The letter S. I could not find out what it has to do with “Taunus” (a region in middle Germany) underneath.
Tempo limits written directly on the street, 20 being a low number so that pedestrians are safe and can look at the pretty houses.
The old orangery in the Günthersburg park in Frankfurt is a leftover from times gone by. Today it is a park with a wonderful playground at its centre.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: letters and numbers.
House #2
Another House #2 and 2 lizards
2 leaves in /about to fall
2 grape hyacinths
2 imps, both called Pumuckl, from a German children’s book
The 2 archetypical German rascals (as invented by Wilhelm Busch they became the forerunners of first the Katzenjammer Kids and then of all newspaper funnies).
And the way those 2 look, they might be today’s real-life Max and Moritz.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: two items or the number two.
From street no. 1 to one little bird to one German emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm I.) to another emperor (Franz Joseph I.) to another street no. 1 – number round about.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: 1 item or the number one.
Some people write their favourite poison on their legs (kale?! seriously!?):
Others prefer to write their state of mind:
Or state what they are:
Just simply a:
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: legs and feet.
This mural is at the entrance of the “artists’ quarter” in Böblingen. Pubs and bars crowded together in a small, provincial town.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Hands.
Bar-headed goose / Streifengans
Egyptian vulture / Schmutzgeier
Domestic chicken, or rather cockerel / Haushuhn bzw. -hahn
And some more feather bearers:
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenged: feathers.
I keep wondering why butcheries and restaurants who have pork on their menues have happy pigs on their signs. Has anyone asked the pigs? Do the pigs who posed for the pictures feel ashamed that they are selling out?
The one exception is the wild boar, the emblem for a small brewery in Frankonia. It’s a good beer so no wondering why the pig is happy.
I think Cee was thinking of different signs but here they are.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Signs.
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