Germans have a term for home sickness – “Heimweh”, sometimes also translated as just nostalgia. It’s a bit more romantic and more compelling than the English term, at least I think so. It usually describes the feeling for a whole area rather than a specific … Continue reading Two castle town
It’s the motto of a student fraternity called Franconia Darmstadt, founded in 1889. I tried to find out what the GUN abbreviation in the wreath stands for but I failed (on second throught it might CUN but I don’t know what that means either).
My hometown is known as the two-castle-town because: When a stranger to the town asks for the name of the castle, he or she will usually get the answer: Welli? Which is not the name of either of the castles but the question in the … Continue reading Welli
Although the book I am using to teach German is only 6 years old, it is in some ways outdated.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 two castles mirrorred by the two boats on the lake. Weinheim in autumn. Monochrome Madness
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The look from across the small pond in the Weinheim castle grounds with Blauer Hut, Wachenburg, and Windeck in view. Getting up close (and leaving out the pond and all other foreground). Concentrating solely on the tower and clipping the two castles on the hill. … Continue reading On a Winter’s Day
One of my favourite subjects throughout the year in Weinheim: the “Blauer Hut”, a remnant of the medieval town wall, the castle ruin “Windeck, and in the winter photo on the hill to the left, the castle “Wachenburg”. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Best of … Continue reading The Best of Four Seasons
