‘Attila’, the mascot eagle of Frankfurt’s first division soccer club, just looks the other way prior to a match vs Hoffenheim at the city’s Commerzbank-Arena stadium, May 9.
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Another quiet day
Frankfurt’s main railway station, seen from the 49th floor of a nearby office building around noon, May 7, the third consecutive day of a strike by German railway engine drivers.
A trainy Morning
Sun comes up behind Frankfurt’s main railway station, May 5, after German train engine drivers downed their tools in the current wage bargaining and went on a six-day strike – the longest in the history of German railways.
A pun with a snail
This morning, I found this snail crawling up the tailgate of my tiny car in its endeavor to find food and shelter (it didn’t have the car keys, thankfully). I took it off and put it into the grass where I guess it belongs.
Walberla
What may look like a very remotely located beer festival on a gray day actually is a very remotely located beer festival on a gray day on Walberla mountain about halfway between Bamberg and Nuremberg in Franconia, Bavaria, May 03. The ‘Walberlafest’ can be traced back to 9th century May celebrations on this site with its stunning view (and its strange name) that was already populated in the Bronze Age.
Landscape with Daredevil
A man jumps over to one of the rocks of the Walberla mountain, May 4, at Franconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz) in Upper Franconia, Bavaria. In the age of romanticism in the 19th century, it was quite common in Germany to describe regions with rocks, mountains and valleys as ‘Switzerland’.
The Beauty of small Things (Part 1)
The tiny fibres of a dandelion seed’s parachute diffract the sunlight on a meadow in Frankfurt, Apr. 28.
City Stork
A stork flies over Frankfurt’s northern Bonames district, Apr. 28.
Nacht der Museen (Night of the Museums) in Frankfurt
Click through the gallery to get a glimpse of Frankfurt’s “Nacht der Museen” (Night of the Museums) that took place April 25/26. 45 museums were open until 2.00 am, some 38.000 people came to watch and to party.
Sickle
The setting sun colors the contrails of a plane that flies past the crescent moon over Frankfurt, Apr. 20.
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