Two doors in Görlitz, symbolic of the town as a whole: parts beautifully restored, parts still in need of some serious TLC.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Door
Tag: Germany
Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate
The Frauenkirche in Dresden, painstakingly rebuilt 50 years after being destroyed in WW2. The intricate way they combined the old and the new is breathtaking!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself
I’m not entirely sure what these people were protesting for or against but I am very thankful to be living in a country where they can express themselves freely – even right outside the parliament building (see below)!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself
The Grove: Thank You
As a nation, we are more known for pointing out what is wrong than for expressing gratitude. Famous quote at the end of an international conference:”You put us Germans in a very uncomfortable position – there was nothing to complain about!” 🙂
So to see the whole country stop just to say thank you and to celebrate is quite something! Yet it is what happened earlier this month when Germany was marking 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. There was gratitude, there was joy, there was celebration.
As I was reflecting on the event, it struck me just how important it is even in the midst of challenges to stop and to remember all those reasons we have to be grateful. There were and there still are a lot of challenges that came out of the events of 9 November 1989, and they do need to be talked about. But this was not the time for that. This was the time to remember the miracle and to be thankful.
The question is: will I remember this lesson in everyday life or will the challenges again crowd out the gratitude?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction
Fluffy clouds and the Reichstag building “inside” the Paul-Löbe-Haus along the river Spree in Berlin/Germany
Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag
You can’t see the road winding up the hill to Marburg castle in Germany, but the houses give a clue as to where it is.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’
Best thing about summer: enjoying the long, warm evenings! Be that on a friend’s balcony with an an amazing view of Marburg Castle, enjoying dinner on a restaurant ship on the river Danube in Budapest, taking a stroll in the German countryside or recovering from a super hot and busy day near Jelka/Slovakia.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’
