Europe - Easter Scenes

I was browsing through my photos looking for a picture to post to send greetings for the weekend, and decided to show all of the ones that I had relating to Easter in Europe. I was fortunate to visit in Spring of 2011 to get some photos.

Church altar in Magdeburg, Germany

Store window in Berlin, Germany

Display in the Meissen China showroom, Meissen, Germany

Painting above the church entrance and the altar in Wittenburg, Germany

Center of a large plaza in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Church altar in Olomouc

Sculpture in the museum in Olomouc

Notre Dame altar, Paris, France

Large painted egg in Prague, Czech Republic

Large number of booths selling Easter eggs in Prague.

Michealangelo's La Pieta in Rome, Italy

Chocolate shop window in Vienna, Austria

Altar of a church in Vienna.

Many decorated eggs for sale in Vienna.

Magdeburg - Street scenes

There is an interesting mixture of architecture in Magdeburg.  Shops, apartments, malls, and cafes are in business to provide for the Magdeburgers (do you think that this is what they are called?)

Magdaburg - Green Citadel by Friedensreich Hundertwasser

I have no idea about this next item: Der Gromen Zifadelle.  Famous architect.  (Click here for wikipedia info on the architect) Unfinished when he died so completed after his death (and so NOT named after him). Natural shapes and natural flooring. Very colorful.  I’ll need to do a little more research and will update the details at a later date. Enjoy the photos for now.  Oh, by the way, the tour guide recommended paying the one euro charge to go in to the bathroom and check it out.  Not wanting to pay-to-pee, I went in to a café, promised the woman that I would return for a coffee and cake, and she gave me a token. So instead of spending one euro, I spent five, and outsmarted the system!

Rule: no straight lines

Magdeburg - Die Dom zu Magdeburg (The Magdeburg Church)

Magdeburg

Anja started the day after breakfast with a presentation about Magdeburg. The town was destroyed multiple times and is now in the process of a grand rebuilding for the past 20 years.  The thrill of the morning was the trip up, up, up through a huge lock, sailing across the aquaduct that crosses the Elbe, then down, down, down through another huge lock. Click here to read about the aquaduct and see the photos.