I went to Finland planning a short stop-over in Frankfurt on the way home. But then, I needed to stay over the weekend, as part of a detour to India. So, I charged up my camera batteries and hit the streets...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
...and a couple of church yards...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
...and through several parks and green-spaces.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Nice flowers in the park.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Deutsch Schwan am Main
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
And flowers in the marketplace.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
The Opera House, lit up beautifully after dark...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
...and the surrounding area.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
But then, as I often do, I was up before dawn the following morning,
to see what I could see.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
A cool church, with high steeple, on the south side of the river.
The middle bridge of the five in the central town area is a pedestrian bridge,
the railings are full of "love-locks" (but not too many pre-dawn pedestrians).
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Same church, with the sunrise fairly subdued, the clouds were a bit heavy.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
A glass-covered building off to the east, with some color finally developing.
It started to rain, so that was it for the first try at a sunrise.
Here's an evening shot from the pedestrian bridge, looking west.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Up again Sunday morning before departing, this time no rain !
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Same tall church, from a position on the south bank, east of the church.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
This time, a bit more color...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Beautiful, peaceful, some color and no rain...my kind of sunrise.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Now, off to the airport for a quick 9-hour flight to Mumbai !
Y'all take care.
-Mark
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
