Taking her out to dinner
The wasp’s diet consisted mainly of cakes, and chivalry meant I placed a small piece out for her. She immediately made a – pardon the pun – beeline for it, making a sharp u-turn pivoting her yellow and black gaster around. It looked like the … Continue reading Taking her out to dinner
12 + 1 moduls to German proficiency
That’s the building of the offices of the school where I’m teaching. The course which each immigrant has to take is modular. For students who are not able to write in Latin letters it is 12 moduls to learn to read, write and speak German plus one modul explaining German culture, politics, and history.
NB: It is possibly to just take the test if you speak German and are confident enough to pass the citizenship test (for which there are numerous apps to prepare you).
From enemy to kin
“Human friendship across state frontiers serve peace” signed by Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Annemarie Renger
France – Germany: From hereditary enemy to finding kinship through twinning citiey and towns.
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Life Saving Trio
Together with firefighters and first aiders the live guards form a triad of mostly voluntary (aka: unsalaried) helpers.
Culturally upcycled
This is the former abbatoir of Wiesbaden. It is now known as the “Kulturzentrum Schlachthof”, an event venue for live music, arts and other “off” events, off the highbrow culture Wiesbaden is otherwise known for. Can they upcycle me, too? The mouse is part of … Continue reading Culturally upcycled
Horizontally Challenged
Dawn from The Day After asked to see Horizons for this week’s Monochrome Madness. Show us your lines in the distance, either linking to Dawn or to Monochrome Madness directly. The best horizons, the ultimate horizons are to be found at the seaside (NB: turn … Continue reading Horizontally Challenged
Mainly for longterm visitors
Hotels can offer different things for different guests. Hotels have peak seasons and low seasons and some close completely during winter. Word of the Day: Hotel
Do I care?
In this abanoned sculpture park some works have inscriptions in weird German and in Latin. Not being able to speak Latin I tried online translating programmes and got varying results, depending partly on where I define the borders of words (e.g. utosis or ut osis?) or whether I pick English or German as target language.
After 10 minutes of trying to find something definite I’m no longer very keen to find a proper meaning. So here is: Whatever –
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