may 24 - schoenbuch park, seligenstadt, and an anniversary dinner at lamm

we went to schoenbuch, a beautiful free park run by the town of aschaffenburg


this is when we got to the center of a cool labyrinth hedgemaze they have there





but then we had to find our way out again.


duck!


duck with baby ducks go left!


duck with baby ducks go right!





a tree with its pet tree





odd little turning bridge


the palace there...


...had a deliberate direct line of site to aschaffenburg castle.





geese!




















i liked how the bridge had a random sphinx


and some pretty swans





so this is a game, i think called kegelspiel, of knocking down the pins with a heavy ball on a chain. nice satisfying physicality to it!





i have no idea what this means. hopefully nothing too bad...





german graves are super ornate... each has a stone patio in front of the gravemarker


this was on the way to seligenstadt





garden by some monks, i think


who keep bees


lots of bees


you know, it's kinda nice seeing adam and eve all nekkid, before they knew sin and all that











well, well








small petting-ish zoo there too





ooh, arizona iced tea, fancy important item! sigh.


i liked this shirt but they didn't have it in my size








christmas tradition, chalk markes the blessing and protection of the wisemen.


yo dawg, i heard you like doors




















small ferry bringing cars back and forth








german fashion...


...what is that on her feet??? sandal boots? odd. veronika says a bit of a new fashion."my feet want to be free but i'm afraid my ankles might get cold"?


german clowns are scary.


we saw a few of these three wheeled choppers around


time for iced cream!


cute manual carousel there...


...i liked the pig on it.





we want to lamm, where i had been to their wedding reception all those years ago -- 8 to the day, to be exact! not that the red wine i drank let me remember so very much of it...




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