Parisian Beauty

Detail on a building : Paris, FR

Every corner and street in Paris seems to hold some bit of beauty. If it isn't in the ironwork around balconies or doorways, it's in the clothing being worn by Parisians. In this case, it's the beauty of the details on a building on a random street.

Photo copyright: Janet Kincaid, 08/09

Rathaus Basel

Rathaus Baselstadt : Basel, CH

I know I've featured this building before, but it is literally one of the most beautiful municipal buildings I've seen out of the nine or ten similar-functioning buildings I've seen in Switzerland, France, or Italy. (The Hotel de Ville in Aosta was pretty, but nothing compared to this.) Here are a few more photos from the Rathaus in Basel, Switzerland.

Photo copyright: Janet Kincaid, 07/09

Bad Säckingen

View from Säckingenbrücke : Swiss-German Border

Took another trip to Basel to visit my friends, Di and Scott. We went to Bad Säckingen in Germany. To get there, we parked in Stein, Switzerland, and then walked across a wooden bridge built in 1272. The bridge is over the Rhine (Rhein) River. About half way across, there's a line painted across the width of the bridge signifying the border.

St. Fridolinsmünster : Bad Säckingen, DE

Bad Säckingen's loveliest feature is its baroque cathedral, St. Fridolinsmünster. Here are just a few pictures from this lovely city on the southernmost edge of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest).

Photo copyright: Janet Kincaid, 07/09