 On the way to Germany and Bayreuth August 2014 |
 Moneyash: picnic lunch by the village cross |
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 Tea at Gainsborough Old Hall |
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 Watching the boat being loaded |
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 Evening on the Humber Estuary |
 Manouvering at Europort |
 The Pride of Hull at Europort |
 Wasserschloss Raesfeld |
 The Schloss |
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 walk in the Schloss Park |
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 in the evening |
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 Göttingen |
 with Almuth & Klaus Luther |
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 photo: Klaus |
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 photo: Klaus |
 Herzbergerlandstrasse where we lived in 1983 and 1986 |
 Bad Sooden the unusual air cooler |
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 birch twigs ... |
 ... encrusted with salt from the spring |
 Fulda |
 The Schloss |
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 The Dom |
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 Michaelskirche |
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 The Schlosspark |
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 The Orangerie |
 Bamberg |
 The Alte Rathaus with the crowds |
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 The Dom |
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 The Bamberger Reiter |
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 The Altes Rathaus |
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 Bayreuth ... |
 ... to attend Wagner's Ring |
 Evening arrival |
 Dressed for Das Reingold |
 with Wagner |
 The Rhinemaidens |
 The Giants |
 The cast of Das Reingold |
 Fanfare |
 How the auditorium is cooled! |
 in Bayreuth |
 Altes Schloss |
 Altes Schloss |
 Ludwig overseeing, with Pat, the renovation of Haus Wahnfried |
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 The Hofgarten |
 Neues Schloss |
 The old opera house |
 Redstart |
 Kunstmuseum: Marcello Morandini |
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 Altdrossenfeld: the storks |
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 with baby |
 dressed for Siegfried |
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 Rain before Siegfried |
 The Eremitage |
 the Cascade |
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 A show of perrenials |
 Mon Plaisir |
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 The lower fountain under repair |
 The Pagoda on the Schneckenburg |
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 The new palace from the Pagoda |
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 The Neuesschloss |
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 The fountains |
 Exhibition by local artists |
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 Snoozing over tea |
 Waiting to tour the Altesschloss |
 The vestibule ... |
 ... with fountains |
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 Schloss Fantasie with the Garden museum |
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 model |
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 the rear |
 the Schlosspark |
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 Black swans |
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 The end of the Ring |
 With Klaus Bucher ... |
 ... and other ... |
 ... Ring ... |
 ... companions |
 Karlovy Vary |
 The Hotel Romance Pushkin |
 The thermal centre |
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 The earlier spa |
 Art Deco |
 The Colonade |
 The church |
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 Upstream from the spring |
 Cycle time trial |
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 toiling up past the hotel |
 The Opera House |
 The funicular railway |
 setting off |
 looking down |
 The summit station |
 peacock |
 goat in the mini zoo |
 pigs |
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 Goal of a forest walk |
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 Diana observation tower |
 The Thermal spa from the tower |
 the restaurant |
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 Down again |
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 trains crossing |
 Dresden |
 Firework Display at the end of the Altstadtfest |
 Crowds on the river terrace in front of the Festung |
 the Cathedral and the Residenz |
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 Our hotel on the Neumarkt |
 Martin Luther |
 Kunstakademie |
 The river front and Frauenkirche |
 The Frauenkirche |
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 The Kathedrale and the Residenzschloss |
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 from the promenade |
 Sparrow |
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 The Kathedrale |
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 Modern Pieta |
 Modern memorial |
 Semper Opera House |
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 The Stallhof outer wall |
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 the Inner court |
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 The Zwinger Palace |
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 Glockenspiel |
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 Theaterplatz |
 The exhibitions: porcelain |
 Scientific Instruments |
 The art gallery |
 just a tumble up the steps! |
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 The Transport Museum |
 The HO gauge railway |
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 Energies |
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 Locomotives |
 A electric loco motor |
 An English Loco ... |
 ... Old Coppernob |
 Arnstadt |
 Riedtor & Jakobsturm |
 Neutorturm |
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 Bachkirche |
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 Bach's Organ |
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 Johann Sebastien Bach |
 Liebfrauenkirche |
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 Oberkirche |
 Schlossruine Neideck |
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 Kassel, from the Herkules Denkmal |
 The Herkules Monument ... |
 ... under renovation |
 Walk at Schloss Benrath |
 Stephen |
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 with Conny; all at one level |
 Rhine barge |
 Moorhen |
 Moorhen chicks |
 Mum |
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 Timmy, testing a bike to buy |
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 The Rheinuffer at Duesseldorf |
 With Jamie & Caroline Wilkie and daughters; Timmy with girlfriend Rebecca on the right |
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