university town. It was teeming with young people and the cyclists were fast and furious. In addition to many beautifully maintained (or restored) medieval buildings, the real draw card…the reason that we stopped in Freiburg…is the […]

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Liebieghaus Art Collection

June 30, 2008

In the previous post I mentioned that I got an education in medieval church art. I should have said I got an introduction.  I am no expert (yet!).  But now when I enter one of the churches,  I have a new and different perspective of the art that I see. A couple of days ago […]

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Church Art Up Close

June 27, 2008

I hope you haven’t given up on me.  Our hosts here in Bad Homburg returned from their holiday (we house sat) and so in the last week (in between watching the European cup and eating) we’ve had a world-wind tour of the area.  No time to scribe! I will flashback to do a Freiburg and […]

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An Intro to Freiburg

June 22, 2008

I thought Munich was bicycle crazy.  Look at this Bicycle rotunda in Freiburg.  This was at a train station near the city where people parked their bikes…mostly students.   Freiburg is a university town.   You could rent a bike spot here for 1? a day or 80? per year. Here Slice is going down to the […]

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Making Coffee in the Wohnmobile

June 21, 2008

You will find a link to a Colmar slide show at the end of this post! Well..my Editor has finally caught up with my publications.  Minor corrections have been made…my most serious faux pas occurred on yesterday’s post.   If you look at the keyword list on the right and click the word Correction you can […]

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Kaiser Schmarren and Soccer

June 20, 2008

Something completely different today.  A true German cultural experience!  Last night we stopped in at this very neat little German Gasthaus (tavern).  This was at the late late end of the day (8:00pm) after a good cycle ride all around and through another wonderful royal-sponsored park…these parks are huge…this was the Kurpark (cure park…was a […]

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The Colmar Photo Shortlist

June 19, 2008

I am going through my Colmar photos trying to decide what to publish.  I am limited to 30 photos per slideshow…this limitation is a function of the photo hosting service that I use. So first I quickly peruse through the photos grabbing the best for a shortlist.   Then if there are more than 30 photos…I […]

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Colmar, A Medieval Marvel

June 18, 2008

This is the last of the Ueberlingen photos.   A few more of the 500 year-old church which is called the St Nicolas Minster and it was first establish in 1350…so it is more than 500 years old.   Wahnsinn! Near the end of this this slide set is another church…also first establish in the 14th […]

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Tjampuhan Temple Celebration, Ubud, Bali

June 18, 2008

Perusing my photos for yesterday’s tree post….I was reminded of a video I took in November 2007 in Bali.   Nothing to do with Europe but a nice little diversion.  And since we’ve been seeing so many churches…well it is related in that way…to religion or spiritual practicies.  I’m sure you’ll find it very interesting. Slice […]

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Castles and Trees at Bad Homburg

June 17, 2008

Oh I know I promised a 500 year-old church today but we went for a stroll in an imperial park and I decided that we needed to balance things out with a bit of earthiness. There are all these landscaped parks that were created by the various royal families for their personal pleasure.  Many of […]

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