The Müllheimer Tal has green slopes on either side.
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Tag: #FOWC
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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Until Death or …
“Until the road worthy authorities do us divorce!”
I saw the sign on a 2CV a beloved French vintage car in Germany.
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Asinine Wine Growers
The small winegrower village of Mußbach in the Palatinate has a Weinlage (smaller than a wine appellation but consisting of a number of vineyards) called “Eselshaut” (skin of an ass). The name is supposed to relate to the grass growing around the vines and which was harvested to feed the donkeys.
Images of donkeys abound all over the town in crests and emblems and sculptures. I found this red one particularly asinine … fetching.
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Is It a Fluke
that I see the fluke of a whale in this piece of a man with open arms?
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Change Your Point of View, Change Your Outlook
It was foggy down in the valley. It was sunny up on the hills. Your outlook depended on where you were.
I choose the sunny side.
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You Have the Option
A castle to the left, a castle to right. The choice is yours.
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It’s Not Classic
Germans used to be quite Francophile but these days English rules. So petillant water is marketed as “medium”, as opposed to “classic” (i.e. highly effervescent).
Petillant water is moderately sparkling water. Lots of people like it. To me it could be labelled “used to be sparkling, now just stale”.
For FOWC with Fandango: Moderate and The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Petillant.
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When the Toads Cross the Road
and move from one wallet to somebody else’s wallet, there is often skulduggery involved.
Explanation: “Toads” is a slangword for money in German. And this banking institute being situated in toad street is just … felicitous.
FOWC with Fandango: Skulduggery
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