Weekend Roundup

 

Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS

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Danforth Toronto

REFLECTIONS NAPLES Florida

Thursday Doors

Linking up at Norm's Thursday Doors.

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

Click here and here to visit Basel.

Some of these houses date from the 1300s.

inSPIREd Sunday Basel Part 2

Sally hosts inSPIREd Sunday!

October 2102 - Basel Switzerland

A continuation of last week's post.

inSPIREd Sunday Basel Part 1

Sally hosts inSPIREd Sunday!

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

The Basel Minster (German: Basler Münster) is one of the main landmarks and tourist attractions of the Swiss city of Basel. It adds definition to the cityscape with its red sandstone architecture and coloured roof tiles, its two slim towers and the cross-shaped intersection of the main roof. The Münster is listed as a heritage site of national significance in Switzerland.

Originally a Catholic cathedral and today a reformed Protestant church, it was built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic styles. The late Romanesque building was destroyed by the 1356 Basel earthquake and rebuilt by Johannes Gmünd.

I'll post more photos from this amazing church next week!

Travel Photo Monday

Linking up at Travel Photo Monday.


October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

The Basel Museum had an exhibition on the history of napkin folding. 

The custom of artfully folding tablecloths and napkins originated in Europe at the start of the 16th century. Early records of the practice stem from Northern Italy, probably from Florence. The artfully folded garments of the Renaissance served as an inspiration.

Whimsical Windows and Delirious Doors

I'm posting over here this week!

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

Our World Tuesday

Our World Tuesday

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland


Doorbells outside an apartment in downtown Basel.

Tuesday's Texture, Muse and Sweet Shot - May 28

I'm posting at Texture Tuesday. The theme is to use one of Kim's Mini May textures.
                
And at Tuesday Muse,           Tones on Tuesday and at Sweet Shot Tuesday.

I used Mini May grunge framed texture.

I used Photoshop and adjusted the original photo by adding a grain texture, then graphic pen.  I overlaid the texture and then reduced t he opacity to 64% and added a hard light.

ORIGINAL October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

Monday Mural

Posting at Monday Mural


October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

  

Oct 18 - Basel Switzerland

River Cruise Itinerary

Oct 7 -8 Toronto to Amsterdam

Oct 9 - Amsterdam - Delft - The Hague - Madurodam

Oct 10 2012 - Amsterdam - MS Amadeus Princess

Oct 11 MS Amadeus Princess Amsterdam - Volendam

Oct 12 MS Amadeus Princess Dusseldorf  - Cologne Germany

Oct 13 MS Amadeus Princess Cologne - Cochem Germany

Oct 14 MS Amadeus Princess Koblenz - Ruedesheim Germany

Oct 15 MS Amadeus Princess Mannheim - Heildelberg - Speyer Germany

Oct 16 MS Amadeus Princess Strasburg France

OCT 17 Basel Switzerland

Oct 18 - Basel Switzerland

It's our last full day of our trip and we are on our own in Basel. It was a beautiful sunny day.

We strolled out and had breakfast in a small cafe.

With no particular destination in mind we window shopped along our way.

 We begin at the Mittiliere Rheinbrucke (Middle Rhine Bridge), this historic bridge is the wooden predecessor of today's stone bridge dated 1225.

We followed the Rhine River along the edge and landed in the Martinkirchplatz and then wandered up the narrow lanes towards Munster.

There were many interesting sights along the way.

We reach Munsterplatz and explore Cathedral square.

The 12th century cathedral is built of the distinctive red sandstone, and was partially rebuilt after the earthquake of 1356. On the façade we noted the statues of the city's three patron saints, Mary, Henry II of Germany and his wife Kunigunde. This used to be a Celtic and a Roman site in former times, but the current building was begun in 800 in the Romanesque style, with Gothic vaulting added later.

 Inside the church, we saw the misericord seats, a new word to me. It is defined as a ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall that, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing. This cathedral has seventy-four 14th century misericords.

The Jesus window is superimposed by a six-pointed star, and the tomb of Erasmus, the famous Dutch scholar and humanist are also located in this cathedral.

Beneath the cathedral are quite a few crypts.
The tombs of bishops from the 9th to 13th century can be found in the Münster Crypt, which can be entered from both sides of the choir. On the columns, a Romanesque frieze depicts hunting and other scenes and ornamentation, while ceiling frescoes portray scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary, Christ’s childhood and the lives of St Martin of Tours and St Margaret. Visitors can also see the excavated walls of the earlier 9th century cathedral. There are other monuments including dated life-size Romanesque statues of bishops, on each side of the altar.

 

 I thought the cloisters were just amazing and beautiful. And we had a great view of the tiled roof.

From the cloisters, we had a fine view of the river and its bridges, and the Black Forest and Jura.

Hotel Krafft am Rhein, situated on the northern bank with its view on the cathedral skyline opposite on the southern bank.The writer Hermann Hesse lived there for some months, and wrote there his "Steppenwolf"

Take the ferry boat ( Swiss franc 1.60 for adults, children half fare)  by the staircase behind the cathedral and cross the Rhine without a  motor.

We then decided to walk across the bridge and had a magnificent view of the cathedral.

We walked to the Basel Paper Mill but it wasn't worth the effort, it was very disappointing as we were led to believe that the area had been rejuvenated to include shops and restaurants. We then headed back towards the centre of town.

We stepped into the courtyard of the Kunst Museum and there was a copy of the Rodin statue The Burghers of Calais which was cast in 1946. There are twelve casts.

We sat in the Munsterplatz and soaked up the sun and a beer.

Time for a pizza lunch.

The pizza was so good we came back here for dinner!