Saturday, January 23, 2010

Passau, Cobblestones to Steeple

We are on the wider Danube now, traveling toward Passau. This was early in the morning, with a touch of fog.
The old gate guards the entrance to the city. The town hall is decorated with beautiful frescoes on pink stucco.
One of the many churches - this one is a rather playful pink and white.
This is one of my favorite pictures - it illustrates the birth of cobblestone streets. In the foreground you can see the completed cobblestone pattern, while behind it are the stones and the sand. I love these patterned streets and alleys - so much prettier than asphalt!
Here's a typical town square.
And as usual, the cathedral is undergoing repair. There was scaffolding on almost every church we saw.
The inside was fabulous. This is St. Stephen's Cathedral, which has the largest church organ in the world - 18,000 pipes. You can see a part of it in this picture.
Here is another picture of the interior of this glorious cathedral. The ceiling was magnificent.
Next, we visit Vienna, and then our trip ends in Budapest. Almost done!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it

Anonymous said...

I didn't understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more?

Anonymous said...

Not bad article, but I really miss that you didn't express your opinion, but ok you just have different approach

Now and Then said...

As an answer to Anonymous, these blog posts are just comments and pictures on the trip we took to Europe - not meant to be anything more than vacation pictures of our river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest.