Autuum Leaves

Lovely autuum leaves on a clear blue sky of this lovely day today...
Happy Halloween!!!

Yellow Bag Lorry

Stood behind this lorry at the traffic lights today. It's one of the lorries that collects the yellow bags containing our plastic recycling garbage.
The two bags hanging on the bag of the car contained reusable bottles that people accidentally threw in the recycling garbage even though they could get a refund of 15 Cents per bottle in the shops. Guess the guys driving the lorry will have a nice tip at the end of every day that way...

Back@Home

I'm finally back from my holidays at Spain's beautiful Costa Blanca. Happy to be reunited with my king of the castle... =)

Playground

Spielplatz an der Saarwiese
Originally uploaded by VIRD

One of the biggest children's playgrounds in Saarbrücken.

A Love Relationship and a Beer, Please!

Bitte eine Liebesbeziehung und ein Bier!
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre

A love relationship and a beer, please! (still)

Basilika St. Johann

Basilika St. Johann
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Deutsch-Französischer-Garten

Deutsch-Französischer-Garten
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Some tall old trees in the German-French garden of Saarbrücken.

Bahnhofsgelände Saarbrücken

Bahnhofsgelände Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD

The area of the train station in Saarbrücken.
They are going to build the Euro train statioin there, with the TGV leaving to Paris every few hours.

Platz vor der Ludwigskirche

Platz vor der Ludwigskirche
Originally uploaded by VIRD

In the area in front of the Ludwigskirche are these wonderful white houses from the 18th century.

Ludwigskirche

Ludwigskirche
Originally uploaded by VIRD

The baroque church Ludwigskirche was built in the 18th century.

Ducks Crossing

Ducks Crossing
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Hahaha, supercute!
Two ducks following the road traffic regulations.

Der Weg nach Saarbrücken / The Road to Sarrebruck

Der Weg nach Saarbrücken / The Road to Sarrebruck
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre

Sarrebruck is the French name for Saarbrücken.

Schlosspark

Schlosspark
Originally uploaded by VIRD

These are the castle gardens of the Saarbrücken Castle.

Autobahn

Autobahn
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Vird managed to take a picture on the motorway, when he was about to go to St. Johann. Cute fluffz clouds, too. =)

Saarbrücken, Alt-Neu-Gasse

Saarbrücken, Alt-Neu-Gasse
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre

The Alt-Neu-Gasse (Old-New-Alley) in Saarbrücken.

Tunnel am Ludwigskreisel

Tunnel am Ludwigskreisel
Originally uploaded by VIRD

There are many tunnels around the area here, this one is the tunnel at the Ludwigskreisel.

Modernisme in Saarbrücken

Modernisme in Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by sarrelibre

Modernisme in Saarbrücken, Mainzerstraße.

Memorial

Mahnmal KZ Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD

A memorial helping to remind the people of the concentration camps during WWII.
Let's hope none of this will ever happen again.

Pet Cemetery

Tierfriedhof Saarbrücken
Originally uploaded by VIRD

We have a pet cemetery close to the French border.
There is a number of animal graves that are looked after with greatest care and lots of love...

France in 800 m

800 m
Originally uploaded by VIRD

Saarbrücken is super close to France, as you can see here...

Ferris Wheel

Vird founded a Flickr group for the daily blog, allowing people to post pictures that may be used here. What a brilliant idea - thank you so much!
So the first one I'm taking out of this pool is this wonderful photo of a Ferris wheel at the Saarbrücken Oktoberfest (not comparable to the one in Munich, ours is on a much smaller scale).

Money Money Money

I robbed my piggy bank and finally managed to take the money to the bank today, to have it paid into my bank account. I've been wanting to do this for weeks now, and finally got to the bank early enough.
So what you see here is 92,46 Euros that I managed to save over the last months. The bank has those handy machines that you just empty all the money in and it starts counting it automatically. (They make the most brilliant sound... bling bling bling!)

