The Middle Rhine is roughly the river Rhine and the surrounding areas between Bingen and Bonn. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Middle
Tag: Germany
The Smaller the River
the smaller the ferry. Both these ferries cross the Rhine, they are about 25km apart in Gernsheim and in Nierstein. There are, of course, bridges over the Rhine but if the distance between the two nearest bridges is 60km the car driver (and even more … Continue reading The Smaller the River
Evening Walk
Last Wednesday we went to a local pizzeria for dinner where service was good and fast and it was only 7pm when we had paid and were heading for the car to drive back. It was such a beautiful evening that I asked my husband … Continue reading Evening Walk
Our Alternative Is Solidarity
I would have never thought that rassism would have such an enormous come back. More than 20% of the German parliament are members of a party which now has been officially declared to be “a confirmed rightwing extremist force” by an analytical examination of the … Continue reading Our Alternative Is Solidarity
Loop the Loop
No, I didn’t join my son and grandson. I’m happy just to take the pictures.
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Luminescent Tulips
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Pink
Daddy’s Favourite
One Word Sunday
Historical Institute
The Institute for Physics at the University of Heidelberg has had its first dedicated professor in 1752. It has moved several times during its existence, the photo below is from the 1850 building in the centre of Heidelberg’s historical town. Here Robert W. Bunsen and Gustav R. Kirchhoff established the scientific method of spectral analysis. With their spectroscope they discovered hitherto unknown elements, namely Caesium and Rubidium. Most people have heard of Bunsen because of the burner he developed and which carries his name.
Today the insitute has long moved to a modern building in a different surburb but they are still doing groundbreaking research. The institute – together with the Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg – is devoted to fundamental questions concerning the dynamics of quantum systems at the borderline between few-body and many-body physics.
If you don’t know what they are doing, join the club. Alternatively, you can research it.
Today seems quite a scientific day, what with the Ragtag prompt being elliptical. Since the plaque about the door of the Institute is an oval – mathematically an ellipse – I use the opportunity for a double dip.
FOWC with Fandango: Research and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Elliptical
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Workers’ Day or Walkers’ Day
There are two ways in Germany to celebrate May Day. It is a public holiday and the workers’ unions have large demonstrations in many cities. In our town, unfortunately, the right wing extremists have decided to march but there is a counter demonstration as well. … Continue reading Workers’ Day or Walkers’ Day
Photographing While Walking
Wordless Wednesday
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