WELSH RUGBY SCARF 2012 ... a travel log in pictures.

[Downunder Kilt]

Thanks for the photos Herminator,. Hope Llew didn't come down with the sniffles, must have been quite a shock for him to go from low to mid 30's C over here to your temps.

[Piipriker]

Hej rabble,

when I came home from work Llew was waiting at my doorstep and he directly went to the sofa



after retiring to the computer room we decided to relax with a dram of 29 years old Caol Ila and a pipe



then Llew is assisting me with composing this message



stay tuned ...

hejdå Jörg

[Derek]

Great news that Llew has got to you so swiftly ... Llew looks quite at home there.
Iechyd Da
Derek

[herminator]

Glad to see Llew arrived safely and quickly! Have fun together! Even more that is...

Shalom
Hermann

[Piipriker]

rather staying at home Llew decided to accompany me to work.

At break time we took a little stroll around my work place in Frankfurt

Llew with the sculpture "Morse by Horse" at the main entrance of the company
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/W...nkfurt_Germany



view along the Frankfurt fair towards the "Messeturm" (the Fair Tower is the pencil in the far)



the main building of our company



Messeturm



Llew wanted a picture taken together with one of my entries in the photo exhibition of our companies photo group



four of my six pictures in the exhibition, all taken in Frankfurt



Llew watching me working.

[Piipriker]

on friday we drove to Aschafenburg for the Burns Night. A friend organized a guided tour.

Let us first take a look around Johannisburg castle, a Renaissance castle. From the old castle only the tower remained.
It is one of the most impressive north of the Alpes. It got heavily damaged in WWII and got rebuild from 1957 to 1981.



Then Llew took a closeup look at the 400 years old door of the main entrance.



view from the castle in the herb garden and on the river Main (the name is of celtic origin BTW, like many in this area, like i.e. Rhine and Danube)

[cessna152towser]

great pics, looks like Llew is enjoying Germany.

[Piipriker]

on we went:

this brewery is one of the oldest in town and already existed during the 30 years war.
It's called "Schlappeseppl". it got it's name from the brewer at the time of swedish times during the 30 years war.
It was his nickname. Seppl meaning little Joseph and Schlappe from him walking with a limp.



our tour guide Petra

[Piipriker]

Aschaffenburg was and still is a cathedral chapter of the arch diocese of Mainz. We now come to the chuch of the Chapter.

two of oldest house in town. The stone building is the oldest stone building of the town and is home of the sexton of the church.



the church from the outside



this cross is one of three remaining in germany of this kind. Sorry, but I forgot how the style is called.



a reliquary



a copy of a painting of Mattis the painter, called Matthias Grünewald



There is a copy of a Lucas Cranach painting, but the light was not right and I didn't have a tripod at hand.

next installment: the Burns Supper

[Piipriker]

great pics, looks like Llew is enjoying Germany.

Thank you Alex. We are trying to our best to give Llew some nice memories.

@ Derek. Next stop of Llew will be my friend Marcus, known here as kiltmonk.