Monday, January 21, 2013

Around Town


Now you will be able to see a little bit of our area. It is definitely winter here as you can see. Here are some pictures!

This is a picture of me standing in front of our apartment building. We are on the top floor in the opposite corner from what you see here.

This is the back of the building. Our "penthouse" apartment is in the upper left of the picture, on that corner. We have a very nice view of the canyon that leads into the city.

Here is Sister B in front of our garage, the last one of the line of garages. It is a narrow affair and I have only hit the left side mirror twice backing out. We have to some of the snow clearing duties as well (I did take my turn).
This is a pathway we take (a shortcut) to get to the city from our apartment.
Here is the Obertor, the gate at the top part of the city. We go past that every time we walk into the city. Only cars (single file) can go through the Tor, pedestrians have to walk around the tower.

They have a lot of statues throughout the city. Here is Sister B standing next to one showing several people in a circle. Someone put a red knit band on one of the girls of the statue.

Here I am standing by a local tavern, called "Wild Man." Behind me is an old church that was built in the 1300's. Most of the city was undamaged through the wars. This is about as wild as I get.


6 comments:

  1. Looks fun and cold. So glad you are so very needed. Love you both!

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  2. I couldn't help but notice that in the first photo you are holding a glove in your gloved hand while the bare hand is resting with a seeming unwillingness on the cold, snow-covered metal gate.

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  3. Your shortcut looks as if it could become very muddy when things warm up a little. Is the normal way very much farther?

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  4. Very observant Q! In the first picture my right is on the metal gate leading to our place. My other hand is holding Mom's cloth bag while she takes the picture. Yes, it is cold and snowy, but so far the coldest it has been was -11, but that is celsius, which translates to about 12-14 above zero. You have had it much colder. The pathway was muddier when we used it the first few days. It is much better when it is frozen now.

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  5. Thank you for having this blog and posting pictures. It is great to see where you are and learn what you are doing. It looks like you are having a great mission.

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  6. How wonderful to be able to spend all that time together! Have fun shoveling :).

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