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Our Silvester (German for New Year’s Eve) will be a quiet one, which is just the way I like it. Fireworks and big gatherings are also banned again on New Year’s Eve.
The road ahead should be taken the Welsh way:
“In Wales, people don’t move rocks out of their way. They step over them.” (from memory)
I’m grateful for the old year, and yet child enough to look forward to the next one.
Happy New Year, everyone!
On Saturday, while driving up Hohemarkstraße (direction Feldberg), the sun was out, and we could see snow on the mountains, which had fallen just the night before.
Right now, while typing this, I can see some light snow coming down. There is Vorfreude (anticipation) for more to come!
Due to the increasing number of new COVID infections, this year’s Christmas Market in Oberursel got cancelled. This was announced yesterday.
At least, I hope the weather forecast is right. We are supposed to get our first snow this Thursday (which would have been the first of the four days of the Christmas Market).
Our last Christmas Market was in 2019, and this where the photo dates from.
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 purpose. There is also a difference between the original cobble stones and the new ones to fit the Altstadt flair.
This is a sample of the old Pflastersteine (cobble stones), which are a significant part of Oberursel’s Altstadt.
These cobble stones look like they date from a more recent era.
This is another alley near St. Ursula Church, where only cobble stones are found.
Around the Altstadt, even the stairways are made from cobble stones.
der Pflasterstein (Singular), die Pflastersteine (Plural)
But das Pflaster by itself is a band-aid.
This coming Sunday, 28 February, a parade of vehicles will be coming through Oberursel North, Oberursel City, and Bommersheim. This motorcade, organized by the ‘Querdenker‘ movement, is in line with the Freedom of Assembly according to Article 8 of the German Constitution.
Several protests have been held in Germany against German governmental COVID-19 measures.
The parade in Oberursel is from 14:00-16:00 on Sunday. Also, between 13:30 and 18:00, you can expect loudspeaker announcements throughout that time.
German Word of the Day: der Querdenker
Querdenker (lit: lateral thinkers) are in opposition to the German government COVID-19 measures. They protest and organize motorcades, and refuse social distancing as well.
On its local Querdenker Facebook group, I have seen only four people have signed up to join this event so far (seen 26 Feb at 19:30). We shall see.
My name is Maria Shipley. I live in Oberursel, Germany, with my husband, son and daughter. The … Read more
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