Strassbourg canals

The canals that flow through Strassbourg's old city make photographing here a treat.

Technology Museum

As we entered the Technology Museum in Speyer, I decided to try capture a few black and white shots.  However, when I got home, I liked the look of some of them with a little bit of colour, some needed full colour and some were best in black and white.

"Beauty in things exists merely in the mind that contemplates them."  David Hume

Speyer in Black and White

In Speyer Cathedral, I decided to try a few black and white shots.  It isn't something I often do, but it's fun to "see" this way occasionally.

Simplicity

Keeping minimalism in mind while walking in Speyer.

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth."  Leo Tolstoy

Window Shutters

I don't recall ever seeing many shutters on windows in North American cities.  If there are, they are usually decorative and serve no useful purpose.  Shutters, and their hardware, are details that jump out at me in European cities.  These were shot in Speyer, Germany.

Speyer statues

These statues of Emperors are among those that stand outside Speyer Cathedral.

"A people without a knowledge of their past, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."  

Marcus Garvey

Looking up

Look up ... look way up:  Ceiling details from Cochem Castle.

"The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it."

Edward Weston

Just cruisin' down the river

"If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends."

Enoch Powell

Dawn on the river

When I'm on holidays, in a new location, I like to rise early and see what images the dawn offers up.  In Europe, I was rarely disappointed.  The expectations that came with being on the river made me excited for each morning.

Bernkastel

Mainz

Speyer

Speyer

Near Koblenz

"Dawn and resurrection are synonymous.  The reappearance of light is the same as the survival of the soul".  Victor Hugo

Daffodils

Daffodils are a symbol of rebirth.  I've saved the daffodil images for today.

Happy Easter

Outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

In front of the Bishop's Palace in Trier.

In Strasbourg