Veldenz Castle is in the middle of the town of Nohfelden in the Saarland. We would have liked to climb the stairs to the top of the keep for the view but it was closed for renovations and repairs. The English wikipedia still has photos of the tower without a roof but the cone-type roof was added in 1999 so that wasn’t the reason for the closing. A special company checked for loose stones on the outside of the castle keep.
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I didn’t buy a natural Chritmas tree at that stand. Neither did buy an artificial one.
I haven’t made up my mind yet. But I really really like the poster.
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Even though mallards pick different mates every year for the time they are together they seem inseparable. Donald and Daisy are always seen together, always as a pair.
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I think those trees shouldn’t stand so close to each other. Who do you think will win, though? The tall lanky one or the shorter, stock one?
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This was a well-known song in Germany in the 1970s. Joy Fleming was said to have a “black voice” and she sang in the Mannheim dialect. Here is a link, for anyone who might be interested: Ich sing fer’s Finanzment.
This is the entry to the inland revenue office in Schwetzingen.
At least, this institution is honest. Look at the emblem over the door:
FOWC with Fandango: Indebted
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