Germany
1982 - 2015

 

Cologne 2015
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city, home to more than 10 million people. Cologne was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II. The cathedral suffered as it sits next to the main rail yard - it has been fully repaired.


Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is a Roman Catholic cathedral and the seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.


Junkers Ju 52/3m tri-motor D-CDLH painted in the livery of Lufthansa D-AQUI in 1936

Bavaria 2015

Allgäu
This area just north of the Austrian border is home to Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles and spectacular Alpine scenery.  


Neuschwanstein


Neuschwanstein


Neuschwanstein


Hohenschwangau


Hohenschwangau


Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated three miles north of the Austrian border. The town is known for its violinmaking industry.


Kloster Andechs

The Benedictine priory and abbey of Andechs is located on a hill east of the Ammersee in the municipality Andechs, Upper Bavaria. Andechs Abbey is famed for its Baroque church (1712) and its brewery.


Heidelberg



Heidelberg Bridge

 

 

 

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

 

 


Dinkelsbühl

 

 

 

Trier

 


Worms

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Schwetzingen



Mannheim

 

 

 

 


Rhein River

 

Bavaria

 

 

 

Ludwig's Castles (Bavaria)

Neuschwantstein

 

 

 

 

 


Linderhof


Dachau

 

 

The Former East Germany


The Bradenburg Gate from the East German side
after the fall of the wall and prior to reconstuction

 

 


Dresden Technical Museum


Dresden - WWII ruins

 


Sansoucci Palace - Potsdam

 


Sansoucci Palace - Potsdam

 

 

 

 

Ramstein


Local fields in the fall

 

 


Our landlord butchering a pig

 


Winter from our apartment

Escorting Emily's uncle - a WWII German fighter pilot - on a tour of the base