When I posted the photos of the views from the ruins of the Church of St. Nicholas in Hamburg a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t have a photo of the full facade of the church to show you. However, … Continue reading
Well, today we didn’t quite get any frozen puddles with interesting reflections that Will was wishing for in his comment on yesterday’s post. 😉 But last night we did get some interesting cold weather when we had the first snow … Continue reading
Hamburg has all that lovely water, but not a lot of the water had lovely reflections. Well, you can’t have everything.
… and what I went through to take it.
Although I may have implied yesterday that those were the only photos I took of the Hamburg harbor, I did actually manage a few photos of that area before the sun came out and was so bright. Today’s photos aren’t … Continue reading
So there I was at the Hamburg harbor on Friday. The skies in the morning were a bit cloudy, overall grayish-white, kind of flat. There were very occasional glimpses of sunlight and a tiny bit of blue sky. But mostly, … Continue reading
While I was snapping some photos today near one of the lakes downtown, I took a photo of one of the seagulls, who immediately started squawking at me. I don’t think he was camera-shy, though. I think what he was … Continue reading
One of the highest church steeples in the world is in Hamburg, at the original site of the Church of St. Nicholas. It was heavily damaged during the bombing during WWII, and after the war, the citizens decided to leave … Continue reading
In my blog posts about Verona, more often than not I have a photo or two (or four) of L’Arena and Piazza Bra.
They — i.e. the people who write the guidebooks — say that part of the charm of Venice is getting lost on the back streets. That way, you’ll be sure to see the “hidden” Venice. By “hidden Venice”, they mean … Continue reading