by special request – a whole bunch of church interiors (and a few exteriors):
Helsingborg, Sweden
i like this coastal-town business of hanging ships in your church
Helsingborg organ
Helsingør, Denmark
Düsseldorf, Germany
elsewhere in Düsseldorf
Vorfrelserskirke, Copenhagen (very close to Christiania.) I think this is the only church tower we've been tempted to climb so far, but sadly the tower was closed when we visited
however, there was an organist practicing when we went inside, which was a nice treat.
notice the support pachyderms.
elsa taking a picture of the organ
me taking a picture of elsa taking a picture of the organ
big key!
Frederick's church in Copenhagen, popularly know as Marmorkirke, which means marble but sounds more like marshmallow to me. we didn't go in this one.
St Jacob's in Lübeck (Germany)
our first sighting of these curious wheat structures (but not our last!)
first and only (to date) sighting of forearm sconces. kind of creepy...
in the church playground: Noah's ark, complete with rainbow slide
St. Marien in Lübeck ("St. Mary's Church" in Buddenbrooks)
attempting to do justice to the scale of this church; not sure it's really possible in photographs
cool, i know that guy!
local ruffians loitering outside
Mölln
St. Michael's (Michel) in Hamburg. this is what we call baroque
this organ isn't nearly gaudy enough...
this is the main organ; that was just one of the side organs
who has played these organs, you might ask?
bread is a big deal here
...and pretzels...
pretty much wheat in all its forms
not sure whether there was some special harvest thing going on or if it's always like this.
oh joy! you just made my evening (and i just finished a cat snuggle, and making apple pie latte syrup, so that's saying something!)
ReplyDeletethe wheat sculptures and dangleys make the baroque way more appealing (although I do like the fecund looking pulpit.)
st. marien's looks phenomenal. you do get a sense of the scale, especially in the first photo. i think the doorway and the tiling in the underside of the arches are particularly beautiful.
the arm sconce is way less creepy than the turkey claw hooks at the bean.
apparently the deal with the wheat is that it's time for the german harvest festival, erntedankfest. initially just a religious holiday, it sounds like octoberfest is associated.
love and miss you guys!! hope your arms are holding up, ross, and that the travel is getting easier.