Tag: Germany

Recreational Centre?

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It’s called a “recreational centre”, it’s also a farm where poultry is fattened up according to the name. I wonder if the chicken and geese and turkeys find their stay very recreational? FOWC with Fandango: Recreational

Zebra with Z

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A zebra at the Frankfurt Zoo. This was the zebra in which Bernhard Grzimek, the long time director of the Frankfurt Zoo drove through the Serengeti – in the 60s and 70s he was THE animal expert in Germany, a veterinarian, animal documentary film maker, … Continue reading Zebra with Z

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or rather wait until 1 April! This shop in Kehl (on the German side of the Rhine where Strasbourg is on the French side) was selling shishas and tobacco. I wonder what the “more” was? Did it have to do with the barred windows? In … Continue reading Buy Now

Rally Against Extremism

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Since the end of last year there are regular rallies all over Germany after minutes of a meeting of the rightwing radical party AFD was leaked to the press and it became even more apparent than before how disgusting their plans for Germany are. The party is unfortunately gaining momentum but the established political parties are arguing over how to deal with this surge of rightwing, populist and now openly fascist party. I’ve been to a few of the rallies against rightwing extremism and racism but I don’t take pictures.

“I’m not afraid of the return of fascists in the guise of fascists but of the return of fascists in the guise of democrats.”

This quote by Theodor W. Adorno was appropriate earlier when many politicians argued that the AFD (Alternative for Germany) was to the right of the political spectrum but still a democratic party. I don’t think this fiction can still be upheld today.

FOWC with Fandango: Rally

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Cormorant Drying off

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Still at the river Neckar, as last week and the week before. The Neckar carries a lot of water but is below flood levels. A lone cormorant is drying itself off on the pier. Water, Water Everywhere