We were in Frankfurt yesterday.
The grand opening is only six days away…
I overheard one passerby telling his wife “Das ist das meist fotographierte Loch in …” (that’s the most photographed hole in …) with the end of the sentence floating away. He is right as I observed others, some with professional gear, taking photos as well. This is one engineering design I find truly fascinating.
Hundreds, in same cases a thousand years ago, most villages had a little pond in the center. Back then, most houses were made from wood and covered with straw, which posed a substantial fire hazard. Each village generally had a Löschweiher* (a.k.a. Löschteich, Feuerlöschteich oder Feuersee), or in English: firewater pond, pond with water used…
These pretty red used-clothes containers have been in place since at least 2014, when I last wrote about it here. There are 24 containers to be found throughout the city. Click here for a list of locations. Old clothes, old shoes, and home textiles can be disposed in these containers around 21 spots in the…
In a conversation about last week’s Hof Flohmarkt (courtyard flea market), when most of Oberursel’s Altstadt (old part of the town) opened its courtyard gates to many visitors, I also mentioned to wear good shoes around the area as high heels make walking difficult. The conversation turned then to farm house courtyards, and their original…
or a fire in the sky….. Once again we spent our New Year’s Eve in Heidelberg with some very dear friends. This time I decided to take some photos of the fireworks as they looked so lovely from our view on the roof of a ten-storey building. Needless to say, viewing them today made me…
As this is my first experience as a grown-up to spend my holidays taking care of our daughter at the Unfallklinik (emergency hospital) in Frankfurt, I have come to realize that German hospitals have no air-conditioning yet and additionally, electric fans are not allowed. 40 years ago, if I had lain in a German hospital…
Pension-Sprachschule would like to wish you a Merry Christmas from Hessen, the heart of Germany. This year, it is a four-and-a-half-day holiday including the weekend and 25 +26 December. Monday, 24 December, our Christmas, is the one that is only half a day. Everything closes at 2pm that day (except gas stations, fast food restaurants,…
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