St. Peter’s Monastery hosts a large collection of minerals under the very roof of the church itself, collected over centuries by scientifically inclined monks. In earlier times the (Roman Catholic) church in Austria was very rich and active in economy, not only regarding salt from which Salzburg has its name, but also mining for gold…
Vandal is the brand name for a product family of moth poison and traps. The presence of this name in that freshly renovated room in the monastery I found a bit bizarre.
St. Peter’s Monastery, Salzburg
St. Peter’s Monastery, Salzburg
St. Peter Monastery, Salzburg The March wallpapers are available as usual from here. This month’s image was made in the monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg, where I had the occasion to enjoy a special guided tour for the photographers group of my hometown.
Bayerisch Gmain, Bavaria
Getreidegasse, Salzburg
St. Peter Monastery, Salzburg
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria Wherever the ice is melting on the surface, puddles or even small ponds spring into existence, as the soil most often is still frozen and the water can’t trickle down.
Munich, Bavaria The snowfall that decorated the booth in this picture happened already last week. Together with the following frost it substantially slowed down street life in the center of Munich, to the extent that the street vendors closed some of their outlets because only smallest numbers of visitors wanted to stop and buy some…
Munich, Bavaria Shameless plug: The Public Eye Blog features my image “Peace At School” today. Have a look!
Munich, Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Worth seeing: Through the Nanny’s Eyes. Update: Thomas added this link to a Vivian Maier fotostream in the German newspaper “Die Zeit”. Worth following. Her images and her life give certainly enough matter for contemplation, namely the artistic part. The recent discussions I have followed over the last years in my little corner of the…
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria Many shops are closed here, probably due to a certain imbalance between rent prices and profit, especially in the colder half of the year, when there are no tourists. This small cafe was open for 5 years, but couldn’t go on longer.
Even if you would be a non-carnivalist (like me), you should have a look at my friend Bernd’s take on carnival here: Kölle Alaaf.
Munich, Bavaria
Munich, Bavaria The red “A” in that old lettering is the symbol for a pharmacy here in Germany. Inside the letter there is also visible an „Äskulapnatter“, a particular snake which is part of the symbol of medical healing.
Munich, Bavaria Thanks to the winter and the so-called daylight saving time – more honestly to be called expenditure enticing time – it is still night when I arrive in the office, and sometimes the moon shows up over the vis-à-vis blocks. Nota bene: The sky was that incredibly blue in spite of my lowering…