SCNR, I’m currently binge watching a certain US American tv series with a certain English actor as the main character.
The House of Ages Past
Tag: Germany
The German-Russian Taj Mahal
Once again, I started to look up the bare minimum of information to find a title for a Wordless Wednesday photo and I ended up learning so much that I just have to share: This is the Russian-orthodox church St. Elisbeth’s on Wiesbaden’s Neroberg. It … Continue reading The German-Russian Taj Mahal
Then and now
These crenelated shadows are from the basilica of Einhard, the biographer and contemporary of Charlemagne. The basilica was built around 825 in Steinbach, near Michelstadt im Odenwald. This on the other hand, is a much smaller shadow of a collection of elvish clay characters contemporary … Continue reading Then and now
A lesson in heraldry
I have to add to the one word because this wheel led me down a small rabbit hole. At the harbour of Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 40 km south of Mainz, I saw this crest on the side of a monument. The … Continue reading A lesson in heraldry
Mid-November at the Hermannshof
Next time I’m going to this garden, I will check what kind of tree this is. The weather was glorious even though it was the first cold day (and no, I wasn’t dressed appropriately). Festival of Leaves #9: November Tree
What bees teach us
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Pick a Shape
I do homework, too
Although the book I am using to teach German is only 6 years old, it is in some ways outdated. The current lesson talks about writing postcards from holiday destinations. People, and particularly the kind of people I am teaching don’t write postcards (and probably … Continue reading I do homework, too
The forerunner of the cinema
#16 NovemberShadows
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