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As it was so hot yesterday I stayed hidden from the world most of the day and caught up on emails, wrote postcards and read while staying indoors. But in the late afternoon I needed to stretch my legs and decided to take a walk around Friedrichshagen, the suburb I am staying in.
Founded in 1753 by King Friedrich II of Prussia it came into it’s own in the early 1900s and the main boulevard, the Boelschestrasse, is lined by beautiful old art nouveau houses, all beautifully done up. However if you wander down a few side-streets you will find some typical East German Plattenbauten, flats build out of big concrete slabs, and some run down houses.
This combination of old and new, pretty and run down is the perfect playground for my camera and I hope you enjoy looking at these photos as much as I did taking them. (PS. sorry there are so many, just couldn’t decided)
church square
happy (a little out of focus) sunflower
thanks for slowing down retro sign
hand-painted flower
not sure this a bunker?
decorative houses
peeping-me
on an old door
conker heart
lace-like stucco on the houses
I wonder how lives here
some pretty graffiti
I love the colour
retro-gum, haven’t seen these in ages
metal ablication
even the airvents are kind of pretty
squatting lion
more floral decor
another door
window shutter flowers
love the combination of wood and metal
the tram, sound of the city
modern still-life
open window
balconies on the Plattenbau
like a n UFO
creative pot
more urban gardening
rusting metalwork on a balcony
old brick work in need of TLC
thinking of my mum and her green fingers
outside the school
grave yard art-work
green lattice
a happy Bacchus
old window
even some Egyptian influences
jensinewall 
Really nice part of the city 🙂 Although I cant remember all the little things you found with your camera! But I remember a beautiful breakfast 🙂 Enjoy your last days there…A.
will do … hoffe du hast auch Spass und kannst ein wenig die Sonne geniessen
Love the flower photos best!
very pretty isn’t it