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I have lived in this part of Germany for roughly sixteen months over the last 8 years, and the natural beauty of the place still astonishes me. I went to the Münsterplatz Market on Saturday and enjoyed a lovely evening in the Black Forest Town of Waldkirch that evening. Yesterday, I went to the Freiburg Schlossberg Festival and caught a great snap of the sunset.
I was so excited to finally visit New Lanark, the home of Robert Owen’s utopian socialist experiments in the early 19th century. This place could be seen as the birthplace of every social movement to improve the working conditions of industrial workers in the last 200 years.
Since it was early April, the place was very empty and we spent a few hours wandering around the exhibits and really reading everything. It was the perfect day trip from Glasgow.
I’ve just returned from a quick dash to Sofia to do some research in the National Library, celebrate my ex-mother-in-law’s 85th birthday, and write a little about how the country still celebrates 8 March as International Women’s Day. It was a very busy and over scheduled trip, with visits to three history museums, but I am always happy to be back in Bulgaria, even if only for such a short while.
A winter wonderland in upstate New York. A perfect day for a hike near Upper Saranac Lake.
Last Friday and Saturday I visited the source of the Danube River in the town of Donaueschingen (the Donau is the German name of the Danube) as well as the beautiful Sigmaringen Castle which towers over it a bit further downstream.
Sky gazing on the longest day of the year
Where Ernest Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises. I know it’s utterly cheesy, but I had to do it.
Alexander Nevski Cathedral
Sofia University
Ice Cream Stand in the park in front of the National Theater
Red Army Monument
The Roman Wall from above
Graffiti Priests on Shishman
White cheese and red wine
Breathtaking beauty at the Chanticleer Garden
I’m in love with wisteria.
