Buster looks out the window in anticipation
Maria next to her apartment door
Maria and I pose for a quick picture in her apartment
Maria's bedroom
A license plate from her second home
Maria smiles as I take a picture of her door
Now Maria and her bookshelf
Maria wouldn't sit on the bed for a photo but I would...so here I am on Maria's big bed. Her German friends make fun of her big bed...calling her too American. She loved the big beds at my paren'ts house so much that she had to get her own.
The collage to depict her adopt a child from Namibia
Posing next to her africa collage....Flener family members can be spotted here
remember this?
Maria poses next to her favorite sign
Maria sighs as I take yet another picture
Maria's kitchen, bright and cheerful
The bright blue refridgerator
Trying to catch a picture of her hamster
Yeah...we succeed
Jen's room
Maria's wonderful balcony
Maria unlocks the bikes as we prepare to head into the city
A picture of her aparmtent building
the yard across the street
Looking into a traditional German Protestant church
And the magnificent organ
A shrine to luther
taking a close up view of the alter and stained glass windows
Which geometric designs and a copper kettle...for some reason...people kept dropping coins from a hole in the roof that would land in the the kettle...however some of the coins missed the kettle and nearly landed on people's head....I thought the building was caving in and headed for the exit
the view outside was quite lovely
and the church was quite entertaining
The Gottingen University Library that won several design awards for functionality and beauty...I thought it looked pretty cool
The building was filled with natural light so it felt more open than closterophobic
Modern art depicting the famous 7 of Gottingen...I didn't understand it
Maria poses next to her school building
and points out where she goes to school
The goose girl...the most kissed lady in the world....Every student who recieves a doctoral degree must plant a kiss on the cheek of this statue
Looking into a medievel courthouse
with paintings of medeviel activities
and beautiful stones in the chandeliers
a view looking down into the hall
a close up of some of the paintings
another fun painting
Give me the stone...or off with your head!
Maria in the yummy chocolate shop
Maria and I pose while waiting for food
my scrumptious multilayer cake....try to count the layers....
A very large plant in the botanical garden.
Maria and I pose next to said plant...perhaps it will eat us?
The winding pathways of the botanical garden
Maria turns around as I capture a quick photo
More flowers
Maria in a tree
A lily pond
A pose at the African restaurant with my green beer...it tasted a lot like fruit juice, not beer
Maria eats some of our yummy african soup
And eats her fire bread...essentially non-circular pizza
My pizza was an african take on hawainan pizza with ham, pineapple, and honey
Bike riding is quite popular in Gottingen...as you can tell from this photo
umm...this isn't Goslar
After realizing that we boarded the wrong train, Maria purchases a ticket for the next train
the whole incident was quite embarrising but a funny story
ahh....the wrong train station
but a pretty neat looking bus station
the red roofs of germany
Maria explained that most homes in the north use a special type of tile that blocks the cold wind...looks like this house may need some repairs
Typically german painted house
a really old building
the steeple of St. Michals
The interior of St. Michal's
This poster shows the celebration of the 800 years since Elizabeth's birth....Maburg's elisabethkirche is pictured on the second row...second from the left
cool staffs
another steeple sticks out from the red brick tiles
Church bells of Germany
a recently refurbished city center
The interior of St. Maria
The exterior of St. Maria
Gazing down a narrow city street towards St. Michal's
Maria poses next to a lovely creek that winds through town
The interior of another church...I forgot the name of this one
remnants of past art adorn the walls next to the pipe organ
A crypt..uncovered
remains of a bell tower
Now on the correct train, Maria and I joyfully head towards Goslar
streets of Goslar, begging to be explored
A view of St. Jacob's kirche, patron saint of miners
Looking into St. Jacob's with its ornate pews
the organ of St. Jacob's
The altar of St. Jacob's
This church, devoted to iron workers, had a very interesting pulpit
and interesting pictures
a typical house in Goslar
The town squaure with the largest mediveil copper fountain in the world
painted buildings of the city
o happy day...I finally got to see an organ concert in a church....I was very excited
Maria poses next to the entrance to the Kaiser throne
The Kaiser throne
now a bit farther out
The Kaiserpfalz
statues of wilhem the first and someone else
looking from the Kaiserpfalz to the city...the church with the two spires has an interesting story...the original design called for two towers like the one on the left...but the church didn't have enough money to build both...so they built one tower and then framed the other
a babbling brook that runs through the city
Maria poses on a typically Goslar street
rooms like this can be rented for the weekend...anyone up for it?
All of the homes are old...some list how old they are...how would you like to redo the wiring on this house?
Looking up towards Frankenburger Kirche
gazing up at the old tower
the interior...not preserved very well
but still lovely
and rather ornate...the Frankenburger kirche was a fine example of Baroque architecture
a house with a flower balcony
In the US, we get upset when a neighbor's tree covers part of our house but here people have to deal with roofs mixing together
the main gate to Goslar
and the defense tower
Gazing towards St. Stephani...we wanted to walk inside but mass was occuring...so instead, we listened to the choir...which sounded quite lovely
A home for carrier pigeons
After walking all day, we stopped for ice cream...I enjoyed some ice lasagna...with vanilla bean ice cream, whipped cream, and forest fruit topped with white chocolate shavings...yum yum
The glockenspeil
the seimenhaus...the original home of the seimen's family..famous for designing many appliances (and phones) found in Europe
On the way out we pass by this lovely couple, I stop to say hello
Maria and I pose between them
and Maria compares her waistline to theirs
Gazing up at Neuekirche...this church was closed but it still looks lovely from the outside
Maria and Jens
Buster sticks his head out of my bag to keep me company on the trip home
