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 My Laughing Angel


Perhaps one beer too many (c) A. Harrison


I found this angel leaning against a pillar in Regensburg Cathedral. I'm not sure what was quite so amusing, but he seemed quite content to laugh the centuries away – he'd been sculpted around 1280 by the Master of St. Erminold.

Personally, I think he's been trying the local beer and sausages at the Wurstküche Restaurant, feeding the workers of Regensburg since the late 12th Century.


My happy angel (c) A. Harrison

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