Greetings Steemians!
Slowly but surely, my travel report is nearing it's end. My tour along the Swabian Jura had started in the Donau town Ulm and this is to where I had finally returned. Thanks for following me all the way to the Little Lauter valley, the excavation site of the Geissenklösterle and the magically blue Blautopf.
Returning from the Blautopf I had arrived in Ulm on an early Sunday afternoon and the weather was bright and sunny. Now I had the light and ample time to make up for the photographic city tour that I haven't had the time for at the day of my arrival.
I started again near the Ulm Minster. This time equipped with my DSLR and a zoom lens so that I could capture some of the exciting details of the Minster's facade.
South to the Minster connects the Fishermen's quarter, Ulm's picturesque historic center.
On the left the so called Schiefe Haus (skewed house). According to the "Guinness Book of Records" the most crooked hotel in the world.
On the right the Schwörhaus (Oath house). According to a 600-year-old tradition once every year Ulm's mayor steps out on the balcony and renews his oath to the gathered citizens "to be a common man to the rich and poor". This ceremony is the prelude for the Schwörwoche, a week-long city festival.
The warm spring sun lured many citizens to the grassy banks of the river Donau. Finally, winter has gone.
Behind the old city wall rises the Metzgerturm (Butcher's tower), also known as the "leaning tower of Ulm". The tower is inclined by 3.3 degree in north-west direction (as comparison, the "leaning tower of Pisa" is inclined by roughly 4 degree). Cause for the leaning is the swampy ground on which the tower was initially built on.
Before returning to the Ulm Minster, this time to capture it's interior, I had decided to first seize the remaining afternoon sun in a nearby beer garden.
I hope you enjoyed the city walk until here, the next and final part is about to follow soon!
Thanks for watching and enjoy your day on Steemit!
Shaka
All photos were recorded by myself with an EOS 7D / Tamron 18-270 mm in April, 2018