Friday, December 28, 2018

November

Bismarckplatz, Heidelberg 



Self-portraits, Eppelheim

A little girl watches the Punjabi dancers at the Firebowl Diwali celebration, Heidelberg.



Neuenheimer Feld campus, Heidelberg



Enne, Thanaseela, Priyanka, Daria, Francesca, Maira, and Sadikshya pose for pictures before their dance number at the SAI Diwali party. South Asia Institute, Heidelberg.


Paper stars are a common sight at German Christmas markets. Bismarckplatz, Heidelberg.

Friday, November 2, 2018

October

French Army recruits hoist their packs during a training exercise among the WWI trenches.
Hartmannswillerkopf Battlefield, France.

Dad, standing in one of the trenches. Hartmannswillerkopf Battlefield.

Eppelheim

Daria tunes Valida's new guitar for her; Heidelberg.

Botanist Sdravko Lalov gives a tour on edible plants on campus; In Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg.

Eppelheim

Schoolkids canoe down one of the city's canals; Strasbourg, France.

City square, Strasbourg

Tram station, Strasbourg

Old City, Strasbourg

 West of Eppelheim

Throwback to my product photography days. West of Eppelheim.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

September

Eppelheim

Altstadt, Heidelberg, looking toward the Old Bridge 
Eppelheim


Shefali, Valida, Manisha, and Akash; Neckarwiese, Heidelberg

South of Eppelheim

Tobacco flowers, south of Eppelheim

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

August

Altstadt, Heidelberg 
A wasp landed on my dish as I was finishing my Chinese food. I stabbed it to death with my chopsticks and then drowned it in my soy sauce. Bismarckplatz, Heidelberg.


Footpath, north of Eppelheim

North of Eppelheim 
Eppelheim


South of Eppelheim

Plankstadt

Altstadt, Heidelberg

Weinheim

Weinheim

West of Eppelheim

Plankstadt

Sunday, July 29, 2018

July

Arpan, South Asia Institute

Chang, Eppelheim

Neuenheimer Landstrasse, Heidelberg, looking due west toward the Old Bridge

Eppelheim

Dad, Schlangenweg, Heidelberg

Mom, Schwetzingen

A caravan of tourist boats sails up the Neckar. Loch Bridge, looking east.

Shefali, Manisha, and Valida plan our route around the Schlossgarten in Schwetzingen.

A swan sheds feathers in front of the "mosque," Schlossgarten, Schwetzingen

A thunderstorm sprang up and we had to take shelter in a "Greek temple."
Shefali, Gurdeep, and Manisha, Schlossgarten, Schwetzingen.

Eppelheim

Thingstätte, on top of Heiligenberg mountain, northwest of Heidelberg

Sunday, July 8, 2018

June

Valida and Daria, South Asia Institute

Valida and Francesca dance to Bollywood tunes, South Asia Institute

Grabengasse, Altstadt, Heidelberg

On the way to the Sri Kamadchi Ampal-Temple the bus blew a tire. Bishal (L) and other SAI students play charades as we wait for the repair crew. Autobahn 5 south of Darmstadt.

Wasserspiele, Mannheim

Foxgloves, Königstühl forest, east of Heidelberg

Mom, Marktplatz, Altstadt, Heidelberg

Dad, Marktplatz, Altstadt, Heidelberg

Self-Portrait, Eppelheim

Valida, Alex, Francesca, and Riki shop for saris. Sri Kamadchi Ampal-Temple market complex, Hamm.

An acolyte of the goddess Kamakshi chops jackfruit for temple offerings. Sri Kamadchi Ampal-Temple, Hamm.

Main entrance, Sri Kamadchi Ampal-Temple, Hamm.