happy steps

This is the third in a series of posts featuring photos of benches I’ve collected during my travels. Previously featured: Rauma (Finland) and Prague

After attending the noontime Sunday Mass at St. Albert the Great Church, off we went with our day tour of Berlin. I will be posting more photos about the city’s many historic landmarks and buildings, but for now here are some of the benches I’ve photographed to add to my collection. Enjoy!

Benches along the souvenir shop street… perfect place for tourists to rest for awhile after their shopping spree.

A series of concrete square benches at the rear of the Reichstag building.

More benches at the city park…

At the Charlottenburg Palace grounds. See that bench where the guy was seated? That’s where we had our lunch. =)

This is the second in a series of posts featuring photos of benches I’ve encountered during my travels. Previously featured: Prague

Old Rauma is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Western Finland. You can read more about this town in my previous post “The charm of Old Rauma”. Here are some bench photos I took during our tour.

This one is a favorite. The white bench just stands out from the colorful background of flowers and cobblestones while the sky looks a bit cloudy. This photo was taken in front of the Rauma Museum at high noon.

Another white bench. Photo taken at the rear of the Rauma Museum, where the garden exhibit was presented.

Benches scattered outside what looks like a shopping mall (or movie house?).

A lone bench at the ruins of the Holy Trinity Church (Pyhän kolminaisuuden kirkko) built in 1400 but was later destroyed by fire in 1640.

“Where are the burgers?” Dad and cutie sis waiting for food on a wooden bench with the burger joint nearby. Behind them is an ongoing road construction.

Waiting for us by the roadside or under the trees, benches provide not just a breathing space for passersby to rest but a chance to initiate a conversation and meet new friends.

At a neighborhood in Praha 4, Prague

Whenever I see an empty bench, I would often wonder how many people have stopped by and rested on it, and how many brilliant ideas, endless arguments or crazy jokes have been exchanged among friends and strangers with the bench as their silent witness.

Thus I have acquired an interest in taking photos of benches recently. I have my virtual collection of benches captured by the lens and I’d like to share some of them in a series of posts.

A lady leisurely reading by the wall, Vyšehrad Castle, Prague

Inside the Vyšehrad Castle grounds, Prague

By the fountain at Justicní Palác, Prague

Bench around a tree, at Kutná Hora, another town few hours travel from Prague