Green Doors – #ThursdayDoors

More doors I scooped on one of my leisurely walks around Garmisch!

Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.

Thank you for calling in today! Before you go…

Would you like a peek inside the pages of my fictional novel? It might just be your cup of tea!

Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed, Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It is a story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.

St Martin Parish Church – #ThursdayDoors

I have more than just door photos this week. The interior of St Martin Parish Church in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is too beautiful not to share. I walked through it with my mouth open when I visited a few weeks ago.

I’d better credit Stephen for this photo! He fancies himself as a spectacular photographer!
(I might just go ahead and hire him! 🙃)

And I have a little history to tell as well.

Early in the 18th century the old St Martin Parish Church had become too small. The residents of Garmisch decided, together with their pastor, Marquad Schmid, to construct a new church to be located in the new urban centre. They chose the location of Niklasanger and tore down a church that was already situated there.

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Bavarian – #ThursdayDoors

I love our (almost) yearly skiing holiday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. It’s one of my favourite places to holiday. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve visited Garmisch-Partenkirchen but I know I’ve had more skiing trips there than summer trips. I want my next visit to be a summer one though!

However, it’s a beautiful location at any time of the year. I don’t ski (not my thing). I go for snowy walks, watch the family skiing, drink Glühwein, read, and sometimes write. The mountain air is fresh and crispy cold, unlike the damp coldness we have in Ireland. And of course, the scenery is amazing.

I spent one morning walking around town taking photos of all the beautiful doors and buildings. I’ll never get bored looking at the buildings in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

I have no history to tell you about all of the doors because most of them are just dwelling houses and restaurants, and any history behind them is unknown to me! As I always say about every door; they could tell a tale or two!

I had no idea this was a library until I was back home and I translated the word ‘bucherei’.

This little house (below) is adorable. Although, it’s not so little at all. Cute door!

The restaurants have very heavy doors. All similar but rarely two the same.

My last door for today is quite unusual and in my favourite colour!

Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.

Thank you for visiting today! Before you go…

Would you like a peek inside the pages of my fictional novel? It might just be your cup of tea!

Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed, Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It is a story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.

Tobar Mhuire – #ThursdayDoors

An open door to a holy well, Tobar Mhuire – Saint Mary’s Well. So it’s not actually a door, but a doorway. I think it still counts for #ThursdayDoors and Dan won’t slap my wrists! (Leave me alone. It’s only January and I’m still waking up to the realisation that it’s 2024.)

We visit this well because it’s a lovely country walk and it’s an interesting place to be.

I wrote a post all about Tobar Mhuire during my #100daysofolddays project. If you’d like to read more about this holy well, read my post HERE.

Thursday Doors is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join in and create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week, visit nofacilities.com for more information.