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The Kiosk
It’s the size of a phone booth (if you remember phone booths) and empty of everything except hope. It showed up in Sulzburg’s market Square Wednesday. I think it is a place where people can bring their books and take something different. I saw one in Staufen, when we were there a few months ago. […]
Pick Your Own
It was the QR code and the idea of using PayPal that reminded me that even though this is very rural Germany, we are still in the 21st century. A couple of kilometres away from our apartment, across from the grocery store we frequent, is a field of flowers. I noticed last fall that it […]
Luxury Vehicles
In Canada people drive a Mercedes Benz or a BMW to show that they have arrived. They are luxury vehicles, favored by the rich and upwardly mobile. Owning one says you are an overachiever, one of the elite. What qualifies as a luxury vehicle may be a little different here. Mercedes and BMW are both […]
It’s Back!
I was expecting it to return May 1, but didn’t see the Christmas tree return as a May Pole. Mind you, I wasn’t in Sulzburg on May Day either, so I could have missed it. Friday afternoon though the tree was back in the market square. I didn’t know why. Then, when I saw a […]
Marching For Life
It was about halfway through the day Thursday that I remembered it was the day of the annual March For Life on Parliament Hill. Not being in Ottawa this year it had totally slipped my mind, despite it being the biggest gathering of demonstrators all year. I won’t get into Canada’s lack or abortion laws, […]
Another Day, Another Holiday
Another day, another German holiday. Second of four this month. Does no-one have to work in this country? In Canada we seem to be able to count on a day off each month, more or less. Whatever date the holiday is supposed to be, we observe it on the nearest Monday. Here it seems the […]
A True Public Servant
I have managed to not get too caught up in the recent American political melodrama. As a result, I decided I wouldn’t bother reading fired FBI director James Comey’s autobiography, A Higher Loyalty, which was published a few weeks ago. That changed when the book I wanted wasn’t available at the library – and Comey’s […]
Killer On The Loose
I am a killer. And I make no apologies for that. At least this time I remembered to take a picture. When vacationing in Europe a few years ago, I noted the absence of screens on the windows and wondered if perhaps Europe didn’t have the same issue with insects that we have in North […]
Traffic Reports
The technology disturbs me, even if I appreciate the intent. We took our first longer road trip this week in the car we purchased a couple of months back. It wasn’t the first time we had been on the Autobahn (not counting short trips to the Basel airport), though it felt like it. Back in […]
Welcome to Walpurgis Night
Tonight there are Walpurgis Night celebrations throughout Germany, or at least in our area. I knew about May Day and that it was a big celebration, but had never heard of Walpurgis Night. Looking at the poster I thought it might be something akin to Fastnacht, which is held in February (and yes, I know […]
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