Tag: Ulm

In Ulm

Ulm is a town in the south of Germany. The well-known tongue twister “In Ulm, um Ulm und um Ulm herum” has little meaning beyond being a tongue twister: in Ulm, around Ulm and round and round Ulm.

In the middle of Ulm, in the old town, houses stand close to each other, compact like in many originally medieval towns.

Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Compact.

El Comandante Gorrión – Spatz Guevara

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I found this bird in the German city of Ulm. Sparrows are the mascots of the city and are in evidence all over town but this one – El Comandante gorrión – perfect with the Cuban cigar in his beak “takes the bird” (the English expression “to take the cake” translates as “to shoot down the bird” in German which I found quite appropriate in the circumstance).  I should add that all the other sparrows carry sticks to build a nest rather than cigars.  

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/06/26/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-2016-week-26/

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