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Tag: #Fandango
Hard Work
This is one of the four statues on the Pont JF Kennedy in Strasbourg, one of the bridges to cross the Ill. The statues all depict workers who do hard manual labour – this is the pelleteur. His job was to clear the waterways from the silt so it would stay navigable for bigger boats. The profession died out in the 1920s.
The bridge was built in 1906 and was then called Schwarzwaldbrücke (pont de la Forêt-Noir / Black Forest Bridge). It has undergone a few name changes, some only because of the change of languages, from German to French and back). It became Pont John F Kennedy in 1965. The locals, however, favour the name Viermännerbruck (bridge of four men, in the local Alsation dialect).
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Baby, It’s Cold out There
The sign next to the pond in the palace gardens is there all year round. Some years the pond is not frozen at all. But at the moment it is topical.
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When around Animals
“Caution! Animals bite” – German warning signs are abrupt and succint. But they do their job, I suppose
FOWC with Fandango: Circumspect
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Surprise!
The scenes to which we woke up this morning defy description. Yesterday I took photos of first spring flowers and this morning – WHITE.
FOWC with Fandango: Description
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My Partner in Crime
I love that my e-bike allows me to be spontaneous. Her name is Wynora Rider!
FOWC with Fandango: Spontaneous
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