
The Haslach, a little river in the southern Black Forest, cuts through rocks on its way along a canyon, Oct.21. There is also a narrow hiking trail on its northern banks. (Exposure time 1 second, the camera was resting on one of the slippery rocks)

The Haslach, a little river in the southern Black Forest, cuts through rocks on its way along a canyon, Oct.21. There is also a narrow hiking trail on its northern banks. (Exposure time 1 second, the camera was resting on one of the slippery rocks)

Hiking the Wutachschlucht canyon in the southern part of the Black Forest near the border between Germany and Switzerland on a rainy day, Oct.20.

A little hegdehog that we found today roaming a street at daytime in Frankfurt, Oct. 17. We later brought it to the animal shelter.

A member of a group that re-enacts ancient Roman life wears replicas of legionaires’ boots and talks to friends holding shields at the Saalburg castellum near Bad Homburg, north of Frankfurt, Oct.16. The Saalburg was reconstructed about a hunderd years ago at the original site of a castellum on the limes that marked the ancient border between the Roman empire and the territory of the Germanic tribes.