Some people go a step further and even paint their houses in white and blue. Monday Window
Tag: Weinheim an der Bergstraße
Gerberbachviertel in Weinheim
It’s often difficult to get a full view of a half-timbered house because so many of them are built in narrow streets and alleyways. In our town the look up is even more pronounced because the old part of town is built on a slope. … Continue reading Gerberbachviertel in Weinheim
Slide for fun and a new hockey field
The hockey team manned the slide to collect money.
Wordless Wednesday
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Food and Drink and Good Vibes
It was our annual town festival this weekend (Friday to Monday, Monday being mostly for the locals) and that means that everybody in the designated area (the old part of town) can register their yard, garage, patio etc. as an impromptu pub. Here are photos … Continue reading Food and Drink and Good Vibes
A whole town in celebration mode
A very topical prompt for me this week as our town’s festival will happen next week, from Friday to Monday we will all be in a different state of mind. At the moment it still looks a bit bare but many helpers are already busy … Continue reading A whole town in celebration mode
Drink, eat, and make merry!
Sitting on a long table in the middle of the road, eating and drinking – and the weather played along as well!
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Convivial
Mix of modern and old
In old town quarters it can be challenge to manage the symbiosis of old and new, of keeping the style and at the same time thinking of modern ways to safe energy.
The added challenge in the old part of Weinheim is the houses which are one or two stories at the front and looking like this at the back because of the slope.
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Almond blossoms, send to teach us
That the spring days soon will reach us. A quote by Edwin Arnold. For Cee and Bren, Flower of the Day and Floral Friday.
A confined area
My childhood was spent pretty much within the triangle of three different old medieval towers, called “Blauer Hut” (blue hat due to its original slate roof, now long gone), “Roter Turm” (red tower, so called because of the reddish sandstone used) and “Hexenturm” (witches’ tower … Continue reading A confined area
Welli
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
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