Lazy Photos

The last of my Germany photos and my favourite...I was just lazing in bed when I looked up and saw this shadow the window was creating on the wall....then suddenly I noticed that there was also a tree....which I had never seen outside the window.... 

Now this reminded me more of Obelix that Italy! 

It was Italian market day and wandering around the stalls I came across this roasted boar (pig?) head....with wine 

This is a jazz band playing in an open square in Mannheim. They were absolutely fantastic! In fact we sat their listening to them even though it was cold and rainy. I don't generally listen to jazz but I could have sat there listening to them as long as they were playing... 

This is some water area where the kids can play...though it was hot the water was icy cold but there were kids running around naked playing in the water. There was one little girl who had a small container. She would take some water and then neatly clean the square stones one by one in a row. There was also some mechanism on top which the kids could turn and water would be pumped and flow down through small sluice gates and then ultimately into the river. Though many of the kids were only interested in the water, there were kids who were facinated by the contraptions (for a lack of a better word) and tried them all out. It was fun....and educative...if you wanted it to be! 

And this is what it looks like on a sunny day......it was even more crowded behind me....The afternoon this picture was taken it touched 30 Degrees C. 

A closer view of the grassy bank....quite empty as it was a cloudy day... 

This is the Neckar...the river on the banks of which lie the city of Heidelberg. On the right in the far distance the castle is just about visible. Between this bridge and the next (in the background) on the right hand side is a grassy bank, which gets very crowded once the sun shines. 

I normally do not like steel and glass buildings but this one always facinates me. This is the Print Media Academy opposite the main railway station in Heidelberg. I have walked many times passed this building trying to figure out where the rooms are inside! The creature in front too facinates me. Its legs keep moving. I think the neck and head move too. 

In the background one can see the castle of Heidelberg, the place I stayed. I know it is a little far off to see clearly but it gives an idea of where the castle is situated, the new bridge, the river and the bank of the river where everyone comes to sun bathe (when the sun actually shines that is). Well, it was one of those rare sunny days when everyone was out...more of those later.... 

I spent three weeks in Germany and I cannot begin to share pictures of Germany without first talking about football. Everything is about football! The coffee has a round football chocolate on it...the cakes have football on it...everywhere you look it is about football. We had gone to an electronics store and there they had washing machines stacked up. The door to one machine in the second row was open and we were given a soft football to kick. If you manage to get the ball into the washing machnie then you get that machine. When it came to my turn the guy there opened all the doors after my first try becasue he was so sure I would not be able to get the ball in...and yes he was right!