Berlin Photos October 2013

 

 

 

 

"Our" café near our apartment.

Our apartment building in Mitte, Berlin.



The view from our apartment


Sculpture from old car bodies in a Berlin store

 

 Sony Centre, Berlin

 



Charlottenburg Castle (C17)

 

 Berlin building - it housed the Air Ministry for the Nazis, then the Defence Ministry for east Germany and now houses Government offices.

The course of the Berlin wall is well marked. 

 

 

 Brandenburg Gate

 

 

 Holocaust Memorial near the Tiergarten

  

 Autumn trees in the Tiergarten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prague Photos October 2013

Our walking tour of Prague, with guide Eva.



Charles Bridge early in a misty morning

 St Vitus cathedral at Prague castle. The cathedral was started in 1340 and finally completed in 1929!

Detail from a statue on the Charles Bridge


 St George's Basilica, Prague castle. Built in the eleventh century.

Detail from the outside, St Vitus Cathedral, Prague castle 

New synagogue, Prague. Built in 1240. 

 

 

 

Prague view across to the Charles Bridge. 

 

Tyn church from the central square in Prague old town 

The view from our hotel in Prague.

Prague view across to the Charles Bridge. 

 

 

Sibiu and Brasov,Romania, photos October 2013

After Budapest we travelled by train to Romania

 

 

Sibiu city wall built in the 14th century



Brasov Square in the snow 

 

Sibiu street in the old town

An old manuscript in the First Romanian School Museum, Brasov.

The Black Church in Brasov

 





Outside the Brasov city wall

 

 Our breakfast restaurant in Brasov

Modern Brasov, well outside the old city walls.

 

 

The inner courtyard of the fortified church at Prejmer.

 

The fortified church at Prejmer (outside view). 

 

Budapest Photos October 2013

We spent a week in Budapest in early October 2013

 

Matthias church in the Castle district in Buda.

 

Mary Magdalene Tower (C13) in the Castle district.

 

City Market building. Five minutes walk from our apartment.

Palace Building (The Castle) in Buda.

 

 

Our apartment building. The Danube river is at the end of the street.
 

House in Buda. Attic windows in Romania and Hungary have these unusual shapes. 

Parliament Buildings. There are lots of leafy small parks in Budapest.

Szechenyi Bridge across the Danube. 

 

 Parliament Buildings from the Palace Hill

 

The Danube is indeed blue (providing the sky is blue too!). 

 

Autumn trees in Budapest.

 

A salute for the Children's Railway

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 




                                                                         
                                        
                                                                   


 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

 

 



 

A week in Holland in October 2013

Most of our time in Holland was spent visiting Lyn's friends and relations



Lyn with bikes on a canal bridge in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is often called the Venice of the North. We took a walk along the canals.



 Hannie and Marcel's home in Van Eeghen Street, Amsterdam.

 

 With Hannie and Marcel in Amsterdam.

  

Lyn with our friends Botsje and Andre in Kubaard.



 The church in Kubaard where Lyn's father was once a predikant (minister)

 

 The manse where Lyn was born in Kubaard

 

 Botsje's 200 year old home in Doniaweg, Damwoude, Friesland.

 

 Old friends: Botsje and Lyn

 

 Cousins Sjaak and Connie with Lyn in St Maartensdijk.

 The church in St Maartensdijk where Lyn's Grandfather was the minister for many years.

 

 Lyn with Tante Annie in St Maartensdijk.