Looking Down Project : Manholes and anything along the Way

I had an interesting walk following the path with this Lemon painted tile engraved on the hilly grounds leading to the Limonaia del Castel in Limone sur Garda in Italy.Sure thing, it leads me right to the rich Orangery and probably the prettiest Lemon grove I have seen.

This is the pretty mosaic flooring of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II in Milan, located in front of the Duomo.Named after the first king of Italy, everything about this place and even the designs engreved on the floors are all majestic. Quite worthy to look at and wonder.

Here I am still standing on the grounds of Milan where everything looks different from their normal scene. Too bad for the cigarette butts stuck- in between.

I am still on the hunt of manholes in every place that I go. Just as I´ve written in my previous posts, I find it interesting how manholes looked like in different places. It says a lot about each place and stands out from another. Some are just damned boring and not so special-manhole covers. In Brussels, its more eye-catchy like this one which depicts the Archangel Gabriel defeating Satan.

In Dresden, I spotted quite a few and they are more detailed. Got lucky to see some Stolperstein here as well.Nevertheless, they still looked like the normal manhole steel covers. Weird but true, even manhole covers are stolen for scrap metal resale because of high prices of steel.

Meanwhile in Koblenz, there´s a celebration of manhole-covers. I really enjoyed looking down on down.Here are more manhole covers that made my journeys worthwhile and memorable.Walking through an unknown street can be sometimes daunting, let alone you don´t know the language, bt seeing normal things like manhole covers can somewhat bring down the barrier.

I have been asking myself why I am doing this and I would always go back to my inner self–I find them interesting. Seeing that other people as well have a thing about uncovering the beauty of manholes, then I am convinced that it is a worthwhile habit that I am not getting tired of doing. I guess drainspotting is normal and there´s even a book about it.

Sometimes, its all about slowing down and just being aware of what´s in your surroundings, especially where you are stepping on to.I find it always amazing when I discover something like Borderlines or historical facts written on the ground. On the other way around, looking down is simply okay.

Have you tried looking down and seeing what´s on the ground? Try it, I am sure you´ll find some interesting fun about it.Beware though while walking, don´t fall and keep safe while walking.

Surprisingly, not all Butterflies fly, sometimes they are on the ground!

How about checking out why stumbling stones (Stolpersteine) here in Europe /Germany are a thing. Or what makes it really fun to stop and say Hello to the manhole King in Bratislava?

If you have more time to kill, then read on why there is really a kind of Beauty in Manhole covers.

Feel free to share it with me if you´ve seen anything…!Goodluck!

Until then, Tschüß!

4 thoughts on “Looking Down Project : Manholes and anything along the Way

  1. I think you (like myself) as an artist and photographer are curious and detail-oriented and this is why you look around and actually SEE your surroundings. I’m always amazed at how many people don’t even notice the sunrise or the moon, flowers or butterflies. I recently pointed out to a friend something in nature when we were travelling and she couldn’t have cared less! 😁 I was surprised, because we had so much in common, how could she not be interested? But not everyone is, and it’s ok.

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  2. My thoughts exactly. Sometimes I called it shallowness–but i learned through the process that I can be totally happy with these simple things.Yes modern world is admirable because its all man-made, but still nature exists behind a certain divine power and who am I not to acknowledge that.
    It´s a great feeling that I have found a soul similar as me. I really believe that we´ve met for a reason, even virtually.Thanks Snow!

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