Some of the Churchs I've seen around Europe

The European people are very religious and build beautiful churches. The insides of these churches are awesome!! They are gilded with gold on some statues and alters, and there are paintings that are so beautiful. The ceilings are painted, and there is a huge pipe organ in every church.

Poland, Polish Pottery Making

The women work in these factories and design all the patterns. Then they hand paint every single piece. They initial the piece, and the pattern is identified as exclusively theirs. Some of the pieces are so lovely. Polish Pottery is very expensive in the States, and the main color used is, blue. (As you can see.) The factories are hot, cramped, and filled with dust. Very difficult conditions to work in. The makers of the pottery see very little of the profits from the pottery.

Brothers Grimm Town and Castle

I loved this place! I have always read their stories, and Disney made lots of his movies from their stories and fairy tales. I bought their complete works in a book at the castle along with a poster of them. There is a museum there of their original writings in their handwriting. Also, their family tree. They also do puppet shows during the summer for the local children. These puppets are marionets, actually, and are hand made. Some are very, very old and they tell the stories of the Grimm Brothers, along with other ledgends of Germany and the city. I watch a performance and was just awe struck! So happy to have been able to visit these creative writers.

More images of Castles

Ok the first picture is the artist sculpting of the first owners of this castle. The date and their faces are clear, if you can enlarge it. The tall tower is the library, and the long part attached to the tower is the Knight's room. Yes, that is right. It is a very long room (with the same furniture that they use back when) with lots of the amour and guns and things that were used back then. There were even jousting poles along the walls. It was so awesome to see all these things used by Knights. This castle is still a working castle. The family are decendents of the German & such marriages, that formed alliances through marriage long time ago. They live there, in private quarters, but have to have it a tourist attraction to make it run and not loose it from the family. Oh, Marie Antoinette visited here long ago. A portrait is on the wall. You should see how small the beds are. I could not lie in one without bending my knees. They were sure short!!

Castles

These are all castles in Germany. They are awesome to walk around inside. I had bad allergies as you see, but finally got it under control. I'll post more.