Remarkable Benches Around The World.
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Cochem Mosel
We got a new bencher on board. Welcome Mike. Mike has sent this nice roundabout bench. The tree in the middle is giving the back rest for all sitting on the bench. The bench is located in a wild garden above the beautiful city Cochem at the river Mosel. Cochem is known for its Castle and…
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Competitor
I really believed we are the only ones writing about benches. How could I? Benches are after all perfect places to see and to be seen. To think and reflect. To talk and connect. So finally I found the one having similar thoughts about benches. And what a nice name to guide Travellers with benches…
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What makes the difference?
All the while we have written about ordinary benches. Benches which all of us have expected to be shown and written about. First thing what comes into mind, when talking about benches, is the ordinary park bench or benches which we can find in nature along hiking tracks. But not all benches are meant to…
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Benches behind bushes and in the woods
Finally we got the story around the beautiful benches, which I posted some time ago. An american lady, Wilhelmina Busch born in 1887, widowed three men in her live. Two Germans and one American ( Mr. Woods). This lady, living her adult live in Germany was crazy about the idea of owning a castle. She…
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Helmut 2008
A walk in the park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. We were taking the tour from St. Emmerams Mill to Schwabing crossing the northern part of the English Garden in Munich. Beautiful weather, sunshine, 28 C. When we wanted to enjoy a bit the park life and rest on a bench we picked one accidently. Well, as…
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Why is drawing a bench so easy?
Drawing a bench is quite easy, if you understand the concept of perspective drawing. Basically all benches can be drawn in a lengthy box. That means you have to draw the box first and then it will be easy to draw the bench in the box. The only thing you have to consider is, from…
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Cathedral and benches
When we stayed in Palma de Mallorca the walk from our hotel to the old town passed by the cathedral. A very impressive building overarching the old town and very well visible from the sea side. Just a couple of meters outside of our hotel we crossed the first benches on a place with palm trees and…
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Palma Boulevard
During Easter we visited for the first time Mallorca. This “German” island of the Spanish Baleares. And indeed, there is a reason why so many people go there for a vacation or even become a permanent resident. We stayed in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the island. A beautiful city, old buildings, small streets…
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BBB – Bavarian Busstop Bench
On a Sunday afternoon walk south of Munich, close to Holzkirchen we found this very basic bench. A tree trunk with a plank on it in front of an obviously newly build wooden fence. In fact it turned out that it is a bus-stop-bench for school kids. Could well be that the owner of the…
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Isar Benches
Isar Views The biggest river flowing through Munich is the Isar. The Isar might have been the reason Munich is existing at all. The Isar is doing to Munich what the Seine does to Paris. Near the German Museum the river is flowing strong and deep and not so accessible than in other areas. It…
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Jas Hill in Otterfing
When visiting our good friend Jutta in Holzkirchen (south of Munich) we went for a short walk around the Jags Hill (she insisted on only 30 min 😉 ) we passed by this bench. A very nice scenery with the little church in the back, the meadow with yellow flowers and the blooming cherry trees.…
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Dukes fish farm benches
There is another great place in the Bavarian Alps which is called Wildbad Kreuth. As the name indicates it was originally a Spa. Pretty famous in its best times. Build by Maximilian I. King of Bavaria, visited by Emperors and Russian Tsars, today owned by the Dukes of Bavaria. Close to this place there is the Dukes…
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A view on Lake Spitzing
How can you deeply enjoy a view at nature, if there is no bench around, to rest and look and watch without being disturbed by the discomfort of standing along the shore. As you may have assumed, this is a very traditional bench, which allows us to sit and rest and look over the shores…
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Akropolis
In March Karo was in Athens and as a professional bencher she was of course hunting for benches. And where else would you do that than on the world famous Akropolis. However, there was a bit of a challenge. Since time has done its part on the scenery, and focus of restoration is obviously on the…
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A Museum’s bench
By now you may know. You must have guessed even, that I must have been quite impressed by Munich’s benches. Yes I was. There is hardly any bench in Munich, which could not seat a German ass and weight like mine. It’s a pitty, that I could not hang around more on some of the…
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What makes a German bench feel good in an English Garden?
It is a simple question to answer, but only as long as you are familiar with the city of Munich. Most people know the German city of Munich because of its famous soccer club, “1 FC Bayern Muenchen”. But not as many people around the planet would know, that Mumich’s biggest park is called the…
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Facing black and white
This two benches are facing each other but are not able to talk. I would not want to mention, that one of them looks a bit female, the other rather male. Yes I know you might call it a bit strange, but you even might guess, which of the 2 is the man. What a…
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Just Beauty
Sorry this time I have nothing to say about the benches featured in this post. Those benches are just beautiful. A friend has sent the pictures to me. I do not even know, where those benches are living their life.
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Bench Monaco
I am not sure why I called this bench “Bench Monaco”. It has nothing to do with Monaco itself, as the bench is located in Munich. To be precise, in Munich Schwabing, where most of Munich’s students live. May be it was just a spur of a moment which reminded me on “Monaco Franze”, a…
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Huts’n benches
“Seven Huts” hut – “Siebenhütten” Hütte Google Map: Siebenhütten Tavern, Near Kreuth Did you ever had this feeling, when you needed a place to let your soul slowing down and get pampered by simply sitting at a place, which seem to be made by someone who knows what humans need to feel great with themselves?…
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