Tag: Stone

  • Chapman’s Peak

    This is a picknic spot at the Western coast of the Cape of Good Hope. It’s a narrow toll road, passing Chapman‘s Peak. On top of this peak you find this view with the table surrounded by a stone-bench.

  • English Garden behind Monopteros

    This bench has been for quite a while on my radar. It is the so called “Steinerne Bank”, designed by the famous Munich architect Leo von Klenze. It is basically half a circle of a stone bench on a kind of an island behind the well known Monopteros. …and that is basically also the view:…

  • View to Bunratty Castle

    This is a circular stone bench, it is just opposite of the Bunratty Castle. It is shaped like a gorget (= thin gold collar dating to the Bronze Age), which refers to golden artefacts found mid of the 19th century during the laying of a railway. Most of the pieces have been lost (melted and…

  • Newgrange

    1: This bench is on the way to the large Neolithic Passage Tomb, overlooking the river. 2: Not exactly a bench, but still a “sitting area”, located in the visitor center, and – matching the Stone Age subject – it is fully carved in stone. Looks comfortably shaped, but: It is damn cold !

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Vienna’s oldest Bankerl

    Karo is definitely hooked to benching. And her contributions are always good for nominations for the top ten benches. Like this one. We claim it to be the oldest bench in Vienna (at least as long as we are not proven differently). The bench is located in the south tower of the “Stephansdom” in Vienna.…

  • Three Big Brothers

    Since some time I do some running exercise. Mainly on the weekends. My usual running course is in Munich along the Isar which is a view meters away from my home. I am doing that now already for some time and the course is more or less the same, at least the first part. The…