Our Kiez

We are so happy to be back in our kiez. 

I'm loving the Berliner term for an streets that people describe as their 'hood. It's a positive term and encompasses the area that one identifies with. 

Bangkok - it's all about water

Chao Prahaya River on way to Asiatique Night Market

Watching catfish on Chao Prahaya in front of Anantara Resort

 Klong Tour 

Wat Arun

Pool at Anantara Resort

Mocktails 'Choco Cocolada'

'Riverside Dream'

Bangkok -Bitey Critters

Sucker Fish, Asiantique Nightmarket, Bangkok

 Snake Farm at Thai Red Cross Venom Institute, Bangkok

Feeding turtles in Wat Pra Yoon

 

Auf Wiedersehen Deutchland

What to wear to a battle

With a family of three blokes, armour, weaponry, war stories always goes down well and Berlin does war so well. Here's some flicks from our museum wanderings.

Easy in and tricky out. Hugo in replica chain mail at the Deutscher Museum, Berlin

Steudle blokes agog.

The Napoleon's Tricorn Hat, spurs and sword. Confiscated after his loss at Waterloo, Deutscher Museum

Deutscher Museum

Turkische Cammer, Dresden

POTs POTs & POTs Warning - indulgent ceramics images to follow

Am pretty shabby at photo documentation so these captions are from memory.  

The following pots tickled my fancy either in their form, their museum display or history.

Neues Museum Roman 2nd Century-ish

Tee Service, 1925
Brohan Museum of Decorative Arts & Design (Art Noveau, Art Deco & Functionalism)

Brohan Museum 

Brohan Museum 

Domestic Roman Pottery, Neues Museum

Rare domestic Germanic pots c. 1300s, Deutscher Museum

KPM (Konigsliche Porzellan Manufaktur) WW1 Christmas collectors plate, Deutscher Museum

KPM (Konigsliche Porzellan Manufaktur) WW1 Commemorative ware, Deutscher  Museum

Austerity enamel ware from WW2, Deutscher Museum

Gorgeously subtle Josef Hoffman porcelain,  Pinotek Modern, Munich