I’ve decided to call the Nosferatu spiders, that move in with us, Murnau from now on (Friedrich Murnau was the director of the first Nosferatu movie in 1922, if you didn’t know). Murnau is in the featured photo on top, about 5-6 cm (including legs). … Continue reading Murnau was in my bathroom, again
Another smartphone pic plus soem editing. The occasion was that Wynona and I reached 12,000 km together, that’s a dream on its own.
Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #26
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This town was badly destroyed in the last days of the second world war by French troups. The rebuilding was characterised by discussions between mainly two factions, rebuilding more in the traditional style and the more modernist planners who wanted to take the demands of modern traffic etc. into account. They found a compromise leaning more toward the traditional, it went relatively fast (sometimes dubbed as the “miracle of Freudenstadt” and the citizens had a monument build with this woman on top looking toward a future while still trying to retain contact with the past, symbolising the revival of Freudenstadt.
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Where the pants ever long enough? Did they shrink? Or did the guy grow?
In German we call pants that are too short “Hochwasser” (high tide). It used to be a fashion faux pas, nowadays it can be a fashion statement.
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I saw this in the middle Rhine valley, where towns and houses compete with each other for looks. It’s a neat way to use a slice of agate as a house humber.
Germans have a term for home sickness – “Heimweh”, sometimes also translated as just nostalgia. It’s a bit more romantic and more compelling than the English term, at least I think so. It usually describes the feeling for a whole area rather than a specific … Continue reading Two castle town
