Happy Holidays! Today and tomorrow are officially holidays here in Germany, and then there’s just a day after that before we use those train tickets — and maybe those expired BahnCards — for a trip to Verona. Continue reading
Season’s Greetings from Tübingen!
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A Visit to the Past
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Happy Heiligabend, which is the night before the first day of Christmas, as they say here in Germany. BTW, December 26th is also a holiday in Germany; we’ve seen it referred to here as the second day of Christmas.
Deutsche Bahn knows best
So last December we signed up for the “BahnCard 25” discount cards, which is a program offered by Deutsche Bahn, the German train company. Continue reading
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Impressions
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I really loved how the trees below the buildings seemed so much more vibrant when covered with snow in that “postcard shot” I posted yesterday . I usually don’t notice the trees for the buildings, as it were, when I … Continue reading
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Snow-covered Postcard
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Let me take you back a week ago, when everything was snow-covered here in Tübingen. What a difference a week makes:
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Frosted “window”
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Just a quick photo to post today: one of those “windows” onto an alternate world. I.e. It’s another reflection in a puddle in the pavement. In the original photo, you’ll note that the area surrounding the “window” is not … Continue reading
A Reflection on the Tübingen Weihnachtsmarkt
Tübingen’s Weihnachtsmarkt, “Christmas Market”, was held this past week weekend. Chris and I have had the opportunity to go to a few different kinds of Weihnachtsmärkte over the past few years, and the one here stands out since most of the stands sell hand-made goods, and not cheap trinkets mass-produced overseas. Continue reading
Friday Followups
A few odds and ends to followup on some recent posts: Continue reading
Little men
Quark is a type of soft cheese that isn’t very common in North America. It’s extremely popular here in Germany, though. Continue reading