Category: Architecture

Gimmeldingen Mandelblütenfest

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Pink was the theme at the Gimmeldingen Mandelblütenfest

Despite Freyja blocking the way, we rode the train to the Gimmeldingen Mandelblütenfest (Almond Blossom Festival).

Atlas thought it looked like fun

On second thought…

Graffiti along the way

Vineyards, almond trees and towns around Gimmeldingen

There were a lot of people, kids, and dogs celebrating the Almond Blossoms.

Roasting salmon on planks

There were all kinds of food and drink available as we strolled along the roads

Mandelblütenfest Chicken

This is an interesting building. It seems like a place for pilgrims to stay.

Castle at Frankenstein through the train car window.

Wheelchair or Rolser access?

The Cutest Chapel

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Tristan Pointed out this really cute chapel…

…looking over Landstuhl from the Schlossruine Nanstein Castle

Landstuhl

Atlas thinks the chapel is cool, also!

Knight in the pavers

Fountain with a Camino de Santiago symbol

The oldest houses in Landstuhl are from around the 16th century.

Atlas wants to hire the maid on the van.

On to Ehemalige Festung Homburg

Homburg

With castle ruins comes more tunnels and stairs

A scratching of the 250-million-year-old ichthyosaur remains they found in the limestone in 1968.

The sign says it’s dangerous. I had to check it out. When I stepped on the floor and started to sink in the much, I decide the sign was not kidding.

Another danger sign

Where I would have come out if I have ventured past the muck

Atlas eared me that I was a wimp for not going through the dangerous tunnel.

I came across a wheelbarrow on a landing looking for the restroom at an Asian restaurant. I got confused. It could have been from jet lag, the Dragon Fruit drink, or the pole dancing. It’s hard to say.

Atlas giving me an ear up for getting lost trying to find the restroom at an Asian restaurant.

Big Foot In The Rain

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Eye’s are on you

We went to Trier, Germany, in the rain today. Trier was one of five official Roman residences in the 3rd and 4th centurys, and it was the home of Karl Marx.

Reminded me of Inchy in his younger days.

Das Foot

Karl Marx traffic lights

Roman ruins

Holding up the arch

Tunnels under the baths were used for maintaining the hot water for the baths.

We staoped by the Karl Marx Museum

Hour glasses showing how much time Marx spent in different cities. He lived longest in London and then Trier.

One of the better grafitti I saw

Coming Down

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Almost sunrise

A mini mass ascention. The Balloon Fiesta begins on Saturday.

🎶Humanities is coming down. 🎶Coming down. 🎶Coming down.

🎶Humanities is coming down!

🎶My U Bunny!

Sasha and Marble

Silver Mary Elephant: ” Caaaats! CaaAats! CAaAaAts!

Deconstructing Humanities

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Another cloudless dawn

The Duck Pond was renovated at UNM, and now there are no ducks, turtles, or fish.

Tearing down the old Humanities Building to build a new Humanities Building.

They de-paved A Parking lot to put an Art School on that spot.

My, that’s a big cracker you have there, Belafonte.

Food delivery robots

A place to read like royalty.

The hippo in the sky

Jake’s Big Adventure

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While my car was in the shop for maintenance, Jake and I took a 3.8-mile (6.1 Km) walk down, up, and all around the Albuquerque flood diversion channel. I was surprised how much Jake liked running down and up the steep sides of the flood control channels. Whenever we came up to the top of a channel, Jake would hop onto the road and give whatever was in front of us a look of intense interest. It was like a game for Jake.

The route

Jake peed on a high-voltage transmission line pole. He thought it was electrifying.

Serious security: An electric fence behind the cyclone fence and barbed wire.

Needless to say, Jake was worn out after his big adventure.