River Parthe

It's actually a pretty little river except where it comes through the city. Recently the bed was relaid so that it flows within its (new) winding bed. Before it used to regularily flood the sides and the leftover silt allowed nature an upper hand.

and it used to look like this.

helicoptor to the rescue

We see these buzzing about in the sky but don't think to much about the reason. The ADAC is actually there to help broken-down car drivers but have a contract to bring medical aid to people in an emergency. This one landed on a small patch of unbuilt land by the street.

a fountain

I tried the other angle so as to avoid the scaffolding but lost the light behind the water!

another summer pleasure

is a trip a fully air-conditioned tram. This one is however just for tourists.

Balloon Season

On still summer evenings we often see them

and another

likewise this fine column. Its a copy of those inside St Nicolas Church, which is just out of view.

unusual viewing point

Sometimes the best thing about an exhibition is that you can take a photo from a new position. I had never even noticed this small statue and from street level its not really posible to snap it.

New town hall

The town hall was built in 1905 on the site of an older castle. You can visit the tower.
I like the sky.

old courtyard

This courtyard in the city centre is part of a group of very old buildings. They have not been sanitised beyond belief and so retain an interesting atmosphere that allows one to imagine medieval times. The flower shop in the righthand corner is allowed to expand into the yard and there is a small bar just out of view. They also have a wonderful vaulted cellar that they use for special displays.
I'll photo the entrance to the yard another time.

where's the door?

is this passenger friendly?

NO!
At night you can't see where you are and have to rely on the electronic indicator to know when to get off!

To earn revenue our local tram co (LVB) plasters the tram with adverts. Because they speculated (Cross-Border-Leasing) and lost, and in general have absurd illusions of their world-wide role our fares have risen ahead of inflation and as you can see the passenger is regarded as a nuisance to be tolerated.

With thanks to Wroclaw Daily Photo.

sun on water

another park

This is one we regularily walk through, I think it's called the "peace park" which is nice. But if you visit before 10 am you have to look out for the "tic-tac" brigade. These are serious nordic walkers with headbands, special trousers and those awful walking sticks -tic-tac-tic-tac. They would mow you down without hesitation! The joggers come later and look more relaxed.

old and new

The university courtyard is becoming a very pleasant modern open space in the city centre. The old entrance is being incorporated as well.

gewandhaus mural

During the interval at concerts we all wander around outside the auditorium and admire this mural. It's only possible to see it all at once from out in the square and at night.

another view

I've featured this super old-style cafe before, but from street level.

storks

We don't have very many but they are regular summer guests. This pair are up on a chimney that once was used to heat a garden nursery in Lützschena, near Leipzig

sunday walk

I should like to thank the many people who have commented in the past on this blog. I didn't realise until a fellow blogger from Seattle mentioned it, that my comments were being blocked. It's been fun to read them all.

toyshop

isn't he cute?

Capulets and Montagues

Summer theatre. Well done.

The finance centre

I just love night photos with a digital camera, they're so easy!

old and new

Part of the new university and St Nicks.

photo exhibition

Surely what matters is content, technique and presentation.
It was a curate's egg - good in parts!

Tardis?

No, its seems every road works, however small, must have a toilet!

The Court

For many years after the war this building was not used as a court but as the home of the Art Gallery under the name of possibly its most famous defendant, Georgi Dimitroff, who was accused of laying the fire in the Reichstag in Berlin but was able to turn the tables on his Nazi opponents.
Now it a Federal Court. In the foreground is the River Pleisse which has recently been restored to daylight again after many years as a covered sewer.

fire extinguisher

All small villages have a pond for the fire brigade. Not all are are nice as this one in Mölkau which has a real village character even though its within the town boundary.

green oasis

I peeped through an entrance door in a major street and couldn't resist snapping this.

Gottfried Leibnitz

Although he was born here and graduated at our university before he was 20 he moved away because older students rejected his wish to continue studying here. Now his statue stands in the new courtyard.

summers here at last

Right in the centre of town is the Rosenthal, a very large, apparently natural space, but no roses and not much valley.