German Doorways

We took a short side-trip to Mannheim Germany.  Glenn is giving a talk at the university, and Sandy and I came along for the ride.  We arrived on Saturday and spent the rest of the day exploring Mannheim.  Yesterday, we took the train a half hour to Heidelberg.  I will write more about both Mannheim and Heidelberg, but for now I want to share a small collection of outrageously ornate doorways that we have seen in the past two days.  Those Germans do (or at least did) like their Baroque architecture!  

Finally, here is a modern glass door (with Baroque designs superimposed on the glass) retrofitted into an older stone casing.