Happy Mother's Day and a View

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! to those of you that are! Here are some flowers for you. They are planted in our neighbourhood.

Beautiful Blue Irises

Perfect Purple Irises

Went with Christoph to a glass cutter for Bruce’s project. Nice village with many old homes and gardens. They were setting up for a wine festival, we may just “have” to go back this weekend.

Something I’ve wanted to do in our time in Freiburg is go up to the hill overlooking the City to a restaurant and see the view. There was a schloss or castle there but it got torn down. Bruce said the legend goes that the King taxed the people of Freiburg once too often, giving nothing in return so they ganged up and set ruin to the castle. Having just looked it up, it has had many lives under many rulers but I like Bruce’s version.

I hesitated to take this next photo, it is another boring one of being high and doesn't show Freiburg in it's best light. Perhaps a video would have been better to show the panorama.

Church Spire belongs to the Munster

The Munster is a very tall building so you can imagine how high up we were. It is under construction as you can see the scaffolding, seems like it's been that way since we've been here but it's very delicate work.

The road up is not for buses, narrow and winding, worth the drive to see the view, it is magnificent! The restaurant caters to large groups holding seminars as much as individuals. www.dattler.de Most people take the funicular (rail) up, the road way is not well sign-posted I would guess to discourage vehicular traffic. Being rather early on a Friday morning it wasn’t a busy place but would be on a Saturday afternoon I expect.

Bruce's wheels doing the work

When we shop we sometimes find it easier for Bruce's wheels to take the load instead of using the bundle buggy. Backpack holds bottles, bag on the left, lighter items and TP comes with a handle on the bag. Honestly there was a time where I would never show in public the purchase of toilet paper, why? Everyone needs it. Wisteria is hanging about all over Freiburg right now, it's really pretty.

Again, Happy Mother's Day, I hope you are being pampered or doing so for your Mom.

Cheers, Bx2 and Lexi Cat