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Elisabethenkirche door,

Elisabethenkirche (Open Church Elisabethan - The church was begun in 1857 and completed in 1864. oday the church is home of the first Swiss "OpenChurch".)

Elisabethenkirche (Basel's "OpenChurch")

Painting on city building. (Basel has never been destroyed thanks to Switzerland's neutrality.)

Street art (Basel is very art conscious - even construction sites are nicely decorated.)

Basel Minster organ

Carousel horse in Tinguely sculpture

Basel Minster spires

Storks Nest (torks have been part of Alsace for centuries, and they are thought to be symbols of happiness and faithfulness and bring fertility and good luck.)

Woman riding a horse statue. (Outside the entrance to Riquewihr)

Door to Cave Historique des Hospices

Tribute to the stone masons - Heidelberg Castle.

Middle Rhein Brigde - oldest crossing of the Rhein River from Basel

St George sculpture on the Basel Minster (St George slaying the dragon)

Stain Glass - Basel Minster (Cathedral) (Test caption...)

City water fountain (All water in Basel's fountains is drinkable.)

Basilisk atop a water fountain (Basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who can cause death with a single glance. This is the oldest fountain (1530) adorned with a basilisk.)

Gifthutli - first pub to serve beer. (120 years ago, pubs served wine only. The beer trade was firmly in the hands of house breweries and their restaurants. So when Innocenz Weiss dared to be the first to serve beer in his pub 'zum Ritter St. Georg', he soon became the town's main talk. Even the local paper "Basler Nachrichten" decided to comment on it with an article that claimed

"... to drink beer elsewhere than at the brewery is like drinking poison (Gift)"

Proud to serve beer now, Innocenz Weiss took it not only with humor but also re-named his pub to Gifthüttli.)

Basel Minster (Cathedral)

Canal with seating for two

Kinetic sculpture by Jean Tinguely

Outdoor sculpture by Jean Tinquely. (Jean Tinguel (1925-1991) Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as metamechanics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods.)

Courtyard at Basel Minster (Cathedral)

Docked for the Strasbourg excursions

Rue de General De Gaulle (iquewihr is a medieval town in the heart of the Alsatian vineyards, classified among the Most Beautiful Villages in France.)

Amamora at dock

House with flowers

Organ pipes at Cathedral of Notre Dame

Rose window at Cathedral of Notre Dame

Cathedral of Notre Dame (Late Gothic Catholic cathedral construction began in 1176. At 142 metres (466 feet), it was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years))

Johannes Gutenberg monument (From 1439 to 1444, Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of letterpress printing, lived in Strasbourg. His statue can be found on Place Gutenberg, near to the cathedral. In 1840, the artist David d'Anger created this statue.)

Silbermann organ keyboard (Keyboard of the 1741 Silbermann organ, played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778)

Silbermann organ at St Thomas Church constructed in 1740-41

View of Heidelberg from the castle hill

House on hill near Heidelberg castle

Church of the Holy Spirit (Constructed in the early 13th century. Served both Catholic and Protestant congregations often simultaneously. Today is a Protestant church.)

Carving on Elizabeth Gate at Heidelberg Castle.

Heidelberg Castle

The Golden Sheep restaurant

Academy of Science

Broemserburg castle (Currently undergoing renovation and reopening in 2021 as a cultural monument.)

View from Niederwalddenkmal (Overlooking the Rhine River with Bingen in the distance)

Germania at Niederwalddenkmal (Tributes the unification of Germany.)

William I riding a horse (Relief shows emperor William I riding a horse with nobility, the army commanders and soldiers)

Niederwalddenkmal (Built in the 1870/80s as a tribute to the unification of Germany)

Eagle Tower (The Late Gothic Eagle Tower was built in the 15th century as a part of the Rüdesheim city fortification. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany’s greatest poet and literary man, frequently stayed here during his Rüdesheim visits in order to enjoy the magnificent view of the Rhine.)

Mouse Tower (Waterfront fortress and ex signal station)

Ehrenfels Castle

Village on the Rhine known for tourism and wine making (Has a lithium spring, spa and Kurhaus. Famous for red winde made from Pinot noir.)

Rheinstein Calse

Rheinstein Castle

Reichenstein Castle (Also known as Falkenburg)

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (The toll castle, built between 1326 and 1327, initially served the sole purpose of levying customs of the passing ships.)

Katz Castle (Count Wilhelm II. of Katzenelnbogen has built the Katz Castle in the second half of the 14th century. Katz Castle was used as bastion and military base to protect the Rheinfels Castle.)

Katz Castle (Built in second half of 14th century)

Catholic Church of St Martin (Built in 14th century as defense tour for Castle Maus)

Maus (Mouse) Castle (Built 1353-1388. Lore has it that the Maus and Katz castles spied on each other hence the names.)

Ludwig Museum (Sitting in the shadows of the Cathedral, the museum houses a modern art collection.)

Great St Martin Church from waterpark (Church's foundations (circa 960 AD) rest on remnants of a Roman chapel, built on what was then an island in the Rhine. The church was later transformed into a Benedictine monastery. The current buildings, including a soaring crossing tower that is a landmark of Cologne's Old Town, were erected between 1150-1250.)

Alley (Alley way towards Great St Martin Church. Cologne, Germany)

Willi Ostermann Monument (This memorial fountain was created as a memorial to Willi Ostermann, a German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs, sometimes about Cologne.)

Characters on Willi Ostermann memorial

Characters on Willi Ostermann memorial

Heinzelmaennchenbrunnen Fountain (The Heinzelmännchen are a race of creatures appearing in a tale connected with the city of Cologne in Germany.
The little house gnomes are said to have done all the work of the citizens of Cologne during the night, so that the inhabitants of Cologne could be very lazy during the day. According to the legend, this went on until a tailor's wife got so curious to see the gnomes that she scattered peas onto the floor of the workshop to make the gnomes slip and fall. The gnomes, being infuriated, disappeared and never returned. From that time on, the citizens of Cologne had to do all their work by themselves.)

Tailor's wife - Heinzelmaennchenbrunnen fountain (Tailor's wife that looked at the Heinzelmaennchenbrunnen which meant all the residents had to do their own work.)

Heinzelmaennchenbrunnen (A Heinzelmaennchenbrunnen (elf) at the fountain.)

Cologne Cathedral (The narrow central aisle or nave leads to the choir. At 144 metres, it is longest nave in Germany and flanked by two aisles along each side.)

Stain glass window Cologne Cathedral (Original was destroyed in WW II.)

St Christopher statue Cologne Cathedral (The giant statue of Saint Cristopher, patrons of the Travelers dates from circa 1470. He is caring the Christ and the World while crossing a raging river.)

Amsterdam Canal

Night Watch recreation. (Sculpture of Rembrandt's famous painting.)

Character from The Night Watch (Statues recreates Rembrandt's painting in Rembrandt Square)

Night Watch character (Character from the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Wilhelm van Ruytenburgh)

Young lad in Night Watch (Statues recreate Rembrandt's famous painting.)

Night Watch recreation (Officers and Men of the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Wilhelm van Ruytenburgh, known as the Night Watch, 1642,)

Muntteron (Originally part of the city wall, this tower was rebuilt in 1620 & features a carillon with bells.)

Amamora at dock

Aging the cheese

Volendam Harbor (Harbor)

Harbor view (Houses and shops along the harbor)

Amsterdam canal (Canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.)

Elizabeth Tanfields (1585 - 1639 Marriend Henry Cary (Viscount of Falkland) in 1600)

Painting of nativity scene - St John the Baptist Church

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