Furry Caterpillar

Oh look, it's cute and furry and big and fluffy and so funky... a caterpillar fell from the tree, so I picked it up to put it back there. It was still alive but I guess I scared it.
It didn't uncurl... which makes you see the funky black stripes between its little yellow mohawks.
I want a pet caterpillar now! =) Any suggestions for names?

Wir sind Helden LIVE

Wow, we've been to a live concert of one of my favourite bands today... Wir sind Helden (We are Heroes) from Berlin - it was brilliant, though I realised that my camera is not made for concert shots...

Blue Skies

Oh, how I would love to have a balcony that high up, to look at the busy streets and its people, and lay there on my canvas chair enjoying the sun... =)

Parking Meter II

Another picture of twin parking meters... both expired even though cars were parking there... =)

Parking Meter I

You won't find many of those here, but in Mühlenstrasse I saw one... some of the old-style parking meters, now usually replaced by ticket machines that will print you a parking ticket.

Free Burma!

There won't be a picture of Saarbrücken today, since I am taking part in the international campaign to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons.
Thousands of Bloggers are planning to close down their blogs on October 4 and just post one Banner then. Here it is.
And here is the message: FREE BURMA!

Be a part of it: http://www.free-burma.org

Disgustoid

Again an animal... this time on a smaller scale.
This disgusting spider has his home in front of my bedroom window... maybe some of you arachnophiles out there can tell me if it could secretly kill me at night?

Thanksgiving Piglets

Saarbrücken celebrated its official Erntedankfest (Thanksgiving Festival) with the city full of informational booths and farm animals like these cute piglets.

Theme Day: Cemetery / Tombstone

This picture was taken by Jan Selmer of zeitensprung.de at the old cemetery at Deutschherrnpfad.
I loved the arrangement of the tombstone and the path, and since I couldn't manage to go to the cemetery myself, I kindly got his permission to use the picture.

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Make sure to visit all the other cities taking part in this theme day:
St. Louis (MO), USA - San Diego (CA), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - New York City (NY), USA - Boston (MA), USA - Mainz, Germany - Hyde, UK - Arlington (VA), USA - Cape Town, South Africa - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Toulouse, France - Arradon, France - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - Joplin (MO), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Seattle (WA), USA - Baziège, France - Baltimore (MD), USA - Chandler (AZ), USA - Sequim (WA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - Stockholm, Sweden - Austin (TX), USA - Singapore, Singapore - Anderson (SC), USA - Orlando (FL), USA - Greenville (SC), USA - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Nashville (TN), USA - Tenerife, Spain - Manila, Philippines - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Jacksonville (FL), USA - River Falls (WI), USA - Chateaubriant, France - Quincy (MA), USA - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - Inverness (IL), usa - Lubbock (TX), USA - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Moscow, Russia - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Minneapolis (MN), USA - New Orleans (LA), USA - Montréal (QC), Canada - West Sacramento (CA), USA - Toruń, Poland - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Christchurch, New Zealand - London, England - Paderborn, Germany - The Hague, Netherlands - Selma (AL), USA - Sunderland, UK - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Stavanger, Norway - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - Weston (FL), USA - Portland (OR), USA - Forks (WA), USA - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Boston (MA), USA - Sydney, Australia - Wellington, New Zealand - Montpellier, France - Jackson (MS), USA - Wailea (HI), USA - Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Evry, France - Saarbrücken, Germany - New York City (NY), USA - Santa Fe (NM), USA - North Bay (ON), Canada - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Cypress (TX), USA - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Paris, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Wichita (Ks), USA - Haninge, Sweden - Prague, Czech Republic - Zurich, Switzerland - Budapest, Hungary - Paris, France - Saigon, Vietnam - Grenoble, France - Zurich, Switzerland - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Naples (FL), USA - Toronto (ON), Canada - Sequim (WA), USA - Chicago (IL), USA