The Mont St Michel

Another view from the land sided wall up to the abbey of Mont St. Michel.

The entire mountain

Mont St. Michel is a small city in itself and here is view above some of the roofs.

Tourist Stuff

You visit a site like Mont St. Michel... and you expect touristy stuff to be there. But then the shops still shock you, slightly, with relatively unrelated stuff. Like these handbag things.

Fisheyed

This is the side of the abbey seen through a fisheye lens.

The Elevator

An image of an elevator? Well, yes. This is a historic elevator system, that used man power to draw the sled up. The sled is that thing hanging on the wall there. It was riding up rails that were steeply built into the wall of the castle, up the mountain.

To operate the elevator, a monk was running or walking in that gigantic hamster wheel and spooled up the rope.

The hall of columns

The hall of the gigantic columns in the abbey is very impressive. It almost feels as if the columns take up more space in the room than the air.

Columns

These columns are used to support the structure above it. But really... they look cool just by themselves.

Mont St. Michel, France

Stained glass windows

Here is an array of the glass windows in one of the abbey halls.

Mont St. Michel, France

Walk way

Here is the wandering walk way in the Abbey of Mont St. Michel.

Monks' Hall

This is the former dining hall of the abbey ontop of Mont St. Michel.

Where the steps go up in the back right there is a sitting stool in the wall. One monk used to sit up there during the meals and read religious texts to the eating monks.

The mountain Abbey

Ontop of Mount St. Michel, France

The mighty kitchen

The Hotel Mére Poulard on Mont St. Michel has this mighty kitchen in the front where the infamous omletts are being made in the open fire. Here is a look into it at night with two chefs having a conversation in the back.

Does anyone know

As we walked the beach in St. Peter Ording we found these shells. Actually we took some home but the desolved entirely in fresh water.

Can anyone tell me what they are?

Sand Castle

A sand castle is a must on a beach as large as the beach of St. Peter Ording. I thought it was a neat thing to photograph, even if it was weathered down a little.

Hidden in the Reeds

Here is the same boat as yesterday's. Just this time from a different angle.

Boat in the bay

This old fashoined row boat was tied up in Haithabu, the viking village in Northern Germany.

Rooster Time

Here is a rooster that strides about the viking village of Haithabu, Schleswig Holstein.

It's that time again

With poppies in large bloom all over the fields, summer has begun. I am on my way out to enjoy it this year.

Soldiers' cemetary

I did not even know about these fields of soldiers' graves in Dortmund.

 Hauptfriedhof, Soldatenfriedhof.

I almost got rain

Lately while on an evening walk I was chaised by almost-rain. The weather held up. But just barely.

Trees in a field

These two matching but differing trees caught my eye on a walk through the fields.

Wild Field

What a field full of these dark cows and a wonderfully impressive tree.

Lippe valley.

Timber Frame

I used to think for a long while that the only term for houses of this style was "half timbered" but I acutally think the term timber frame is better placed with these houses.

This is placed in Oestinghausen, near Soest.

Ship's Front

This ship we found in the harbour area of Saint Malo.

Sea Gull with Style

This gull was looking at us with quite some style.

Côte Granit Rose

We got to see the Côte Granit Rose in Brittany and were impressed by the rock formations. This is the view of a famous light house and as well of the House of Gustav Eiffel.

St Malo - The lock

We got to see the tidal power plant in St. Malo, Brittany.

There we got to watch some ships come through the lock and the lock closing behind it.

The altar room

An impressive church in the monastery ontop of Mont St. Michel. April 2015.

The high ceiling

An impressive ceiling domed the entry hall of the monastery.

The Monastery

Ontop of Mont St. Michel there is the actual monastery that we payed a visit to. This is the main church in the morning sun.