I took this snap a while ago. I couldn’t understand it. Just two predatory birds coincidentally chilling out in the same place? Maybe both waiting for a large animal on a rooftop to die? Perhaps two birds angry with each other?
Southern Germany
Wine machine
I spotted this “wine tasting machine” in a Edeka supermarket near Freiburg in southwestern Germany,
I didn’t see anyone using it – but I also didn’t see any slots for coins or money, so I assume it was free to use.
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!
Hohenstadt Elephant
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.
Antenna in the Schwäbische Alb
It usually frustrates me when I see strange antennas – looks like more than a base station:
Lone Building
Windows on a building in Stuttgart-Vaihingin
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,
Fachwerkhaus
Red thing in Stuttgart-Vaihingin
Sigmarigen
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!
Pfullendorf Portal
The value of stones in Linzgau
I took this snap just north of Pfullendorf, which is a small village in the area known as Linzgau, just north of the Bodensee.
Bridge in Sigmaringen
Konstanz-Meersburg Fähre
Konstanz-Meersburg Fähre
Konstanz-Meersburg Fähre
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!
Pillow Clouds
Mamatus clouds – also known as pillow clouds – are really quite rare. I saw these spectacular clouds while driving from Switzerland to southern Germany.
The volcano fields of Germany
Yes, Germany has volcanoes! This shows the magma chamber of one of them, with the Swiss Alps in the background:
Clouds over the Schwarzwald Hochstrasse
OK, with a little help from Lumina AI
Press
Outside a metalworking factory in the southern Germany city of Singen,
Alaturka
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!
Klosterkirche Obermarchtal
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.