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It was cold in Hamburg last week, with mostly gray skies.
Category Archives: Neighborhood
Oh the weather outside…
… is still snowing. It started on Saturday, took a quick break on Sunday, but then came back yesterday, and has snowed — on and off, but mostly on — ever since. However, it’s a very light snow, mostly, so … Continue reading
Never assume – #1
This is the first in what I have planned as a periodic series of photos of things that aren’t what they seem. Today’s entry: a restaurant named Gasthaus Bavaria.
Every old house is new again
We live in the Altstadt (literally, “old city”) part of Tübingen. Our building dates to 1513, although it was remodelled last year just before we moved in. I call our building one of the “rock stars” of the neighborhood; on … Continue reading
Up on the roof
We had snow for several days in a row this week, but now the weather has turned a relatively balmy mid 40º F/6-8º C. So, the snow is all melted.
Start of the Season
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S. – hope you all got your fill of turkey, stuffing and all the rest of the trimmings today!
Spotting our house
For each town we’ve lived in, Chris and I have been able to locate a commercially available postcard with an aerial view of the town. The aerial view we look for crucially shows the part of town where we live.
Friday Followups
Today I wanted to follow-up on a couple of odds and ends, things that won’t make a full blog post on their own.
The church that isn’t
More specifically, the church that isn’t a church.