March 29 – April 4, 2009
I have a lot of photos from our travels this week to share with you. On Friday, Rainer was speaking at a conference in Ulm. I’ve never been, so I decided to tag along and tour the city. It is a really beautiful city and I highly recommend a visit. Saturday, we were planning on checking out Füssen (where Neuschwanstein is) then continuing on into Austria, but it was the beginning of the Easter holidays and lots of people were taking the opportunity to head into the Alps for one last ski vacation before summer, and because President Obama was in Strausburg (France), the Austrians decided for some reason to stop all cars at the border and check IDs. This caused a huge backup on the Autobahn, it was raining, and the radio said that further east was good weather, so we changed our plans and drove on backroads to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, stopping at the Wies Church and Lindenhof Palace along the way, before heading back home.
Ulm
The Fountain of Dolphins next to Ulm’s Münster Cathedral. When a cathedral is named Münster, it’s because there is no bishop in residence there.
Daffodils in the Fisherman’s Quarter
The Fisherman’s Quarter of Ulm
A sparrow next to the Guild House of Sailors. There were sparrow sculptures all over the city (and at least one hummingbird).
Oliver riding a sparrow
Bicycle parked at the city wall
Willow in the sun
Ulm’s Münster cathedral. It is the second largest cathedral in Germany (behind Cologne), and has the tallest church spire in the world (531 feet).
Oliver at a playground in Neu Ulm in Bavaria. Ulm, on the other side of the Danube, is in the state of Baden-Würtemburg.
Recycled tires
Crooked House (Schiefes Haus)
Sunset over the Danube
Wies
The Wies Church (Wieskirche), a UNESCO World Heritage site
Inside the Wieskirche
View of the Alps
Linderhof Palace in Graswangtal
Park Linderhof
Linderhof Palace, this was where King Ludwig II of Bavaria spent most of the last 7 years of his life.
Sunshine appears through the clouds as the fountain is turned on
Papa and son in Park Linderhof
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
House in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Alps, near to the Austrian border. It was home to the 1936 Winter Olympic Games.
I took a lot more photos during the trip, to see them, visit my FlickR page
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Wow. I just feel like I’ve been on an adventure. Your photos are beautiful.
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Gorgeous photos! The shot inside the Wieskirche is stunning. Loved the sunset photo.
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Gorgeous photos. So hard to pick a favorite. The crooked house was my favorite because it reminded me of where my Nana lives.
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wow wow and wow – I LOVE Europe – such amazing photos – I always tell my husband to get an expat there again (he’s had two already prior to our marriage)
You should really think about professional photography, we are looking for someone to take our family pictures for my mother-in-laws 70th birthday present in September – you want to try to get us all in action with Marlon?
Looking at those beautiful photos is making me homesick. Just five more months before I can come to Germany again, sigh…ciao
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as always these are very beautiful pictures!
Gee woow, this time you’ve really outdone yourself, Christina! These are by far the prettiest pictures I’ve seen from you so far! You’re making huge progress with that camera!!
There are some great angles in there, nice use of DOF, awesome!
Keep up the good work!
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So amazing. Thank you for sharing so much with us! <3
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Just beautiful! Thanks for the tour!
Dang, girl! Those are gorgeous pictures. Well done!
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These are WONDERFUL! I love the composition and the perspective you chose– for example with Oliver in the playground and the daffodils shot. Lovely, lovely set!
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By coincidence, we also took the backroads between Garmisch and Füssen this week on Thursday, albeit in the opposite direction. After our visit to the Zugspitze, we thought we’d drive by the castle-that-must-not-be-named, just to prove to Christopher that it was the model for the Disney logo. He was convinced.
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I really like the dafodils and the willow in the sun. But, all the old buildings are so pretty.
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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Very nice trip. Ulm always reminds me of Regensburg. Wies is a great Barok Church. I hope you took yourself time and went into the swan Grotte for a short condert……
If I recognized the two houses in Garmish the yellow one is on the Marienplatz and could be the Clausings Post Hotel and the other is on the end of Klammstr a Andenkenladen mit lots of Lueftlmalerei.
I miss those places you did a super roundtrip, if you go again I can give you a few tips for Restaurants as well as places to stay.
Ahead of the game – but here is my kalbshaxn blog entry…!
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Great Pictures!! GAP, Linderhof, O-gau & Fuessen is my favorite area of Germany, and Garmisch is my favorite town– It’s one of two places I always visit when I’m there. (The other is Neuschwanstein– long story.)
I would recommend going back to Linderhof in warmer weather– the gardens are breathtaking, plus you can visit all the outbuildings, like the Venus grotto. Another worthwhile day trip (altho it’s a bit of a hike) is the Partnachklamm, near GAP.
Love the pics, love the places, and color me jealous– I wish I could’ve been there!!
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Thanks everyone! I never would have thought participating in Weekly Winners would improve my photography, but looking back, it really has. It makes me take photos every week, photos that I know people will be looking at. It makes me look for inspiration in my surroundings, which is especially hard when we spend the week at home! And finally, it fills me with ideas when I look through everyone else’s photos, and encourages me to try new methods, and even educates me about different photographic theories. So thanks!
@secret mom thoughts: I think it would be cool to live in a crooked house, not sure I would want to own one though
@tiaras & tantrums: I hope you get to live over here for a while. It is such a wonderful experience.
@autumn: I’ve never done anything like that, but I guess I could give it a shot!
@rositta: Five months will go by quicker than you think!
@scott: What a coincidence! I still haven’t been to that castle, despite 7 years in Germany and 2+ in Bavaria. Rainer’s never been either. We thought this weekend was it. We figure at some point in our lives, we should see it, but looks like it’ll be another day.
@gary: I didn’t take note of the locations in Garmisch, but your descriptions sound right. Next time we head over that way I’ll keep you in mind!
@stephanie: You’re on the next post!
@alyson: We’ll certainly head back in summer some time. It really was beautiful there in the mountains and I bet GAP is a great place to stroll around in the summer with an ice cream cone.
You photos of Ulm are amazing. Really lovely. Well done.