Seen On the See
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I haven’t been experimenting much with abstracts on the water around here lately.
Category Archives: Just for Fun
Revelation from high up
The following house was revealed to me the other day as I was walking down the street:
Monday Mystery: Mulling Mühlstrasse
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at a walkway where walking is prohibited: it’s the newly installed sidewalk beneath the old city walls on Mühlstrasse in Tübingen.
An uncharacteristically unphotogenic postcard shot
Hope all of you in the U.S. aren’t been too badly affected by the current spate of snow storms and cold weather the Northeastern region is currently having. We’ve been having lots of rain here, but thankfully no snow so … Continue reading
Locking for Love in Cologne – Part 1
Since I’m always taking photos of those “locks of love” in various cities that we visit, it was a natural to check out the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, which is (in)famous for the number of locks that now adorn it. … Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: The “Mirage”
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at the mystery of the Sacre Coeur “mirage” that appeared on day in Paris.
Food on Fridays: Fall Festival Foods
Today on Food on Fridays we focus on a few fabulous fall festival foods, featuring freshly formed flatbreads.
The Cologne Wars: The Rest of the Story
To borrow the line from the late Paul Harvey and his radio shows: now for the rest of the story … about the Cologne Wars, rife with intrigue and a whiff of scandal.
Monday Mysteries: The Cologne Wars
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at the history of eau de cologne, and the centuries-old debate about who the true inventor of this perfume really was.
Eis de Cologne
Although we didn’t actually have any Eis (“ice cream”) in Cologne while we were there, it was clear that people in Cologne like their ice cream, just like in Italy they like their gelato.