River Reflections

Every day as I walk to work here in Germany I cross over a river. Almost every time that I cross the bridge, I also take pictures.

Jena, Germany, Bridge, pedestrian bridgeThis morning I decided to share a few of the pictures to reflect on the last two days.

The bridge is for pedestrians and bicycles only. If you want to drive from my hotel to the office, you have a long circuitous route. The street train also has a bridge with a more direct route, and it is quicker to go by street train than by car.

river, reflection, trees, water, german river

I really like to take pictures of the reflections in the water. Here is a nice reflection of some trees.

germany river, reflections, clouds, jena germany

Sometimes I get some nice reflections of the clouds. This is a very pretty view in the fall with the colorful trees.

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On Friday morning it was sprinkling when I crossed the bridge over the river. I just had to get some pictures of the raindrops in the river.

boating in germany, boats, jena, germany

On the way back to the hotel on Friday I arrived at the bridge at just the right moment as a boat full of people floated past. They were all having a good time navigating down the river.

I hope you enjoyed these river reflections.

Steven

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Flowers along the Way

This morning I will just share some pictures that I took while walking to and from work yesterday. I will most likely take more today 🙂

tree blossoms, spring, jena, germany, flowers

Here are some pretty blossoms or flowers in a tree. The tree was full of these beautiful flowers.

wild flowers, jena, germany, spring

The grass along the path I take to work is full of wildflowers. I understand why the grass has not been mowed yet this year. They wait for the spring bloom to be over.

purple wild flowers, germany, jena

I really like these little purple flowers.


white flowers, germany, spring

There are also a lot of little white flowers around.

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Some of the flowers are quite delicate.

It takes longer to walk to work than usual when you have so many little things that catch your eye.

Steven

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