Today’s look up, look down entry was inspired by Alex at Ifs, Ands & Butts who recently posted some gorgeous autumn photos taken from the top of Karlsruhe’s castle… which reminded me that I’ve been up there as well. The following photos were taken in June 2010, when I decided to be a tourist in my own (adopted) town because I had a friend visiting.
Those who still live in Karlsruhe or have been to visit recently will notice that the area in front of the castle on the above photo looks quite different now…
Also, you can almost see where I live in that shot. Not that I’m telling you where I live though π
Here’s one taken from further round the tower, looking down on the castle itself:
And here’s the Schlosspark from above. It’s practically empty because it was a week day morning, so everyone was at work, school or university (or in the case of some students quite possibly sleeping!)
To see how other people have interpreted the theme and join in yourself, check out Travel With Intent’s blog post.
To see the same views in autumn, check out Alex’s blog post. Her photos are also much better than mine! (These ones were taken with my old digital camera which was quite frankly crap!)
Beautiful. I particularly like the second one, looking along the castle. Thanks for joining the Look Up Look Down challenge again. Crap camera, or not, I enjoyed your post! Debbie
Thank you. I’m glad you like them π
Fantastic pictures! I have to admit that I have been to Karlsruhe many times but never to the castle!
And I always thought the castle was impossible to miss π
Testing this! Haven’t been able to comment on your blog for a week or so now….
And now it’s working! Weird.
Anyway, I love the angles on these shots, gives such a great perspective!
That is very odd! I blame WordPress…
Glad you like the photos π
Those are some great shots. I always like taking photos from up high. We recently went up a lookout tower and I took a couple of shots of the ocean and intercoastal waterways – pretty cool.
My boyfriend loves to drag me up towers and things so he can take panorama pictures of entire towns! The photos end up really nice, but he takes FOREVER!
Whoa the gardens look so different!!
They really do. I’m still sad that they took away the big fountain… I liked that!