Many people all over the world have heard of Rüdesheim am Rhein at the beginning of the Rhine Gorge. Oberwesel is thirty kilometres down the Rhine on the other side, still in the Rhine gorge (actually within walking distance of the Lorelye on the opposite side). And not that many people know it, even in Germany. Although it has all the trappings: vineyards, wine estates, stunning views, houses from various centuries – and interesting windows, of course.
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Monday Portrait
I found this green rose chafer (Germans consider him to be golden, we call him gold rose chafer – also known as fiddler beetle, apparently) amongst my flower pots inside. He wasn’t very alert anymore. I gently put him amongst the roses. He died within the hour.
Monday Macro
The motives in this collage all come from a mural painted on and under a bridge in Lüneburg. The colours were almost exactly those of Aino’s template:
“Until the road worthy authorities do us divorce!”
I saw the sign on a 2CV a beloved French vintage car in Germany.
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I had never heard of the Chautauqua movement and it was an interesting read.
In Germany we have nothing quite the same, however we have the Volkshochschule – a non-profit and partially government funded adult education institution with branches all over Germany. They were founded after the first world war but earlier organisations who looked after educating people outside the tertiary school system stem from the late 19th century similar to Chautauqua. The building where our local VHS is located is also from the late 19th century.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chautauqua
Silent Sunday
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Inside the Einhard’s Basilica in Michelstadt. Built for the chronist of Charlemagne, Einhard abandoned the basilica and transferred his intended burial site to Seligenstadt (his church there housed important relics which made Seligenstadt into a pilgrimage site) thus saving the one in Steinbach from major renovations and thus preserving many of the Carolingian features.
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