Sept. 18, 2020

Pfalzgrafenstein (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 -…

You may have seen castle Pfalzgrafenstein before, but might not have noticed it. It was on one of the photos in this post about another castle, Burg Gutenfels.…

by bjornroose

Sept. 17, 2020

Oestrich (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 2

In the first post of this two parts series I mentioned we stopped in Oestrich mainly because of the historical wine crane. In this post two photos of that crane…

by bjornroose

Sept. 17, 2020

Oestrich (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 1

Oestrich is - and since that goes for nearly every town we visited during this December 2019 trip, it will not surprise you - sitting on one of the banks of the…

by bjornroose

Sept. 16, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 10

by bjornroose

Sept. 16, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 9

After all those towers (see here, here and here), one could start thinking there's nothing in between the fortifications. Which is of course wrong ...

by bjornroose

Sept. 16, 2020

Greater New York 2020 & Up | Part 33

by vladmeytin

Sept. 15, 2020

Coniston Hall

This is Coniston Hall, near Coniston Water and Coniston village in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England. It's over 400 years old, grade II listed,…

by peterfinch

Sept. 17, 2020

Glow

by briansearwar

Sept. 17, 2020

Death to the Heretics

by briansearwar

Sept. 15, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 8

To end the series of towers: Koblenzer Torturm (Koblenz gate tower), Kölner Turm (Cologne tower), Roter Turm (Red tower), Steingassenturm (Stone Alley tower)…

by bjornroose

Sept. 15, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 7

As I mentioned in the previous post, there's plenty of towers in Oberwesel. Here's another pair of them: the Katzenturm (Cats tower) and Ochsenturm (Oxes tower)…

by bjornroose

Sept. 14, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 6

So, you saw a few of the Oberwesel towers after sunset (see here) and those of the castle (see here and here), but Oberwesel used to be a fortified town and…

by bjornroose

Sept. 14, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 5

I introduced you to castle Schönburg in the previous post. So, without further ado, here's the rest of the photos.

by bjornroose

Sept. 14, 2020

Don't just do something, stand there!

by jtd99

Sept. 12, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 4

Of course Oberwesel is more than sunset (see here) and sunrise (see here and here). It's also, for instance, the castle Schönburg. The castle has been high…

by bjornroose

Sept. 12, 2020

A stroll around a Japanese Garden

by jtd99

Sept. 11, 2020

Oberwesel (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 1

Oberwesel was the nearest town to where we were staying in Germany. So we passed there a number of times in the evening. Since we were there during the shortest…

by bjornroose

Sept. 12, 2020

Ogitrev

by briansearwar

Sept. 10, 2020

Oberlahnstein (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 4

Let's finish our walk through the city (which we started in the previous post) with a number of photos from the Martinsburg (the castle) and one more tower, the…

by bjornroose

Sept. 10, 2020

Oberlahnstein (Deutschland/Germany) - December 2019 - part 3

In case you'ld think that Oberlahnstein is all about the Sankt-Martinskirche (see here and here): it's not. In this post and the next I'll take you on a tour…

by bjornroose