Inspired by some positive feedback I got from a stateside reader (in contrast to what my son says about this blog), I decided to take a little walk through the Camp King neighborhood on this beautiful Indian summer day.

Camp King Oberursel

The Officers' Club at Camp King Oberursel

Officers' Club a.k.a. Mountain Lodge in Oberursel

In June 2010, I had written a short post about Officers’ Club at Camp King finds Investor. Unfortunately, nothing has been done on the outside since then.

Basement window of the Officers' Club

Overgrown by weeds.

Overlooking the grounds of the former Camp King Oberursel

This photo was taken on the steps of the back entrance, looking down the hill side, towards Hohemarkstrasse (not in view).

Near the front entrance of the Officers' Club Oberursel

The area around the Officers’ Club shows some very modern apartment buildings and some one-family homes in the half-timbered style.

Nothing really much has changed since the Mountain Lodge/Officers’ Club got its new owner. And time is not on its side – another ten years without occupancy and then…?

A photo of the beautiful  Mountain Lodge in wintertime.

Posted 23 March 2010

Applications are invited for the following position:

* Part-time teacher assistant (50%) at the primary school effective 01 August 2010

Applications should be in writing and directed to Theresa Dupre with copy to Rita De La Cruz within seven working days of this notice.

Posted on 20 Jan 2010

Applications are invited for the following positions for the school year 2010 – 2011:

* Upper School Mathematics teacher effective 01 August 2010

* Upper School Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration teacher effective 01 August 2010

Applications should be in writing and directed to the appropriate principal, Rhiannon Wood, at: rhiannon_wood@fis.edu with  copy  to Rita DeLa Cruz within seven working days of this notice.

Curious about Living in the Frankfurt area?

“Das alte Europa” was selected by the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache as the “Wort des Jahres” (Word of the Year) in 2003.

Das alte Europa (“old Europe”) was a phrase used by Donald Rumsfeld in reference to the countries France and Germany who were against the war in Iraq at the time.

Today it can refer to Western Europe to distinguish it from the Central or Eastern European countries.

The phrase was also used by Karl Marx to refer a Europe with a ruling elite – as was the case in most countries in the 19th Century.

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