Author: eklastic

Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.

Auf Burg Schönburg

Castle Schönburg (literally Beautiful Castle) is situated on the Schönberg (literally Beautiful Mountain) above the town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO world heritage site “Rhine Valley”. And nowadays it’s a rather exclusive hotel.

Midweek Monochrome

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A Thought for Eternity

Opera lovers might know E.T.A. Hoffmann from Jacques Offenbach’s opera The Tales of Hoffmann or as the author of The Nutcracker. He was one of the most important and well-known German poets of Romanticism.

To really appreciate the quote one should know that “love” is feminine in German, whereas “thought” is masculine.

“What is space and time to love! Doesn’t she live in thoughts and does he recognise a measure?”

FOWC with Fandango: Thought

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We’re Here Because of Beer

I found an additional definition of “fleshment” in Collins Dictionary: “excitement or stimulation via previous experience”. Even though it’s flagged as archaic, the concept is still very much alive and well.

We passed the Schmucker brewery in Mossautal yesterday. This beer delivery truck stood in front of the hotel and pub. The weather was gorgeous and many, many Pentecoast Monday day trippers succumbed to the lure of the various brews advertised on the side of the truck. No doubt they remembered the stimulation from other times. If they do yield to the temptation on a regular basis the first Collins definition “the act of fattening” will be seen on them.

PS: We stopped and had a wonderfully fresh lager on tap. All had a full glass, I had one long sip – I was the driver.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Fleshment