Japan Center in Frankfurt, Germany. Six Word Saturday
Tag: Germany
Schrödinger
A limes watchtower recreated near Michelstadt im Odenwald. Another word I’ve learned from the Ragtag Prompt: liminal. I checked it out and I recognised a related word: limes. As in: the borders of the Roman Empire. In the UK it’s called Hadrian’s Wall, same thing. … Continue reading Schrödinger
Do not Accept
We’ve been told that the German word for substitute, i.e. Ersatz, has found it’s way into English during and after the second world war when commodities were scarce in the UK and people had to make do. This was mainly concerning coffee, or so I … Continue reading Do not Accept
You’ve Heard of Gutenberg
but what about Peter Schöffer? He was born in Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 50km south of Mainz where Johannes Gutenberg, studied in Paris at the Sorbonne, worked as a scribe and calligrapher, and when he returned to Germany he started out as … Continue reading You’ve Heard of Gutenberg
Half-timbered Black and White Is Out
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Colourful Streets
Childhood Magic
The Weinheim castle was sold to the town in 1938 and the offices of the town administration moved in. When I was little my dad worked for the building authorities, his office was in the third window from the left. I used to visit him … Continue reading Childhood Magic
How Can You Tell
that it is the workplace of a German? Yes, of course, the bottle of beer on the left. This is a recreation of Carl Benz’ workplace. FOWC with Fandango: Workplace
View Through
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Looking Through
The River Didn’t Run Green
but the St Patrick Day’s Revellers were still fascinated to watch a container ship at the river lock in Heidelberg. Water, Water Everywhere
