Lady of the Lagoon
4
We’re back in Tübingen after a week-long trip to Italy. We visited 4 Italian cities in 9 days, which is not quite the 10 countries in 21 days I did on one of those marathon bus trips many, many years … Continue reading
Category Archives: Just for Fun
9 vs 7?
I had never given this matter any thought: why do we say in the U.S. that cats have “9” lives? Is that based on some particular myth? Why 9, and not 7, for example? Or why not less?
The Tie-namic Duo
We interrupt the planned Bebenhausen post today to bring you a special Friday-appropriate update.
The Icemen Cameth
So last week I told you that our unseasonably warm weather at the beginning of May was threatened by the coming of the “Icemen of May”, who (can) bring unseasonably cold weather in the period between May 11th and May … Continue reading
A glimpse of a tree
Consider the following photo:
Lessons Learned
One day last week, as I was home in the late afternoon, I glanced out the window and discovered that the weather had turned. It was pouring rain. Since it had been a sunny day before that, Chris had set … Continue reading
Snooker Loopy
I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that the World Championship of Snooker are currently underway in England.
Return of the punters
That’s “punters”, as in the people who are in the punting boats on the Neckar River. The boats are back in action; I noticed them again for the first time last week:
Ah, to be in Tübingen …
… now that Spring is here.*
When is a pretzel not a pretzel
… when it’s a doughnut.