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Phot.Heidelberg.Market.Corn.01.061309.6173

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:52:00 -0700

Germany, Heidelberg, Corn Market on a gloomy day, this market square with its Madonna statue, erected in 1718, was once used for the collection & trade of agricultural goods.
The station of the funicular railway runs from next to the Corn market up to the summit of the hill “Königstuhl” via the Heidelberg Castle.

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Phot.Heidelberg.Rain.01.061309.6141

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:28:33 -0700

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Germany, Heidelberg, …it’s raining,…it’s pouring, tourist life can be boring, at the Market Square fountain with a statue of Hercules on a column, built between 1703 & 1706.

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Phot.Heidelberg.Bridge.01.061308.6117

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:07:43 -0700

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Germany, Heidelberg, “Alte Brücke”, Old Bridge, the first Heidelberg bridge was built by Prince Elector Karl Theodor, 1742-1799, which explains its official name "Karl-Theodor-Brücke".
The four preceding bridges were wooden constructions; altogether, the bridge was rebuilt nine times, more than likely victim of flooding, fire & ice. Carl Theodor was the first ruler to have constructed a stone bridge which was erected here from 1786 to 1788 supported by 8 posts. Well preserved is the medieval bridge gate on the town side, originally part of the town wall. Baroque tower helmets were added during the erection of the stone bridge in 1788. The West Tower contains dungeons, whereas the East Tower holds a spiral staircase. The double-armed bridge gate comes from the late Middle Ages, the towers served the bridge keeper as an apartment & in 1945 both rooms above the gateway were refurbished as artistic apartments.

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Phot.Heidelberg.Bridge.01.061308.5991

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:40:10 -0700

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Germany, Heidelberg, “Alte Brücke”, Old Bridge, the first Heidelberg bridge was built by Prince Elector Karl Theodor, 1742-1799, which explains its official name "Karl-Theodor-Brücke".
The four preceding bridges were wooden constructions; altogether, the bridge was rebuilt 9 times, more than likely victim of flooding, fire & ice. Carl Theodor was the first ruler to have constructed a stone bridge which was erected here from 1786 to 1788 supported by 8 posts. Well preserved is the medieval bridge gate on the town side, originally part of the town wall. Baroque tower helmets were added during the erection of the stone bridge in 1788. The West Tower contains dungeons, whereas the East Tower holds a spiral staircase. The double-armed bridge gate comes from the late Middle Ages, the towers served the bridge keeper as an apartment & in 1945 both rooms above the gateway were refurbished as artistic apartments.
Located 80 mtr above the city on the hillside the Heidelberg Castle, one of Germany’s most famous ruin & landmark

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Phot.Heidelberg.Castle.01.061308.6083

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:01:34 -0700

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Germany, Heidelberg, Castle, one of Germany’s most famous ruin & landmark is the “Heidelberger Schloss”. Located 80 mtr up the “Königstuhl” hillside & dominates the view of the old downtown, the castle ruins are among the most significant Renaissance structures north of the Alps & has only been partially rebuilt since its demolition in the 17th &18th centuries. The earliest castle structure was built before AD 1214 & later expanded into two castles around 1294; however, in 1537, a lightning-bolt destroyed the upper castle. The present structures had been expanded by 1650, before damage by later wars & fires, in 1764 another lightning-bolt destroyed some rebuilt sections.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5336

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:53:18 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, Buckingham Palace, sentry from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards” …follow the sign!!
The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence, this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Coldstream.Guards.Band.01.041327.5386

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:30:55 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, Buckingham Palace, Band of the “Coldstream Guards”.
The Coldstream Guards is the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650. The Coldstream Guards Band is the incremental company that is used for public duties & maintains the traditions of the 2nd Battalion.
The grouping of buttons on the tunic is a common way to distinguish between the regiments of Foot Guards. Coldstream buttons are arranged in pairs & a star of the garter is marked on their brassware. The regiment's formal title is Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards; their nickname is “Lilywhites”.
All Guardsmen for public duties wear the “Home Service” dress tunic in summer or greatcoat in winter & bearskin with a red plume. The Coldstream Guards regimental band plays at Changing of The Guard, state visits & many other events. All of the regiments' musicians were trained as medical orderlies; however they now undertake a role in Nuclear, Biological & Chemical decontamination.

