Contrasts are great when they work and in this church I recently saw in Hinterzarten in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) it really REALLY works. Like many churches, Maria in der Zarten (that's the name of the church) has been added to/changed/destroyed/rebuilt several times... More

Yep, definitely Deutsch!Unfortunatley I didn't have time to have lunch there as the Kässpätzle were definitley calling my name. Oh well, maybe next time. Picture taken in September 2020. More

Last week I took my parents on a little holiday to the Black Forest, to be more precise to a place called Hinterzarten where I came across this rather splendid door on one of my walks. It was something like a community centre or library... More

It's very rare that I go past a church without popping in to have a little look inside, you never quite know what to expect. Well, with old catholic ones you kinda do, there's always loads of bling.  So when... More

A few years ago I took a picture of a friendly painted hydrant in the Black Forest, well it turns out that painting hydrants is a bit of a thing in the Schwarzwald. Here are a couple more (lady) hydrants... More

 A friendly Black Forest Hydrant.       More