Pictures of the family at the Coburg Fortress

Nathan in a lookout









Nathan with wild boars in the back

















Nathan and an old water well

Exhibits inside the Coburg Fortress

The horse armour by Kunz Lochner was created around 1550 and is an important work of armour making art. All parts have an etched decoration, which used to be gold-plated and blackened





Hall of Hunting Weapons
This room houses an exclusive selection from the huge stock of rifles and other hunting weapons owned by the Coburg art collection, which is of great European importance. The chronological range is from the late 16th century to the present and the geographical range from Russia to Spain and from Sweden to Italy. The exhibits are of top quality and were produced by manufacturers of national and international reputation.














Arms Chamber
The exhibition of weapons and armour has an essentially military character. Most exhibits date from the 16th or 17th century. This chamber shows, in a way reminiscent of the historical armoury, assorted objects such as commoners' armour, morions, daggers, matchlock guns, swivel guns and weapons for laying siege and defending fortifications, such as battlement grenades, pitch-wreath or limepots.

Bible-The cover is carved from Ivory

The bridal carriage, built in 1560 in Braunschweig was used by Duke Johann Casimir for his marriage to Margarete of Braunschweig. It is the oldest utilizable carriage of its type.

Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg

Notice the sharp edges of the raised door









The first precise construction data available relate to the 15th century. It is assumed that, in the second half of the 15th century, the core buildings: blue tower, keep, stone chamber, kitchen, great hall and chapel, were supplemented by the "Hohes Haus" - the Veste's armoury. This is indicated by building inscriptions dated 1482 and 1489 speaking of a renovation of the armoury's roof. Shortly before 1500 all main buildings of the Veste, except for the bastions, were completed. The chapel, great hall and "Steinerne Kemenate" had to be reconstructed after a great fire in 1499. Within the context of this reconstruction, the upper floors of the Stone Chamber were completely rebuilt from 1501 to 1504 and then also included the still existing "Große Hofstube"; the Great Hall was expanded between 1501 and 1508 by a half-timbered wall towards the yard.

Toby Keith comes to Schweinfurt, Germany

Toby Keith's first stop on a 17 day tour which will take him to Iraq was in Schweinfurt, DE

It was cold and rainy, but that didn't stop the crowd

My Mother's Day surprise from Nathan

Here's Nathan bringing me a flower after the show!

Nathan, me and his friend

Nathan's on the 2nd row back on the very end

Nathan and two of his friends

All 5 third grade classes

Here is one of the poems Nathan's class recited.

Eat It, It's Good For You...

Eat it, it's good for you,
that makes me mad,
how can something good for you taste so bad?

Try it, you'll like it,
I know that's a lie,
I know I won't like it, so why should I try?

Just take a nibble,
Just one little taste,
What good is a nibble, the rest goes to waste?

Eggplant is icky,
Spaghetti is fine,
Why can't they eat there food and let me eat mine?

Inside Pictures from the Residenz

Neumann's world-famous staircase, roofed by an unsupported vault, was decorated in 1752/53 by the Venetian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo with a ceiling fresco representing the four continents. The painting, measuring 18 x 30 metres, is one of the largest frescos ever created. The magnificent sequence of rooms begins with the Vestibule and Garden Hall and continues via the staircase and White Hall to the Imperial Hall, also with frescos by G.B. Tiepolo. The vaulting of these rooms even withstood the devastating fire of 1945, while the ceilings and floors of the Imperial Apartments flanking the Imperial Hall were destroyed.

There is a total of over 40 palace rooms to visit, with a rich array of furniture, tapestries, paintings and other 18th century treasures.

Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall)

The Court Chapel, entered separately from the Residence Square, is one of the finest examples of religious art in Würzburg. The State Gallery contains Venetian art from the 17th and 18th centuries (Branch of the Bavarian State Galleries).

Hofkirche (Court Chapel)



Weiser Saal (White Hall)

Gartensaal (Garden Hall)

Historical Residenz in Wurzburg, Germany

A walk in the Würzburg Court Garden is a delight for both nature- and art-lovers. The water basin encircled by yew trees clipped into the shape of cones forms the present centre of the South Garden. In front of the magnificent east façade is a terraced garden decorated with groups of puttos by Johann Peter Wagner.

Lucas





Nathan


The former residence of the Würzburg prince-bishops is one of the most important baroque palaces in Europe and today it is on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list.Originally designed for Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn by the then young and unknown architect Balthasar Neumann, it took sixty years to complete; the shell of the palace was built from 1720 to 1744 and the interior finished in 1780.

Pictures from my SNAPS tour in Bamberg, Germany

St. Martin Parish church in Bamberg, Germany. Built in 1696 and named after St. Martin, who was born in Hungary in 316.



Marienaltar inside the church

Christ on the cross

Little Venice

Monk's monastery

Our flight to Germany