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I thought that I share with you a little more about my home country. I took this picture when visiting Berlin in 2004. These are apartment buildings that are set in a square. They have a common courtyard. This particular building houses a Starbucks (yeah – they are even present in Germany). They have tables and chairs set-up in this courtyard. The buildings were restored after Germany was united in 1991…
I tell you, I really miss the architecture of Europe. We don’t have much ‘old’ stuff here in the Metro Phoenix area, since it is a fairly ‘young’ state…
Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great Saturday (suppose to hit the 90’s this weekend)…
Thanks for sharing. I had the pleasure of spending Christmas in Berlin a few years ago. I fell in love with the architecture. At times I felt like I was in a real life fairy land.
Beautiful, I have never been there and your architecture photo gives me a glimpse. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend!
oh i LOVE germany. my grandpa came to canada when he was 18. he had $80 in his pocket and knew no english. and no one at all! my maiden name is supose to be quite popular in germany. it was ARMBRUSTER.
shalom!
Very cool building!
Iwould love living around all those old buildings.
That is just gorgeous! I am loving this week’s theme.
Absolutely stunning….I love old architecture!
Really awesome, would love to visit there one day.
There aren’t many fond memories for me of my childhood, but I do remember however the days when my mom would get out the old slide projector and we would spend hours looking at the slides from when we lived in Germany and travelled to surrounding countries….I remember the castles the most 😉
Hi Iris,
Congratulations!!! you were the winner of my blog party drawing! If you’ll send me your address I will get something packaged up to send you. Thanks! Christy
Europe’s architecture is so pretty. Looks like a lovely place to have a cup of coffee.
Wow, those are apartments?! Much more “glamorous” than what’s here in the states, eh?
beautiful shot – I know you must miss a lot of the beauty “back home”
Oh my gosh!!! Starbucks are everywhere. I love the look of this apartment building. Have a great weekend.
The 90’s?????? That is too hot, too soon.
I love how the architecture in Europe is so massive and the stained glass is breathtaking. I thought the gravesites and buildings in Williamsburg were old until we went to Vienna.
Have a great weekend. Mine is up too.
You’re from Germany huh? That’s neat to read this bit of info about you. My maiden name is Franks. I was told it’s German or Jewish or whatever… 🙂
That’s an extremely interesting looking building! At first glance I thought it was part of the “Small World” ride at Disney because it has some of the same lines and angles!
Very original! When was it built? It looks fairly new, but manages to retain an old-world flair in the arches and the trim and everything. I wish I lived somewhere that pretty!
Great picture. It must be so lovely to live in a place like that.
starbucks is everywhere i’m sure…very nice choice! love the architectural design!
This was so nice to see. thanks for participating
That’s a really neat building in Berlin. 🙂 Germany is wonderful. There is so much history here as compared to back in North America. My humans and I haven’t visited Berlin yet, but it’s on our list of places to see while we’re in Germany (we’re here until Summer 2009.) Great photo. 🙂
That’s really a beautiful apartment building~I love the colors. I was curious about what you would have posted. See, you need to come to the East Coast for a visit. We have some really OLD stuff around here.
Have a blessed weekend, Iris.
Wow! What a unique design. I have to agree about European Architecture. I was totally amazed during a trip to Italy.
I have some Architecture photos up of a different kind!
Amy
Nice picture. That building looks modern–I would have never guessed (if I weren’t on your blog) that it was from Germany. America does have a lot of architecture–it’s just boring and new.
Lovely building. 🙂 Starbucks is everywhere! 😉 Hubby and I haven’t made it up to Berlin yet (we’re in Munich) but it is on our list of places to visit.
Europe does have great architecture and so much rich history! We are really enjoying our time here. 🙂
Starbucks really are everywhere! I’m with you, I love the older architecture like this. What a delightful capture- thanks for sharing.
the gothic arch windows add a nice touch! erm, i wouldnt mind star bucks here 😉
yes, Europe is a heaven for classical buildings , see mine 😉
Wow, thank you for the neat picture inside Germany. I always love to see pictures from other parts of the world. When we visited Arizona a couple of years ago, we went to a town between Phoenix and Flagstaff called Jerome (I think) – it had some interesting architecture in it…anyway, I saw your in metro Phoenix so I wanted to share that. We vacationed in Flagstaff.
Thanks for sharing about your home country. I’ve never been to Europe and dream of visiting the many great countries there someday.
I know what you mean, we have starbucks all over the country too.
I appreciate the visit earlier. Take care!
Cool building and very cute website…it gives one the sense of happy, happy, happy! Blessings
Wow I have never been to Germany so this looks really cool……Thanks for sharing
That building ins beautiful! You just dont see stuff like that everywhere!
Lovely… I like the blue decorations, they’re beautiful. And Starbucks? There are none of those in Finland 🙂
Hi Iris-I have seen many pictures of Germany this week. I am enjoying seeing them as my husband went to to Germany in 2001 to pick up his BMW (this was before God saw fit to humble us). He went with a friend of his and I stayed home with the baby. The guys didn’t do much in the way of travel planning and they didn’t have a tourist guide. They just drove around Munich. My husband said there was nothing there just big boxy buildings. He thought everything must have been destroyed during WWII because there just wasn’t anything old. I had to tell him about all of these pictures that I am seeing today. Now he says well I guess we can go there again and see if we can find something 🙂
Jennifer
Wonderful photo. It’s great to get to see architecture styles from all around the world. What a good theme we have this week.
My first time post is up on my blog.
Wow…I love that photo. Buildings like this just catch my eye…and they are VERY rare where I live, too.
Blessings.
🙂 Susan
That is a beautiful photo. The building is amazing. I love architecture.
Wow! What an awesome building!
Mine’s up too 🙂
A great building. Happy weekend.
That is a beautiful apartment building! I can well imagine that you miss the architecture of Europe. European influence in architecture can be found in the states, though. In fact, I posted a picture of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine that illustrates the Spanish influence in Florida. Have a great weekend, Iris!
What an interesting building and a great photo. Have a wonderful weekend!
Now that is a good looking building. It even looks as if you could open a window which is better than these sealed up buildings they make now. (I may be fed up with the snow and 20 below temps here but I sure am glad it isn’t 90!!)
Loved this picture. Thanks for showing something I’ll never see.
This looks like a very beautiful place to visit.
Have a great week ahead. God Bless!
Great choice for The Hunt. I’ve really enjoyed the pictures this week – so many different places and kinds of architecture. Fun.
Wow that is really cool. My family originates back to Germany – like my 4th great grandfather: Froschen Pfalz, Bayern, Germany is what I have on the genealogy books!
I agree with you, America is a young country in comparison – although there a few cool architectural sites in Washington DC!
Blessings