Monday Mysteries: The Steps to Nowhere
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Today’s Monday Mysteries post answers the question: “Why is there a small set of steps to nowhere at an opening in a hedge next to the Ammer River?”
Yearly Archives: 2014
Of Bismarcks sweet and sour
An alternate title for today’s Food on Friday post could also be “when a Bismarck is not a Berliner by any other name.”
A German San Francisco
It’s not quite time yet for the Eurovision contest to be heating up. But Cascada, the group that performed last year’s Germany entry, popped up recently in the most unlikely of places and it seemed worthy of a mention here … Continue reading
Patches of Blue
To follow yesterday’s panoramic look at Tübingen in the fog, today are some more photos of the castle and the town with both fog and blue skies, simultaneously.
Sunshine in the fog
On Sunday morning, the weather was an odd mix of fog that had settled over parts, but not all, of the downtown buildings. So, there was a curious mix of fog and splotches of blue sky. When we looked up … Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: High Water Mark
I’m adding a new series to the blog starting today called Monday Mysteries. It was inspired by a book that Chris and I ran across recently which talks about 50 secret places or little-known stories that “solve” the mysteries of things … Continue reading
Figuring out Fish Rolls
In our Food on Fridays post today we take a look at a local outdoor market tradition: Fish rolls.
Seeing stars
That star photo I posted on January 6th was actually one of a series of photos I took recently with star as the subject. Our photography group had that as a theme, and so Chris and I walked around Tübingen … Continue reading
A Heron out of water
Chris and I were recently walking in a different part of the nearby park near the Ammer River here in Tübingen when we unexpectedly spotted our little heron friend.
Practical Trash Practice
Yesterday’s post included a long list of the categories for the trash and things you need to consider before you decide which bin an item would go in for the trash. So today, as a way to give you a … Continue reading