Return to the Alb
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So I shared my posts from the past couple of days with one of our friends who took us on that outing on Saturday. And what do you know – it turns out that whole Alps conversation has been headed … Continue reading
Category Archives: Trips
Wimsener Cave
Before we headed to that hillside on Saturday — for the cake, the coffee and the goat-gazing — we went to a place called Wimsener Höhle: Wimsener Cave. It’s a small cave that’s noteworthy in that it’s the only cave … Continue reading
On an Alpine hill
I’m not sure what the term “Alp” originally meant. I tend to think of the term as referring to really tall mountain peaks, like the ones in Austria, Switzerland or Italy. So it’s always been surprising to me that the … Continue reading
The Hovercraft of Alpirsbach
Remember how I mentioned in passing the other day that Chris and I had gone to the Black Forest on a day trip? The town we went to was Alpirsbach, one of the first towns you come to in the … Continue reading
Little green men
You see little green men everywhere when you go to cities in the former East Germany. Specifically, you see little green men
Friends and Faces
Two weeks ago we went to Heidelberg to meet up with BDG, a long-time friend of the Culy family. She and her husband, MG, were on a summer trip to Germany. The Culys have been friends with BDG’s family for … Continue reading
Trying to figure out Coventry
Coventry was an interesting smallish-sized town, but it’s a town that seems like it’s still in search of an identity. I can imagine that back when it was a town full of medieval-style buildings, when the towering Gothic cathedral dominated … Continue reading
Encounter in Coventry
So there I was that Friday in July, wandering around Coventry’s indoor-outdoor downtown shopping center/shopping mall after taking those fountain photos by the cathedral. A woman walked toward me. As she approached, she said she would sell me a lucky … Continue reading
Portrait of Water
A friend of mine got married on a bright and sunny day here in Tübingen. In processing the photos I took at the wedding, I saw that the bright sunshine predictably left some things washed out, and overall the light … Continue reading
Without a guide in Heidelberg
Back in May, I had the chance to go with our good Italian friends to visit Heidelberg, an historic university town in Germany. It’s an easy day trip from Tübingen, but Chris and I had never had a chance to … Continue reading