Mannheim - 28.June.2014

Not too many pix from that day. I liked the way the flash made one of the eyes in the poster shine, which is why I included a duplicate. I stayed in this room when I was there in 2012, so it felt a little like home.

Who knew bowling was so popular in Mannheim?

Entrance to the Steinerhaus

And something from  the University of Texas Austin Fine Arts Library (not taken by moi). Do you notice anything strange?

Bingenheim last day, Mainz & Mannheim day 1

Shots today from the last day in Bingenheim (26.June.2014), our stop en route Mannheim in Mainz, and a Jannisary-like band in Mannheim.

Sweet bouquet

Around the seed library at the Schloss

Schloss garden

Sweet tunnel

Morning sky

Breakfast

L to R: Arie, Nadiv, Dominique, Adam (the lighter),
Anna, me in the back, Michaal, Jan, dunno,
Tali, Michael (the pianist) in the front

Now how does that GPS thingie work?

Waiting while they sort it out

Disney-like tower

Mainz cathedral garden

Same garden, different angle

St. Stephen chapel (home of the Chagall windows)

St. Stephen garden

En route to the parking lot

Of course I thought of mom when we happened upon this rehearsal of an organ concerto.

And how for something completely different from the central square in Mannheim:

Bingenheim, day 2

Some more pix from Bingenheim, and a some video clips that you might enjoy.

Day-time shot of the magical wall

Flowers outside performance hall

Stage

Bingenheim flowers (outside hall?)

Steiner no. 9

Artwork outside hall

Attempt to show the brilliance of the gold

Schloss garden sculptures

Nadiv & Dominique

Cloudscape from Schloss tower (where they held witches back in the day)

From a garden near my room

Evening sounds from my room at sunset (mind you, around 10PM)

Somehow, photos of a fountain just don't cut it

Here's an snippet of a humoresque Eurythmy performance by Tali (narrated by Arie). It's a story about a lady bug who though her name was too long.

Bingenheim, day 1

OK, I'm letting these pix jump the queue. Arrived in Bingenheim around 5PM after taking 2 planes, a bus & three trains - then a 30-minute walk from the train station.

Schloss entrance - inside looking out

I think the kindergarten was in this bldg.
- as was the stage changing room

Lovely Steiner-inspired door with roses

Probably the main bldg.
since this is the one you'll find on the web

Schloss garden & the building with the
"pent-house" apt. that Michaal was staying in.

Schloss garden

The street outside the schloss entrance

Schloss tower

Performance poster - can you see the silhouettes?

Tree in the courtyard - could be
the tree of life from the Garden of Eden

Performance hall entrance

My room looking onto the little patio

My room (obviously usually a meeting room)
looking onto the magical wall just outside

Europe 2014

As a begin to face sorting through all the photos I took, I thought I'd send along this video of one of my favorite moments of the trip. Jan, Dominique, Nadiv & I were visiting the "Wald see" near Murrhardt (literally Forest Sea, but read pond). Apparently Jan forgot about the recent rain. :)

Wellesley starts Monday, so not sure when I'll get around to posting again.

Peaceful Potter

Probably won't have a chance to post another one of these for awhile, so here's a photo of napping Potter & a lovely shot of a Japanese rain forest from a blogger whom I follow.

Hydrangea, Bamboo Forest, Japan