Monday Mystery: In search of Herman Cappuccino
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Today on Monday Mysteries we look at elves, chairs and the search for Herman Cappuccino.
Category Archives: Fairy Tales
Monday Mysteries: The Lady and the Heinzelmännchen
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at a fountain in Cologne that has a tableau with representations of a lady with a lamp, along with many more than 7 dwarfs.
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Fairy tale castle come to life
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You may recall that when we first moved to Tübingen, we lived in a vacation apartment up on a hill above town. From there we would occasionally catch a glimpse of what looked like a fairy tale castle off in … Continue reading
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Parenti Tour 2012: The Wizard knows all
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My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary earlier this month – our visit was timed to be there to participate in the celebrations. 🙂 In honor of that occasion, I wrote and produced a multimedia fairytale that touches on their … Continue reading
The Secret of Italian
Back in February, I mentioned that for a presentation in my German class, I talked about the history of the Italian language, and how Italian is related to German.
Kiss the Frog
If you’re North American, the title of this post will most likely bring to mind the story of the children’s fairy tale The Frog Prince.
100 Posts Later ….
… and I’m still taking photos of that same spot on the Neckar River. There’s a reason it’s referred to locally as the “Postcard Shot”, I guess.
Urban Red Riding Hood
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the story of Little Red Riding Hood, right? There’s a young girl, and she wears a red cape with a red hood. She carries a basket of goodies and sets off through the forest … Continue reading
Not quite how Disney does it
In my German class we had several writing exercises last week where we wrote in the style of a Grimm’s fairytale. This was in order to practice a particular grammar point that happens to be quite common when telling a … Continue reading