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- Nigel
- Feb 24, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 3, 2023
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Before I start my blog this week I would like to share this photo with you.
It is simply good. čÆć.

Photo: Svitlana Borzenko
So let's get this straight. A Flügel is a wing in German. You can buy Hänchenflügel in the supermarket (chicken wings), and buy a Flügel at a Bechstein showroom. A grand piano has a lid which opens up like a wing, right? ........

Photo: Emi Ikeyama accompanies Makiko Goda in Iruma, Saitama 2019
So in Germany we talk about a Klavier (upright piano) and a Flügel (grand piano).
So......do you think this really is Boris' real name?......I wonder.....In any event, I had to photograph this car the other day.....ćć®åēćę®ććć°ćŖććŖćć£ć š

Colour : č² : In a month like February I am always looking for it. The Skyline Plaza in Frankfurt has some nice clean lines...2ęćÆćć¤ćč²ćę¢ć........

and also, thankfully, some colour. Why don't architects realize that we need colour? č²ćéč¦

Not much colour in the woods these days....a few Wildschwein.....(ć¤ćć·ć·!)

but wait......haha!....the're not real are they ććććÆę¬ē©ć§ćŖć š?
I'm on my bike again, and a solid-looking sign informs me how far it is to here and there.....

But...oho!....what is this? I have to get off my bicycle and wait for these merry characters to pass by...å¹øććŖäŗŗć āŗ

Yes, it's Fasching, (carnival) and this lot are all off to join the Fastnachszug in Egelsbach.....

Well, they certainly add some colour to the scene...ććć¤ćć®č² š
There was more to discover in Germany this week. Not only blue jackets, red boots and short skirts (must be chilly!), but monsters.....ć¢ć³ć¹ćæć¼

Yes, a Gruffalo.....a monster who first appeared in a book by Julia Donaldson about 20 years ago........with drawings by Axel Scheffler.....This picture is from The Snail and the Whale, but The Gruffalo is a better story I think......

I'm sure the author never expected her characters to appear in the Baden Württenberg forest.....but appear they do...and some are hard to get to......especially this squirrel.....ćŖć¹ćē¬ć£ć¦ććØęć.....š

...whilst others need company....ćć¶ćę¢ćÆćć³ćšÆ

Look up the plot here....it's hilarious š https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gruffalo
And all this on the outskirts of the pretty little town of Weinheim, just over the Hessen border.......

...........where we see, surprise, surprise....more castles...š...really, medieval Germany seems to have needed a lot of them. The one in the background is called Windeck, (windy corner) not surprisingly, as it is on a windy corner of a hill.....風ćå¼·ćć³ć¼ćć¼

And it really was a windy day for a hike. If only they could arrange the sunny days to coincide with the weekends...(but at least it didn't rain š)..........here is our merry band....the gruffalo is wondering who to eat.....ć©ćé£ć¹ććććŖ š¤£?

If medieval Germany needed lots of castles, today's Germany needs lots of cafĆ©s which serve Kaffee and Kuchen (coffee and cake ć³ć¼ćć¼ćØć±ć¼ć) š°. Luckily we found one after our hike, which fortified us for the drive back to Hessen..š
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Here's one more flash of colour for today:
Meiko-chan č½č”£åć”ćć. The Kanji characters for her name have been carefully chosen and the calligraphy beautifully drawn.

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