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ENG: Healing Architecture in perfection. Part of the new rehabilitation building on the UKB Berlin health campus can be seen! An atrium view of the modern spiral staircase from the 3rd floor. Photographed with the wide-angle lens of the iDevice.
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GER: Heilende Architektur in Perfektion. Zu sehen ist ein Teil des neuen Rehagebäudes auf dem UKB Berlin Gesundheitscampus! Ein Atrium Blick vom 3. Stockwerk aus auf die moderne Spiraltreppe. Fotografiert mit der Weitwinkellinse des iDevice.
Parga is a resort town known for its scenic beauty. Its a very small town, so there is really no need for transportation to get around, except from the boats leaving every now and then to the nearby beaches Lichnos and Valtos. The Castle is found on the top of a hill overlooking the town and was used to protect the town from the mainland and the sea. Definitely, you should to visit her!
In the most romantic part of the Moselle Valley, where the river curves between two hiking paradises - Eifel and Hunsrück - lies the old town of Cochem. Even the Romans sang the praises of this remarkable landscape. It is true - a few things have changed since then, but the attraction has remained because the past centuries - above all the Middle Ages - have left their marks here.
The magnificent Reichsburg, the big castle, situated on a precipitous rock high above the town, dominates the landscape. The many delicate pointed towers, battlements and oriels give the impression of a typical fairy tale castle, particularly as it is one of the few castles in Germany, which was rebuilt in its original style after its complete destruction. As impressive as the castle itself is the view of the Moselle Valley with its beautiful forests, meadows, fields and vineyards, as well as the old part of the town.
The town of Cochem itself is a sight worth seeing, not only because of its narrow streets and twisty alleys, the lovingly restored half timbered houses with the typical slate roofs, the historical market-place, but also because of its medieval town gates, churches and walls. The wine-growers and restaurant owners would also like to take the time to introduce you to the variety of their excellent Riesling wines.
You can enjoy another facet of the town walking along the Mosel promenade which is decorated with flowers and where many benches invite you to a quiet break. A further attraction is a river tour on one of the Moselle boats, either during the day or at night with music and dancing, when the lights of the castle and the town are reflected in the water. Have fun and relax in the only indoor swimming pool with artificial waves in this area. It is a wonderfully situated leisure centre between meadows and vine-yards and offers all the luxury of a modern swimming pool in fine and bad weather.
If you like 'architectural' views, go to Greenwich, London. Here, along the colonnades of the Old Royal Naval College, across the Thames, and onto the business buildings of Canary Wharf.
The silhouette of Zierikzee has been making good impressions for six centuries and more. Many of the walls, gates, churches, towers and windmills of those long-gone days are still with us today, among them 500-plus monuments.
City rights
It was in 1248 that Zierikzee received its town charter. By the medieval era, it had acquired a strategic importance: between 1414 and 1576 fires reduced to partial or complete ashes several times.
The wars of the 20th centuries had their impact too. In WW1, an off-course British bomber dropped several bombs on Zierikzee, killing three citizens. In the decades after the Second World War, some 30 million kilos of munition were dumped in the (deep) Gat van Zierikzee in the Oosterschelde estuary – and remain there today.
I am continuing my earlier series of minimal architectural views here in Europe, having interrupted them with a series of beach impressions during my time in Sri Lanka. Now I remembered a few successful shots I took a few years ago in Schwerzenbach, Switzerland, of an amazingly futuristic building. The pictures fit perfectly into the current series of pictures.
Udaipur India.
Named after Maharana Sajjan Singh, the Monsoon Palace is also known as Sajjan Garh built in 1884. Posted at the top of a hill, the Monsoon Palace was originally built to overlook Maharana Sajjan Singh’s hometown, Chittorgarh. View from top floor.
Rooftops in Tallinn, as viewed from the Medieval city walls (after a lot of rain).
For an account of my travels to Helsinki and Tallinn:
Lingonberries and Space-transcending Crows: Helsinki and Tallinn
This is one of the most popular bridges in Paris France. I just had to get a picture of it when I was there!
One of the icons of Neuchatel city, I could never figure out where this view was, I kept walking around several times, found slightly different viewpoints but not this. So on Sunday I decided to walk until I find it. I had to climb around 3 millions steps because every staircase had a private property at the end so had to go back down and try another staircase. I eventually found a narrow passage right next to the rail track. I didn't hang around there long as it was midday with a harsh sun, following next 2 days were raining so returned there yesterday for sunrise. Unfortunately there was no colour in the sky so will have to return in the next few days