Bavaria in April

Photos from my recent trip to Bavaria, Germany.


M i t t w o c h 

in Nürnberg:

It was such a sunny morning, just after the arrival at the airport  I  photographed a whole series of trees on car bonnets  ... waiting ...  whilst my Ma was attending a funeral of a friend nearby.

If you speak German you might know that 'bitte druecken' also could be read as 'please hug me'.

I love advertising columns (Litfaßsäulen).

Looks good to me!

I am still surprised how many working Cigarette vending machines (Zigarettenautomaten)  there are on the streets.

First time I have seen brown sheep.

Not sure why I chose to put King Ludwig here. It hangs in a very traditional local restaurant where we had fish.

D o n n e r s t a g


In my mother's flat

and in the town Neumarkt.

A builders company from Neumarkt whose logo I saw when the Olympic stadium in London was in full swing.

F r e i t a g

Der 'gelbe Sack'  -

Rubbish collection in Holzheim und Woffenbach

and in Neumarkt town:

St Johanniskirche, amazing ... hear its bells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILyT7WS1GXw

S a m s t a g

in Ingolstadt

Schmuselack!
Na, wenn das mal stimmt. Nach der Autowäsche den "Schmuselack" zu fühlen...  Vielleicht klappt da ja auch mit meinem Gefährt ;-)).

Never seen anything like it!

Ingolstadt is a garrison town. It reminds me of Colchester. Just checked the word 'garrison' - interesting  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison

Matjes, the best young herring I've ever had!

S o n n t a g   l u n c h

in Neumarkt

My Ma, Sibylle, kindly cooked Sunday lunch!

Stuffed chicken and dumplings
(Knödel  or Klöße) see wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kn%C3%B6del

M o n t a g

Might use this in a painting.

This used to be a  bubble gum machine. I have always been fascinated by them, my first encounter with value for money.
Click here and see Brot und Spiele, a painting made in 2002.

D i e n s t a g


last day

Voggenthal, a tiny village with a little lift and hill, where we learned to ski.

Except for the last day the sun was always out in Neumarkt!

Wherever you go you meet them in Roman catholic Bavaria.