weekly photo challenge: window
Happy New Year! We have only just returned from 10 days away in Tasmania (posts to follow about that trip).
A tricky challenge set this week by Cheri Lucas Rowlands at The Daily Post.
Here is our entry, a photo we took when we were travelling the Romantic Road in Germany!
The Rothenburg Clock Tower – there is a window on either side of the clock that opens on the hour between 11 am and 3 pm and then at 8pm to 10 pm. Inside the window, you see the legend of the town mayor who drank a LOT of wine as a challenge to save the town from war in 1631!
wise monkeys abroad 
January 19, 2014 at 7:07 am
Nice! I met Rich & Sue in Germany. Rothenburg was one of the first places we ever visited together!
January 19, 2014 at 9:21 am
How lovely! So Rothenburg carries lots of significance for you guys 🙂 Happy future travels!
January 19, 2014 at 9:47 am
Yeah it really does. Did you try a ‘snowball’ while you were there?
January 19, 2014 at 10:08 am
No we didn’t 😦 but it’s a mighty fine excuse for us to have to go back!
January 19, 2014 at 12:24 pm
They’re definitely more-ish!
January 14, 2014 at 10:11 pm
I too have stood and looked up at that tower. It was the first such tower/glockenspiel that I had seen in Germany. Specially nice memory as it was around christmas time 2 years ago. Excellent interpretation of the window theme..
January 14, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Thank you! Glad it triggered memories for you 🙂 we just love these photo challenges to be able to trawl through our pictures for a “match”.
January 14, 2014 at 10:30 pm
yes, me too! A great way to showcase some of the favourites and bring back memories.
January 11, 2014 at 10:09 pm
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January 11, 2014 at 4:07 pm
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January 11, 2014 at 2:12 pm
that’s a beautiful photo!….. 🙂 it has a old world charm…..
January 11, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Thank you so much for your kind words
& for visiting our blog!
January 11, 2014 at 12:47 pm
It’s been over 10 years since I first visited Rothenburg, but I still have a solid memory of waiting in the town square to watch the famous clock in action. Thanks for reminding me!
January 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Thank you for stopping by! It will be 8 years in September for us. And we can still recall standing there waiting too.
Glad it has brought back memories of your time there! 🙂
January 11, 2014 at 12:28 pm
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January 11, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Hey guys, that is quite unique isn’t it?! I like the story behind it too.
Hope you had a great time down in Tassie recently.
Looking forward to reading your posts about it! Have a great weekend 🙂
January 11, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Thank you! Yes, the tale is intriguing. Thought we would through in a quick “history” lesson with the photo this week 😉
We only flew in yesterday afternoon! Tassie was windy and cold but we still had a blast. Lots of crazy family antics to write up about!
Hope you enjoy your weekend too 🙂
January 15, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Hahaha, family antics are the best, and funny how they all come out at Christmas time!!
January 11, 2014 at 9:31 am
Lovely take on the challenge! I bet nobody else thought of this!
January 11, 2014 at 9:36 am
We trawled through our photos to see what we could use for this post 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind comment and for stopping by!