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Two traditional inns in Frankfurt am Main and their windows

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Being an inn with a deep heritage doesn’t mean you have to have beautiful windows.

The Apfelweinwirtschaft Buchscheer (the name is an old name for pasture) is located in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen near the tram and train station Luisa. It’s a traditional inn where one is not able to order a beer, they only serve Ebbelwoi (the German kind of cider). It has a lovely outside sitting area under large trees and the inside is charmingly old but the window are … well, decidedly plain.

The inn Schmärrnche in Frankfurt Bornheim has a similiar long history to look back on. The windows are not particulary elaborate either but at least they tried with the trompe l’oeil sandstone frames.

Monday Window

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Church spires

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Bad Kreuznach – the standard two churches with spires in a small German town but the three windows in the tower qualifies for Thursday Trios. Hirschberg-Großsachsen – a trio of church towers in one village – the protestant church on the left, the catholic church … Continue reading Church spires

I found a wolf

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Another find for my “car plates can make words in Germany” collection.

German licence plates are organised like this: the first letters (1 or 2 but not more than 3) indicate the town where the care is registered. Then there are another two letters (sometimes one but this is rare) and a number, usually four digits. Until a 20 years ago or so you just took the letters and numbers you were allocated but nowadays you can pick the letters and numbers for a small fee (something like 10 Euro). The only requirements are that no other plate has the same combination and a few letters and number combinations are forebodden because they have a meaning connected with national socialism).

Cellpic Sunday

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