Frankfurt

butterfly near our hotel in the West End


view from bridge over the Main River


maple leaf outside the Museum of Applied Art

Darmstadt

gauge from antique printing press in the Museum of Typecasting, Typesetting, and Printing


metal type at the printing museum


"Waldspirale" (Forest Spiral), an apartment building by the architect Hundertwasser


ducks at Waldspirale

Strasbourg

houses along the canal


Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg


view of Strasbourg from cathedral roof

Avignon

plaque commemorating the spot where (legend has it) Petrarch first saw his muse, Laura


Pont Saint-Bénezet (le Pont d'Avignon)


Sur le pont d'Avignon, well, this guy dances, anyhow.


posters for Avignon's theatre festival


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Provence

Pont du Gard (ancient Roman aqueduct, approximately 2000 years old)


800-year-old olive tree near Pont du Gard; tree was a gift from Spain


gecko on a tomb in Les Alyscamps (ancient Roman necropolis along the road outside Arles)


2000 year old bridge near Roussillon; this bridge was still in use until the new replacement was built only a few years ago


sunflower field near Gorde

Barcelona

the roof of La Pedrera (Casa Mila), an apartment building by the architect Gaudi; the towers are said to have inspired the design for the Storm Troopers from Star Wars


window detail, Casa Batllo, another building by Gaudi


statue of Jesus on Sagrat Cor Cathedral, Mount Tibidabo