At the entrance of the Englische Garten in Munich there is this sign. It reads: Once Elector Palatine Charles Theodore asked the strollers on a notice to not bother each other with their eternal greetings when passing each other. I don’t know if it worked.
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Water, Water Everywhere
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Arrow slots or crenels are ususally vertical slits in thick walls in medieval buildings. Archers could shoot on possible attackers through them without exposing themselves unnecessarily. This is Castle Wildenstein, in the southern parts of the Black Forest. They decided to go horizontally if these … Continue reading This One Is Wild
More than 150 cut-outs decorate the street lamps of Heppenheim. Each picture represents a story from local folklore. At the bottom of the lamppost there are short versions of the stories.
This lamp tells the story of the two giants who stood on opposite mountains and threw rocks at each other creating the large “sea of stones” in Reichenbach and a smaller scattering of rocks on the facing mountain side (the Reichenbach giant was the weaker or smaller one, quite obviously).
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The two castles mirrorred by the two boats on the lake. Weinheim in autumn. Monochrome Madness
This is the 300 year old oak that was felled by lightning and was resurrected as a children’s favourite. I’ve told the story of the oak-born, knock-kneed and sharp-clawed Gruffalo before, most recently yesterday. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From an Unusual Perspective
