It was fun to stroll through the small town of Dieburg, Germany and reminisce a little.
It's where I grew up and I enjoyed showing Richard around.
I've always appreciated architecture, so I took pics of a few of the medieval houses - these are all between 1380 and 1560, the church you see was built in 1240.
Left - the town crest. Right - The Jester, a fountain dedicated by the mardi-gras (Fastnacht) group to the city. Dieburg has celebrated the mardi-gras festival for several hundred years - it's in my blood.
Left and right - city hall. Center - colorful carved wooden decor. They remind me of the carvings of Bali, but these are architectural details on a house built in 1300-1400s.
We also took a few days to visit Bavaria and hike in the Alps.
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All images taken by Rose H.
August 2008
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Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments!
i am going to show this to a dear friend,my 70 plus something neighbor and her 80 plus husband ..they are from Germany and moved to the US in the 70's
i'm glad you are enjoying your life so much... God bless you and yours...
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Of course the city hall building is pretty new - I think the original building, the one that has the clock tower was built around 1900 and then they added on to it in the late 1960s.
I think they did a nice job with the addition and I've always liked the effervescence of that simple fountain they put in in 1965.
We kids used to put in color - so the water would be red or yellow or bright blue.:)
And the alps...I'm just going to be singing tunes from the Sound of Music today. Must go back and look at the pictures more closely.