A few photos from Freiburg
My IKEA dorm room at my hotel in Freiburg
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While the room was nothing special, the street outside
was absolutely lovely. |
These are called Baechle and they run throughout the old town of Freiburg. Rumor has it that if you fall into one of these you will marry a Freiburgian. I assiduously avoided falling into these.
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| How come our Burger Kings don't look like this? |
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| The famous but deadly alligators of Freiburg |
Freiburg has an assortment of these odd statues hanging off buildings. That enormous lump on its throat is a goiter. Ewwwww.
Those strange circles etched into the side of the cathedral denoted the accepted size of bread. There are a number of such markings on this cathedral, covering the size of baskets and building material.
Yep that statue on the top left is sticking its butt out and that is one of the drain pipes. Quite a sense of humor they had in the Middle Ages!
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In the window of a major department store.
I think this speaks for itself. |
Freiburg has an assortment of these odd statues hanging off buildings. That enormous lump on its throat is a goiter. Ewwwww. 
Just for the sake of goiter and butt drain pipe, it is so worth going to Freiburg.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the awesome pix!
Hi Jessica - Great photos!
ReplyDeleteI am a school librarian in Fort Worth, and I wondered if I could use one of your photos of the Baechle to show students. I teach students that they should ask permission and cite the creator when they use the work of others, and I want to be a good example.
The photo I would like to include is the one with the caption "These are called Baechle and they run throughout the old town of Freiburg." We have a stuffed elf that I photographed in one of Baechle. Your photo gives a much better distance view.
If you give permission, your photo would have an interested audience of about 300 elementary school students, and would be posted in our library for a few months. :-)
Maggie Knapp
Ms. Knapp
MS/US Library
Trinity Valley School
Fort Worth, TX