Saturday, February 16, 2008
German wall painting
While looking at some photos of Füssen and Worms and Schwetzingen and etc. I realised that many of the old houses have nice paintings on their exterior walls and that I have not yet talk about it (that I remember of). It is very interesting to see the different styles and colours used in the...
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Friday, February 15, 2008
WWII and the elderly Germans
I'd like to talk about something very delicate and potentially controversial that happened to me on a regular basis in Germany. Some times, when I am seating in a bus or a train and that I look around, I see elderly Germans, in their 80s' or 90s'. And I cannot help myself but think about the WWII...
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Valentinstag
So, it was Valentin's Day yesterday. Not much celebration around here. The Germans are not exactly very romantic, which suits my Aussie Mann quite well (another point in commun)! We didn't see many men or women walking by with roses or chocolates in their hands yesterday or the days before. Nor have...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Travelling through Europe
Some of you might have noticed that we do have a tendency, while in Europe, to travel a lot. And you're right! You probably also think that all this travelling around must cost an arm and a leg. And you're... wrong. Although some countries are rather expensive (Danemark and all the Scandinavian...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Little things that make a country-Part 4?
Once again, a little problem with daily routine. I just try to put paper in the printer and everything got out of it crooked! The raison? The paper size in Germany is not exactly the same as in N.Am. We use the old measurment of 11" by 8 1/2", they are of course in metric. So, the N.Am. paper that I...
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The Fantastic History of Worms!
Have you ever heard of the Nibelungenlied? A "lied" (prononce leed, not a lie!) in German is a song and therefore the Nibelungenlied refers to the songs of the Nibelungs (Nibelungen in German). They sing the courage of the hero Siegfried, of the beautiful Kriemhild, of the strength of Brunhild (a...
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Monday, February 11, 2008
At the feet of the mountain: Füssen!
Everyone has heard of Neuschwanstein Castle but few know of the charming little town closed by: Füssen (feet). Instead of staying at a hotel in Schwangau where the castle is, we decided to sleep in Füssen. For one thing, Schwangau is very touristy, the only shops or restaurants that we saw were...
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Fantaisy Castle
I just returned from Schwangau and the Neuschwanstein castle. It is really like the picture that everyone have seen; a fairy tale castle with turrets, and towers and big huge entrance door, on top of a mountain, close to a lake (the Schwansee, of course!). We arrived in Füssen a bit before noon and...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
More little things that make a country. part 3?
While reading a humourous blog about Wallmart cheap wine, I realised that I haven't talked much about prices here. Most people have the perception that Europe is VERY expensive and although a few things are certainly more expensive than in North America, in general when we compare all the prices of...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Rembrandt at the Schwetzingen Schloss
I went to see a rather large collecton of drawings (over 270 of them) by Rembrandt. They are from the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale and the Louvre, and for a short while, on loan at the Schwetzingen Schloss(castle). These drawings, all using pen and black ink on paper, represent most of...
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