I remembered that Barbara wanted to see pictures of Büdingen, Germany, so this afternoon I stuck the GPS in the car, programmed in Büdingen and headed out. I spent most of my walkabout in the Altstadt, the old city, since that's where my GPS took me and that's where I found a parking space. Any time you find a parking space in Germany anywhere near your destination, you take it, then figure out how to get from there to where you're going afterwards.
Anyway, I started out at the Schloss and just wandered about for awhile. The pictures are pretty much in the order of my wanderings, and some have additional information in the comments. Since this wasn't a guided tour, I don't have as much information to share about the city as I do when I take "tours", but it was a lovely day to walk about and to see the sights. For those of you who are DPC-critical, please note that it was indeed mid-day, with the accompanying mid-day sun at times, and these are just tourist shots. :-)
Thank you so much for doing this Deb. I am all of a sudden a teenager again! I remember so many of these places, you have done a marvelous job of documenting a huge part of my past. I can not thank you enough.
You're most welcome! I enjoyed the afternoon wandering about. It was delightful, and it wasn't packed like some of the other towns can be this time of year, so I appreciate the recommendation!
From Valley City, The Frog Jump Capital. . . fascinating. I forwarded the story on to our Chamber of Commerce president.
Melethia; I love your tourist shots, especially the window shots. Those are always my favorite. When traveling I seek those kinds of shots out myself.
As for DPC-critical: I haven't seen too many shots coming from you to be too critical about! Please share your walkabouts more often.
Another little "tour" I thoroughly enjoyed, thanks Melethia.
I can't believe those frogs, though. On their own, and on some modern building they could be quite charming. But I have a big problem with defacing beautiful historical buildings with such an eyesore.
Even the castle, for crying out loud!
But I have a big problem with defacing beautiful historical buildings with such an eyesore.
Even the castle, for crying out loud!
Perhaps they are a temporary display and certainly mounted in such a way as to not do any permanent damage. Also,I think that what for many of what is old historic buildings, is just the everyday city for these folks.
Very cool story about the frogs, Barbara - thanks for posting that! I suspect there are more and I just didn't find them.
It's interesting - they're not just "historical buildings" here, they're homes, offices, hotels, museums, and living buildings, with regular upkeep and upgrades. I've become a bit more used to seeing all these wonderful old buildings with very modern cars parked next to them. Or as the case of one in Trier, a wonderful old building with no access built on the first floor in its day (you climbed a rope or ladder to the door on the second floor - interesting security system) which currently houses a coffee shop on its now accessible first floor.
Büdingen seems to a really nice place to visit! I love the colorful frogs and the funny story about them - well, not funny for the frogs :))
Melethia, we will be relocating to the Rhein-Main area later this year and it is nice to know of some interesting places to visit. I am from the extreme south-west corner in Germany originally, but as I have live most of my adult life abroad, I don't know many other areas in Germany and love reports like yours!
Melethia, we will be relocating to the Rhein-Main area later this year and it is nice to know of some interesting places to visit. I am from the extreme south-west corner in Germany originally, but as I have live most of my adult life abroad, I don't know many other areas in Germany and love reports like yours!
Let me know when you get here and we'll have to plan a get together!!
Another little "tour" I thoroughly enjoyed, thanks Melethia.
I can't believe those frogs, though. On their own, and on some modern building they could be quite charming. But I have a big problem with defacing beautiful historical buildings with such an eyesore.
Even the castle, for crying out loud!
I learned on my first trip to Germany that buildings aren't really "historical" if they're only 4-500 years old.
I learned on my first trip to Germany that buildings aren't really "historical" if they're only 4-500 years old.
True that. I saw one sign on part of the wall that dated to 1500 something. So I guess it's got a few more centuries to go before it's truly "historical". :-)
I learned on my first trip to Germany that buildings aren't really "historical" if they're only 4-500 years old.
True that. I saw one sign on part of the wall that dated to 1500 something. So I guess it's got a few more centuries to go before it's truly "historical". :-)
I made the mistake of telling my host that I lived in an old house in the US. Of course he asked, "How old?" When I told him my house was 80 years old, he informed me that the building my hotel was in was over 500 years old and then took me to see the castle walls, which date back to 1250 or so.