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Phot.London.Coldstream.Guards.Band.01.041327.5381

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:30:55 -0700

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5377

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:30:56 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard protected by police, Buckingham Palace, sentry on the picture is from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”.
The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence, this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Harrods.RR.01.041326.5091

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:36 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Harrods, Brompton Road reflection on one of Harrods shop windows displaying a pink & silver Rolls Royce. Harrods, a glamorous department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge.
The store occupies a 20,000 m2 site & with over 90,000 m2 of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
Numerous of its departments, especially the seasonal Christmas department & the food halls, are world famous. However, visiting the food halls on many of my trips to London, I noticed over the years, that even the meat, fruit/vegetable, sweets & tea divisions are still of high quality, others have drastically reduced the assortment & quality, among them the fish & seafood division, the “fast food” counter have increased with average quality & prices like a Michelin three star restaurant, I guess because there are more tourists than serious shoppers & revenue has to come from someone.
The founder Charles Henry Harrod established his first business in 1824, at the aged of 25, the business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. In 1849, to escape the vice of the inner city & to capitalize on trade to the Great Exhibition of 1851 in nearby Hyde Park, Harrod took over a small shop in the district of Brompton, the site of the current store; Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjoining buildings & employed one hundred people by 1880.
However, in early December 1883 it burnt to the ground. Remarkably, in view of this catastrophe, Charles Harrod fulfilled his commitments to his customers to make Christmas deliveries that year. In short order, a new building was built on the same site.
On November 1898, Harrods debuted England's first moving staircase in their Brompton Road stores; nervous customers were offered brandy at the top to revive them after their ordeal.

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Phot.London.Blues.&.Royals.Guard.01.041326.5077

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:57 -0700

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Great Britain, London, “The Blues and Royals”, the Queen's Life Guard is mounted at the royal residences, like the Buckingham Palace & other official Royal locations; it is not mounted at the Queen's private residences at Sandringham or Balmoral.
When the Queen is in London, the Guard consists usually of 1 officer, 1 corporal major , 2 non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter & 11 troopers, known as a “Long Guard”, when the Queen is not resident in London, the Guard is reduced to 2 non-commissioned officers & 10 troopers, known as a “Short Guard”.
The guard is usually provided by the HCMR, Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, with the Life Guards & the Blues & Royals alternating. When the HCMR leaves London for a month of summer training & vacation for the horses, the guard is provided by the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment maintains a world-famous tradition dating back to 1660 & have been since responsible for guarding the Sovereign's palaces, every man on parade is first & foremost a fighting soldier, fully trained & operational.

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Phot.London.Blues.&.Royals.Guard.01.041326.5069

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:56 -0700

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5391

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:44:38 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, ”…in all sizes”.
Buckingham Palace, sentries on the picture are from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence; this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5449

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:42 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, Buckingham Palace, sentry on the picture is from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence, this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5427

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:41 -0700

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5376

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:22:26 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, ”…smile, every Tom, Dick, & Harry makes click”.
Buckingham Palace, sentries on the picture are from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence; this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Brig.Aphrodite.01.051312.5862

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:23 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the dutch brig “Aphrodite” leaving Hamburg after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary in to the evening sun. Built in 1994 based on original plans, the brig is overall 31 mtr long,6,6 mtr wide & a deep of only 1,9 mtr. With its eight double bed cabins the brig can be chartered for trips, or for up to 45
pax for day trips.

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Hamburg Harbour Birthday

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:03:10 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg, Harbour, a close-up of tall ship rigging during Hamburg’s 824th harbour birthday, in front left the Dutch brig “Aphrodite”, behind the Polish tall ship “Dar Młodzieży”

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Tall.Ship.Cisne.Branco.01.051312.5792

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:02:32 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the tall ship “Cisne Branco” - "White Swan” leaving Hamburg after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary in to the evening sun.
The overall 74 mtr long,10 mtr wide with a heights of 46 mtr & a deep of only 4 mtr Cisne Branco is normally used in national & international representation activities to showcase the Brazilian Navy & Brazilian culture, as well, she is used as an instructional sailing ship by the cadets of the Brazilian Naval School, Academy of Merchant Marine & other naval schools. The tall ship is a full-rigged ship built in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was christened & launched in August 1999 & commissioned as a Brazilian naval vessel in March 2000.

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Tall.Ship.Dar.Młodzieży.01.051312.5843

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:14:11 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the tall ship “Dar Młodzieży” - "The Gift of Youth” leaving Hamburg in to the evening sun after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary. The sailing ship was launched in November 1981 at the shipyard in Gdansk, Poland & commissioned for the Naval Academy Wyzsza Szkola Morska w Gdyni for service in July 1982 at her home port Gdynia. The Dar Młodzieży is the first Polish-built, ocean-going sailing vessel to circumnavigate the globe in 1987-88, thus repeating the famous voyage of her predecessor in 1934–35.
The overall 108,8 mtr long,14 mtr wide with a heights of 62,1 mtr & a deep of 6,3 mtr tall ship has been designed & built for voyages around the world, the vessel can stay at sea for 60 days without entering a port.

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