A renaissance man for the twenty-first century!
For reasons I don’t understand – and neither does ChatGPT – you’ll find a surprising number of pictures or statues of elephants in the Schwabian region of southern Germany. ChatGPT speculated that a large number of Schwabians participated in the Crusades, where they most likely encountered many elephants – so that’s the reason.
It usually frustrates me when I see strange antennas – looks like more than a base station:
Continuing the series,
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!
Continuing the series,
Sigmaringen is an interesting little town in the Linzgau area of Germany, just north of the Bodensee. I think this snap is a bit dark – and probably as my editing skills improve I will learn more about how to brighten it up!
I took this snap just north of Pfullendorf, which is a small village in the area known as Linzgau, just north of the Bodensee.
I took this snap with my BRAND NEW Nikkor 28mm F2.8 lens! I’ve had a professional-level camera now for just around 6 months, and I am still a beginner. It has enough settings and controls (aperture / f-stop, shutter speed, ISO, light levels, etc.) to make any photo look stunning . . . but they only work once you know how to use them – and I am still far, far away from knowing how to use them!
Mamatus clouds – also known as pillow clouds – are really quite rare. I saw these spectacular clouds while driving from Switzerland to southern Germany.
Yes, Germany has volcanoes! This shows the magma chamber of one of them, with the Swiss Alps in the background:
OK, with a little help from Lumina AI
Outside a metalworking factory in the southern Germany city of Singen,
For years and years the little Turkish “Döner” restaurant Alaturka in Stuttgart has consistently been rated as having the best döner kebap in all of Germany.
I arrived about 15 minutes before they opened for lunch, and my waiting time on line was only around 40 minutes. However, if you get there anytime later, you’ll likely wait on line for an hour or more.
They grill their vegetables, they make their own kebaps, and as shown here, they also make their own Ayran, in two flavors no less! Of course you’ll pay Swiss prices – but definitely worth it!
Southern Germany is an incredible, incredible place that sadly most tourists never visit. It is remote – almost desolate – but from time to time you accidentally stumble across something magnificent, such as this church that dates back to the Middle Ages:
Disclaimer: the sky was enhanced a bit with Lumina AI.
I’ve taken this snap before,
I took this snap in Stuttgart, but then I realised I know next-to-nothing about any element here: who the person is or why there is a statue there, the building in the background . . . I know nothing!
When I walk around with my camera, from time to time I see an interesting snap,
