Today’s gallery is a series of photos taken while on the rowboat. Continue reading
Pick a side
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A familiar scene as you’ve never seen it
You already know the buildings from the “postcard shot” in Tübingen. Usually I’m standing on some bridge or other to take a photos of those colorful buildings along the Neckar River. Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: Neptune and his many faces
Today on Monday Mysteries, thanks to the eagle eye of our 10-year-old visitor, we uncover the location of the hidden faces on the Neptune fountain in Tübingen. Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Eisbrötchen/Eisbrioche
Today on Food on Fridays we take a look at an Eisbrötchen, also called an Eisbrioche. Continue reading
Berlin Vignettes
While experimenting with my cell phone camera in Berlin, I decided to try a few “special effects” photos, since that’s such a common thing that people do when taking photos with cell phone cameras. I realized when I looked at the photos later that most of the ones I that I thought were at all “successful” as images all were done with a particular effect called a “vignette”. Continue reading
Up on that roof
As promised yesterday, here’s the view you get standing up on that rooftop terrace of the Circus Hotel. Continue reading
Finding the Way
Specifically, we needed to find the way to the rooftop terrace at the Circus Hotel in Berlin. That’s where we stayed on our trip a couple of weeks ago. Our room was on the 4th floor, which was the top floor that the elevator went to. However, there was also a rooftop terrace. Here’s the sign that was across from the elevator as you stepped onto the 4th floor: Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: The Column Purple
Today on Monday Mysteries we answer the question: why does the statue of St. George in Tübingen sometimes seem to be standing on a purple column?
Food on Fridays: Around the world in 2 cities
Today in Food on Fridays, we take a look at the variety of international foods that Chris and I had the chance to sample on our recent trips to London and Berlin.
Going out for lunch
Chris and I arrived at the Pergamon Museum sometime before 11am (it doesn’t open until 10am). After spending a couple of hours looking at a lot of stuff, we were ready for a lunch break before tackling anything more. Lunch, however, turned out to be a bit more of a challenge than we’d anticipated. Continue reading