One of my favorite places in Frankfurt is Palmengarten, a very large (over 70 acres) botanical garden. It isn't far from where I live, so I often walk through the gardens and various plant halls.
Sometimes I take a notebook, sit on a bench, and write.
Here are a few photos I've taken over the past couple years.
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Palmengarten and the entrance building |
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Spring bulbs. The lawns are filled with color during April and May |
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An autumn view of the lake. A waterfall is to the left and underneath is a cavern. |
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Flower in front of one of the garden halls |
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Rowboats on a lake in Palmengarten |
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Small greenhouse--this is one of the smallest in Palmengarten. Most greenhouses are very large halls. |
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One of the many statues that are carefully placed in the gardens. |
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Palmenhouse--one of the large buildings filled with plants. This one is filled with tropical plants. The ceiling is about 40 feet above the floor. |
I use my time in Palmengarten to both enjoy the scenery and to think about whatever I happen to be working on with my writing at that moment.
I also enjoy seeing the various birds and their babies. Most are waterfowl (such as swans, ducks, moorhens, geese--brown European geese and bar-headed geese, and a heron) but there are also many other birds including blackcaps, pigeons, crows, magpies, dunnocks and more. I've also seen rooks while walking to the gardens.
Here are two bird photos:
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Bar-headed geese in Palmengarten. (They are stunningly beautiful.) |
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Gray Heron at the lake. Normally these turtles don't have to share their sunny log. The other side of the lake has rowboats and paddle boats. |
Sometimes after I walk through the gardens with my family, we drop by Siesmayer (restaurant/cafe/confectionary shop) and buy some treats. I highly recommend visiting Siesmayer if you are ever in Frankfurt!
The box has plastic windows: brilliant marketing!
My favorite is the chocolate framboise--a gluten free chocolate-raspberry cake, with a pistachio on top! Yum! I'll miss this when I move away.
A few more of their desserts.
1 comment:
So beautiful! It makes me miss Germany.
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