25 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Bacharach, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, rural, Travel
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Bacharach, Germany, grapes, photography, photowalk, random, Rheinand, Rhine, rural, Travel, vineyard, wine
As you wander around towns big and small in Germany’s Rhine (Rhein) River valley, you’ll see vineyards everywhere — some commercially productive, some uncultivated. There are even grapes growing randomly along public walking paths. Snapped this image when I visited the town of Bacharach in September 2015.
19 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in art, Cologne, Germany, history, Köln, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
The Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is a magnificent structure looming over the city centre, just outside the doors of the main train station.
Given its sheer size, it’s no surprise the church is seemingly under constant renovation. The last two times I passed by, in September 2015 and September 2016, there were obvious signs of repair work being done to the building’s exterior.
As you walk around the complex, you’ll notice a workshop toward the back of the church, home base for the people who keep the structure in good repair. That’s were I was able to snap this photo of some very appropriate masonry, captured on my 2015 stopover.
18 Wednesday Jan 2017
Posted in Frankfurt, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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architecture, art, black and white, BW, design, Frankfurt, Germany, iPhoneography, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
This is one of the bridges across the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany. Captured this as I passed thru there in September 2015.
17 Tuesday Jan 2017
Posted in Cologne, Germany, Köln, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
It seems there’s something romantic about attaching a lock to the railings of a bridge as a symbol of one’s love for his/her partner. This romantic gesture is popping up all over the place, including here, on the pedestrian portion of a rail bridge near the main train station in Cologne, Germany. (Snapped this while passing through town in 2015.)
But as with everything, it can be overdone: In Paris, city officials had to remove locks from its bridges in the last couple of years because they were adding too much weight to the structures, to the point of causing a railing to collapse. And frankly, it doesn’t look too pretty after a while …
12 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
10 Tuesday Jan 2017
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art, Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, urban
Another sample of the street art adorning a remaining section of the Berlin Wall in eastern Berlin, known as the East Side Gallery.
28 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in art, Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
At Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, near Berlin, a number of statues were moved out of the New Palace (Neues Palais) there, owing to restoration and renovations in the building. It made for an unusual capture when I visited this September.
25 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in art, Leipzig, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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Germany, Leipzig, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, urban
What an awesome way to illustrate the outside of a garage! Functional street art, to be sure. Spotted in Leipzig back in September.
24 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in art, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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art, Dresden, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, urban
Äussere Neustadt in Dresden is a hive of fun places to eat and hang out.
It’s also filled with quirky, imaginative street art.
The neighbourhood is just a short tram ride (or a nice, long stroll) across the Elbe River, north of the old, restored city centre.
23 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in Dresden, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
To my layman’s eyes, the glass dome of the arts school in Dresden looks like a lemon juicer. I’m sure I’ll be forgiven for my active imagination … because I later learned locals call this structure the “lemon squeezer!”
Ricky Leong 