Extremely Fat Pig
Nathan petting a goat
2 moose
Lucas feeding a goat
Some deer taking a nap
Baby deer
A Lynx taking it easy
2 white owls
Monday, August 07, 2006
More Animals at the WildePark
Pretty Red Bird
Extremely Fat Pig
Nathan petting a goat
2 moose
Lucas feeding a goat
Some deer taking a nap
Baby deer
A Lynx taking it easy
2 white owls
Extremely Fat Pig
Nathan petting a goat
2 moose
Lucas feeding a goat
Some deer taking a nap
Baby deer
A Lynx taking it easy
2 white owls
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Marienkapelle, Neumünster, Falkenhaus
These buildings are just unbelievable to see in person. The pictures will never do them justice. Below is a short description that I pulled of the internet to describe them.
The red and white church in the front is the Marienkapelle, begun in 1377, completed about 1480. Rich ornamental sculptures, especially in portal arches (portal statues of "Adam and Eve", originals at the Mainfränkisches Museum), interior renovated after fire in 1945, noteworthy is the "Beautiful Madonna", around 1420, numerous tombstones of Franconian knights and townsmen, among them Riemenschneider’s tombstone of Konrad von Schaumberg. Tombstone of the great Baroque architect Neumann at the portal facing the market square. The yellow building to the right is the Falkenhaus. The most splendid of all Baroque mansions, formerly an inn. The Rococo stucco-work was added in 1751.
I could not find any information out about this building, but I still thought it was worthy to be posted.
We did get to go inside the Neumunster church. It has a dome cathederal ceiling that you can barely see in the top left of the picture. Out of respect for the patrons inside the church, we did not take any pictures inside.
Neumünster Church, built on the burial site of St. Kilian. Rich interior, houses treasures such as a Madonna and the tombstone of the Abbot Trithemius by Riemenschneider. The cloister wing (about 1180) represents a major work of the Hohenstauffen period in Würzburg.
The red and white church in the front is the Marienkapelle, begun in 1377, completed about 1480. Rich ornamental sculptures, especially in portal arches (portal statues of "Adam and Eve", originals at the Mainfränkisches Museum), interior renovated after fire in 1945, noteworthy is the "Beautiful Madonna", around 1420, numerous tombstones of Franconian knights and townsmen, among them Riemenschneider’s tombstone of Konrad von Schaumberg. Tombstone of the great Baroque architect Neumann at the portal facing the market square. The yellow building to the right is the Falkenhaus. The most splendid of all Baroque mansions, formerly an inn. The Rococo stucco-work was added in 1751.
I could not find any information out about this building, but I still thought it was worthy to be posted.
We did get to go inside the Neumunster church. It has a dome cathederal ceiling that you can barely see in the top left of the picture. Out of respect for the patrons inside the church, we did not take any pictures inside.
Neumünster Church, built on the burial site of St. Kilian. Rich interior, houses treasures such as a Madonna and the tombstone of the Abbot Trithemius by Riemenschneider. The cloister wing (about 1180) represents a major work of the Hohenstauffen period in Würzburg.
Alte Mainbrücke or All Saints Bridge
Lucas and Nathan gave the mime a few Euros to put on a show.
The old saints bridge in lined with 12 saints along the sides. All the way to the end you can see the 2 towers of the Dom St. Kilian that stand unusually close to each other.Construction begun on the Dom St. Kilian in 1040, and the east towers in 1237, long before the bridge itself was constructed.
The Old bridge, built 1473 –1543 replacing the destroyed Romanesque bridge. Adorned with the well-known statues of saints about 1730.
Nathan wanted his picture taken in front of St. Joseph because he thought it looked the most like Jesus.
The old saints bridge in lined with 12 saints along the sides. All the way to the end you can see the 2 towers of the Dom St. Kilian that stand unusually close to each other.Construction begun on the Dom St. Kilian in 1040, and the east towers in 1237, long before the bridge itself was constructed.
The Old bridge, built 1473 –1543 replacing the destroyed Romanesque bridge. Adorned with the well-known statues of saints about 1730.
Nathan wanted his picture taken in front of St. Joseph because he thought it looked the most like Jesus.
The Residenz Gardens in Bloom
The Residenz is such a beautiful place to just go and walk around. This time of year the flowers in the gardens are in bloom and it is so much more beautiful than the last time we went.
We have only a couple of weekends left before Les will be leaving, so I will be posting more beautiful pictures of the places we'll be visiting before he leaves.
We have only a couple of weekends left before Les will be leaving, so I will be posting more beautiful pictures of the places we'll be visiting before he leaves.
The Residenz Gardens
Friday, July 14, 2006
More Fireworks
These pictures are blurry because it was almost dark and I was trying to find a good setting for the camera, but I guess I didn't find the right one.
Since we were going to miss the 4th, Les' sister bought alot of fireworks for the kids to let off before we left Kentucky. They had a lot of fun with their cousins, Annie and Ryan, letting off fireworks for quite awhile. They had firecrackers, bottle rockets, smoke bombs and all kinds of ground fireworks that were pretty good. Thanks Chris, the kids had a great time. We miss you guys alot. Can't wait to come home again.
Since we were going to miss the 4th, Les' sister bought alot of fireworks for the kids to let off before we left Kentucky. They had a lot of fun with their cousins, Annie and Ryan, letting off fireworks for quite awhile. They had firecrackers, bottle rockets, smoke bombs and all kinds of ground fireworks that were pretty good. Thanks Chris, the kids had a great time. We miss you guys alot. Can't wait to come home again.
Dad's a funny man!
Visiting Cousins
Here's Lucas and Nathan visiting their cousin Cody on Les' side of the family. Cody is only 10 and bigger than Lucas. He's a very sweet kid.
Les' cousin, Kenny and his wife Eva are expecting a baby any day. If you look in the back, you can see Eva. She actually went into labor while we were still there, but they stopped her. Wasn't quite time.
They had us over for dinner one day. The kids had a ball visiting again. It's only the second time they've ever seen each other. You would never have known it.
Les' cousin, Kenny and his wife Eva are expecting a baby any day. If you look in the back, you can see Eva. She actually went into labor while we were still there, but they stopped her. Wasn't quite time.
They had us over for dinner one day. The kids had a ball visiting again. It's only the second time they've ever seen each other. You would never have known it.
Waiting around
We had a 2 hour layover at JFK airport, which ended up being almost 4, with the last two sitting in the airplane on the runway due to bad weather. That was a long day.
Fireworks from the Volksfest
These pictures were taken from our dining room window. Although we didn't know we were going to miss the 4th of July fireworks due to being jetlagged, this ended up being our 4th celebration in advance. These were during the opening night of the fair at the Volksfestplatz. We went one day just to try the food and of course Les had to try the beer that came in a stein almost 2 quarts in size. You get to keep the stein for 2 or 3 euros (I forget) or return it for you money back. We kept it. We never got to go back due to leaving on emergency leave back to the states.
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