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Tag: #word of the day
See you in Soweto
The first time I heard the word “township” was in the context of South African apartheid policy. Soweto, as I learned, is not an exotic word from an African language but stands for South Western Township. I’ve been to Soweto when it wasn’t officially allowed – it would have never ocurred to me to take photos at the time.
PJ Powers and Hotline was the first really successful “crossover” band in South Africa, crossover referencing the fact that they had white and black fans (and coloureds, too – yes, in South Africa there used to be a difference, the powers that were believed in “divide and conquer”, and there were actually many more distinctions referreing to “race” – ignoring the fact that there are no different human races).
One of their hits was “Jabulani” (a Zulu word for rejoicing and a fairly common male first name, incidentally the name of our oldest son). Another one is “See you in Soweto”, if you’ve never heard it enjoy it here on youtube.
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Fahrn, Fahrn, Fahrn, auf der Autobahn
The German autobahn is known to be a highspeed road famed for no speed limit. Which is only kind of true. The recommended speed is 130 kmh. But there are indeed stretches where there is no speed limit and theoretically you can go as fast … Continue reading Fahrn, Fahrn, Fahrn, auf der Autobahn
Does your mailman hoot his horn?
They used to do it. But in the Black Forest they blew very softly because they didn’t want to disturb anybody, so they had a small horn as the name of the restaurant suggests.
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Not a lot of parking
- No parking! (Forbidden!)
- Not for 3 minutes
- Not for 10 seconds
- Not with a parking disc
- NOT AT AAAAAAAAALLLL!
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- Cars parking without authorisation will be towed with costs
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Mainly for longterm visitors
Hotels can offer different things for different guests. Hotels have peak seasons and low seasons and some close completely during winter. Word of the Day: Hotel
