our freindly green man

He is really popular and you can buy any amount of souvenirs of him. Unfortunately for pedestrians the green man does not provide exclusive use of the road you want to cross but only priority.
Germany is not as "classless" as we are lead to beleive, just the categories are different- in this case drivers first second and third and then pedestrians.

30,05,1968

I didn't take this photo. It was taken secretly 41 years ago and shows the church in the main square being blown up on the instructions of the Leader of East Germany. The church had survived the war bombs but offended Ulbricht by its very existence.

lotta bottle

Its Whitsun! It's a tradition that hundreds of "goths" gather in Leipzig for the weekend. Not all are as colourful as this young lady but most are interestingly dressed.

Centre of the town?

If you look at a map of Leipzig you find a huge swathe of green right through the middle. Actually the built-up area could be said to be Leipzig town on the right bank of the Elsterbecken and Plagwitz town on the left bank. When you travel over the bridges in a tram (cars are too low) you get a real sense of space and fresh air.

Schiller

With the warm weather the protective boarding has been removed and we can enjoy the many statues.
Schiller lived in Gohlis near Leipzig for a short while. He wrote "Ode to Joy" , the European anthem while he was here.

heron

.... but this guy doesn't seem to mind

garden idyll

I was first attracted to this rather charming but not very "German" garden because it shows a love and appeciation of the flowers and not just "tidyness".
Then I noticed the demo sign campaigning against nighttime flights. Leipzig is a hub for DHL who settled here just because the town allows them to takeoff at night. The roar of the machines can really be heard from a great distance at night when it is normally very silent.