Wiesensteig Train Bridge
Continuing the series, I took this picture in a lot of pain. Because . . . the previous picture I took was standing with short pants and sandals in a patch of some kind of plant that caused my legs to catch on fire!
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Wiesensteig Train Bridge
Continuing the series,
Wiesensteig Train Bridge
Continuing the series, I took this snap in the South German town of Wiesensteig. This is the new rail line that runs between Stuttgart and Ulm – which took around 47 years to build. It’s funny, because they say people in Bern move slowly!
Wiesensteig Train Bridge
Continuing the series,
Bridge in Sigmaringen
Bridge over the River Doubs
Uncovered bridge – 3
Continuing the series, I took this snap of an uncovered bridge over the Thur river while en route to the Rhine village of Stein am Rhein in Switzerland,
Uncovered bridge – 2
Continuing the series, a one-lane bridge over the mighty river Thur in north central Switzerland,
Uncovered bridge
I took this snap of an uncovered bridge over the Thur river en route to the Rhine river town of Stein am Rhein in Switzerland,
Béziers bridge for boats
As artistic a snap as I thought I could take of the Canal du Midi, which at this point crosses the River Orb in an aquaduct. Yes – that’s right! – that is not a bridge for cars or people but a bridge for boats! This snap was taken in Béziers, with the famous Cathédral […]
World’s dumbest bridge with a canal over my head!
As artistic a snap as I thought I could take of the arguably the world’s or at least France’s bridge with the dumbest name (Pont Vieux, which translates to Old Bridge), but, in this case, with the world famous French Canal du Midi about 5 meters above my head in the southern French village of […]
Old bridge over the River Orb
Hold on to your hat: the name of this bridge in French (and I am not making this up) is Pont Vieux. This is translated as Old Bridge. It’s either the world’s most dumbest name (implying the locals could not think of anything better) or the world’s most artistic name (using a humble self-explanatory moniker […]
Bern bridge – 2
Continuing the series, here is a foot bridge across the Aare River in Bern, underneath the magnificent Kornhausbrücke
Bern bridge
Looking up from below at the magnificent Kornhausbrücke in Bern
Bridge over the River Reuss
OK, not exactly the Bridge over the River Kwai, which I captured in this snap here, but nevertheless I thought this made a nice shot. It was taken just outside of the historical medieval village of Bremgarten in Switzerland,
Rheinau Bridge
An artistic a snap as I thought I could get of a bridge next to the famous Klosterkirche in Rheinau,
Love locks on the Brooklyn Bridge
I was surprised so many creative people seem to use just about every and any anchor point:
Williamsburg Bridge
This is a shot that I took on a boat just about the cruise under the Williamsburg Bridge that connects the New York boroughs of Manhattan (behind me) with Brooklyn (shown): For a while, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world!
The amazing drawbridges of New York
Interestingly, there are around 30 drawbridges that connect Manhattan to one of the other New York boroughs. This is what they call an elevated drawbridge, because the center piece elevates. I am not sure which one this is – and I haven’t been bothered to look it up! And this one is called a swing […]
Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro Bridge connects the New York borough of Manhattan with the borough of Queens: Given that “borough” is spelled “borough” I’ve never quite understood why the Queensboro Bridge is not spelled Queensborough.
What’s worse? The incredible bogus drawbridge of Vincent Van Gogh – or his own bogus buggy?
With this blog I would like to bring a true mystery to the attention of the art world – showing that one of the all time masters of art was, in fact, a con man. First things first: this is the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh, He lived in the south of France, and he […]
Germany’s highest bridge
This is it, from a close-up viewpoint: And this is it, from an artistic viewpoint: And this is it, from a viewpoint where you can really appreciate how tall it is: Finished in 1979, this is the Kochertalbrücke (Kocher Valley Bridge), and at 178 m (or 574 feet) it was, until 2004, the highest […]
Unbelievable bridge in Southern Germany
I’ve driven across this bridge hundreds of times, but recently I stopped underneath to take some pictures. This is the Neckar Viaduct up close: And this is the Neckar Viaduct, somewhat further away: What’s just amazing is that this viaduct has a height of 125 meters, or just over 400 feet. In comparison, the more […]
Covered bridge on the Rhein
This is a view looking south from Germany at the amazing, amazing Swiss village of Stein am Rhein: And this is the view looking just right to this one: It’s an old village, as far as villages go. It was transformed from a fishing village into a bastion of the Holy Roman Empire by Heinrich […]
Covered pedestrian bridge in Alsace
Do you like to see people or do you like to see beautiful things? The reason for this question has to do with the difference between North and South Europe. In South Europe, you will see neighborhoods filled with people, sitting outside, talking, playing various bowling games or cards. But you aren’t likely to see […]