When there was still a mint in the Münzgasse and it was producing coins (Münzen) nobody bothered about cash or card. They might have shown a piece of paper, though.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Cash or Card?
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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 Scenic View
Wordless Wednesday
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Five in May with Lots of Green
A pensive woman.
A natural pond.
A shorn lawn.
A fibrous ginger root.
A mottled petunia.
Naturally Monochrome
My favourite are the ears of wheat. Cee’s Foto Fun Challenge: Colourful Monochromes
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?”
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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
The Unsung Neighbour
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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