Ice

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Location: Heidelberg, a week ago just before Christmas. That's iced fog, not snow.

Coffee Bean?

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Don't really need to put much comment, do i? The shape lends itself to multiple interpretations quite well...

Location: Heidelberg-Bergheim; the shop is a bakery that also sells coffee.

Park Island

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Location: City Park, Park Island, Ludwigshafen. View to the south, towards the comparably small port area of Ludwigshafen.

Notes: Not the entire Island is part of the Park, actually - only like half of it. It's an artificial island btw, separated since 1893 by a small harbor canal from the rest of Ludwigshafen, and since 1968 again connected to the city by a dam at its southern end. The park itself was created in 1900, and rearranged in 1947-51 after heavy bombing damage. Its total area is 28 hectar (about 70 acre), mostly consisting of forest with small paths leading all over it. The park itself hugs the western shore of the island along the Rhine river, in a sorta of crescent moon shape to a maximum depth of 100m from the river, while the overall island is in a semi-circle shape, with the rest of it mostly covered with upscale housing. A streetcar rail line ends just across a bridge from the island, making it relatively easily reachable by public transport.

Ticket Info

Awesome brochure available from the local Rhine-Neckar Area Public Transport thingy for "international visitors". In English, French and - get this - Japanese. Explains how to get a public transport ticket, in particular for tourists ^^;

Since blogger doesn't seem to support oversized images, large version is linked here.