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Andere Ansicht | 6. November 2011 — Damit wäre mein Kultur-Soll für diese Woche erfüllt. Stimmgewaltig und überzeugend bei Beethovens nach eigenen Worten “gelungsten Werk” der Oratorienchor Würzburg und das Sinfonie-Orchester Franconia. …
Transblawg | 24. September 2011 — This was for people who can't or don't want to walk very far. However, as the ground was very uneven and moss his roots and branches, it was quite wearing. The department for mushrooms and herbs of the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg developed from Germany's first mushroom association, found…
Transblawg | 18. Dezember 2010 —Local press in Nuremberg station bookshop. Many of these have mainly the same content. An advert by the German lawyers' society in Nuremberg Station: Fürth Christmas tree This morning with real snow on it for once. To the left, the refurbished building that was the earliest department store in Bavar…
Transblawg | 26. November 2010 —Palm tree near Nuremberg: A German shopping centre with bottle banks: All taken this morning. Nasty raw cold weather. …
Transblawg | 10. Oktober 2010 — This is a view of the Faber Castell pencil factory, or part of it, at Stein. I go through Stein most Fridays so this time I got out to take a picture. The occasion for the picture is an article in the Economist in September, Faber-Castell: The future of the pencil - An eight-generation family firm …
Transblawg | 30. Juli 2010 — This is a photo of part of Nuremberg city wall, for those who don't know it. It's close to the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. They had an exhibition on castles (there's a parallel one in Berlin) so I went and had a look. Scarcely had I entered the first room when I was overcome by a sense of informat…
Transblawg | 23. April 2010 — The first time I came here, it was winter. Now at last I have worked out how to tell where the famous tombs are: Fortunately Google books helps decipher this (translation from Albrecht Dürer. A Guide to Research, by Jane Campbell Hutchison: Hier ruhe Künstlerfürst Du mehr als grosser Mann! In Viel…
Transblawg | 12. Dezember 2009 —Market of Nürnberg's twin cities (English, German) - Venice: Gera: Glasgow: Children's market - Christkind cleaning window: A shock in the crib: Ass: Outside the market (I can't believe Dürer could bake Stollen): …
Transblawg | 22. Juni 2009 — The most beautiful view of the city can be had from the Festung Marienberg (fortress). From the 15th-century Old Main Bridge, with its statues of the Franconian apostles of Lilian, Totnan and Kolonat, the Romanesque Cathedral dominates the view. Found here. I was actually wondering whether it w…
Transblawg | 16. Mai 2009 — Time for the annual sorry picture. Nuremberg, Hauptmarkt.…
Transblawg | 16. Mai 2009 — One wonders why the Germans integrate paper labels in their bread, but when trying to distinguish several dozen types, it's quite useful. Feinkost Nikolaus Schwarz, Winklerstraße, Nürnberg.…
Transblawg | 31. März 2009 —The clergyman Markus Bomhard loves Playmobil figures and created a Playmobil Bible. However, in order to crucify one of the figures, he had first to warm the plastic and remould it, and he put some breasts and a penis on Eve and Adam respectively (I used that 'respectively' for the benefit of non-na…
Transblawg | 22. März 2009 —Frau Marion Schreiber, formerly the principal of the Institut für Fremdsprachen und Auslandskunde, died on March 7 2009. There was a notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of March 14. I can't yet find any information on the site of the IFA, so this is for any readers who happen to have missed this. Fra…
