When the French laid waste the castle in Heidelberg one final time in 1693 they wanted to destroy the castle and the town. Their spoils would have been the Kurpfalz, the Electorate of the Palatinate, the state consisting of many smallish areas in the Upper … Continue reading The Jewel on the Neckar
Banana, banana, banana, banana, banana … Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Meditation
A member of the clematis family, accredited to many geographical areas, the common names are old man’s beard, traveller’s joy, withywind, swamp leather-flower, devil’s darning needles, virgin’s bower, and possibly a few more. Which one do you fancy? Midweek Monochrome
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Close-up In December
He uses his spectacles as filters to zero in on what’s important. FOWC with Fandango: Filter
Cats have it all. Admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want to. Rod McKuen And if they sit on a roof or up on a wall – I’ll also look up to them. BTW: The original Fritz was a tabby. Remember him? … Continue reading Fritz the Cat
aka: life. Or possibly St Nicholas. It’s 6th December and tonight German children put their boot outside and listen for the heavy steps of St Nick. Unless – he’s asleep as well. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Asleep
Every bicycle needs repairs occasionally. On a trip that might cause problems. Fahrradreparaturstation to the rescue! The planned, 30km long bicycle highway between Darmstadt and Frankfurt, of which about 10km are completed, offers repair stations every 5kms. The repair stations offer tools, air, and even … Continue reading Cycling with Obstacles
That’s a loan that can never be repaid because the story will stay with me. FOWC with Fandango: Loan
My children were brought up bilingual. They learned maths in an English speaking school. If you understand German you will know that we say the numbers between 21 and 99 in a weird way: one-and-twenty, nine-and-ninety, etc. So that was confusing to them when they … Continue reading Truth Hurts
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