christlum - tirol, AT

what a nice skiing adventure with radio #alpenwelle for 7 euros day ticket in christlum at lake achensee (village achenkirch) today

loooong shadows :-)

the day at christlum is over 😇

few more pictures here.

domazlice (taus) - CZ

last stop at our poland + czech republic jorney was the south bohemian area around the border city of domazlice (german: taus), where the czechs and the bavarians fought against each other for centuries ...

town square in domazlice)

chotesov monastery (german: chotieschau)

coffee break below the monastery :-)

domazlice (taus)

 
 town hall
 
 
domazlica castle

more pictures here

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liberec - reichenberg

the destination 6 out of 7 at our new year's journey throgh czech republic, eastern germany + poland was the city of liberec (= reichenberg = rich mountain, maybe because of the former riches of the textile industry located here)

 castle of frydlant (friedland)

liberec / reichenberg:

town hall + cellar restaurant in liberec

watch point liberecka vysina above the city

our designer hotel imperial, really nice funny:

three kings collecting money for caritas :-)

more pictures here
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lodz - poland

next stop at our eastern europe trip was the city of lodz / poland (tourist pictures from former visit here).

 this is a typical view in the suburbs, if you asked me

 outside market

kosciol regnow ~ church in regnow

 apple plantations in trebaczew

 back to lodz, here the lodz-fabryczna train station

 3 kings' day ~ procession on january, 6th

 poor camel at minus 15 degrees celsius, if you asked me ...

 cat cafe ~ heat from outside & inside

more pictures here

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prebischtor ~ pravcicka brana

our highlight in czech switzerland? the prebischtor gate (pravcicka brana) close to the village of hrensko (herrnskretschen).

the biggest european natural sandstone bridge prebischtor in the the beautiful elbsandsteingebirge (ceske svycarsko)

the starting point for the hiking tour is hrensko at the elbe river (czech: labe)

 

more pictures here
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