What a lovely spot, and a lovely photograph!
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I believe this sort of tour for friends and/or family was called “showing them the lions” in 18th/19th C Britain.
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Local bus driver made the top five in the nationwide ‘favourite bus driver 2024’… well I don’t think ‘competition’ is really the right word here. It’s to recognise what they did. People write in to nominate someone, with a little information to explain why and a jury sorts and rates the entries. This year there were 2,300+ entries. Görel expertly defused a situation where one passenger bodily attacked several other people in the bus.
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It’s that time of year again.
Article has link to pictures which won’t onebox on its own.
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Four chicks have hatched over the last couple of weeks:
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3 links to various pictures.
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Apparently some idiot put two Axolotls in a pond in one of the local parks. Fortunately, one of the gardeners tending the park spotted them and fished them out. It’s much to cold for them here right now.
Park homepage:
https://www.barmer-anlagen.de/
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“You write letters, you get letters back”
~ Lazlo Toth, American
my postbox gets a little sumpin’, every now and then…
very clever, Herr Duckenberg, clever, indeed!
and the postmark?
love it!
Wuppertal ist ein schöner Ort.
danke!
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do have a look for yourself!
this is seriously some fun.
also, check out The Lazlo Letters, if unfamiliar. it is an amazing collection, itself.
“What will you say when the ducks come?”
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Rubber stamps. Still practical!
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The current exhibition is nearby, at the
and they’ve integrated it very cleverly and with loving detail into the museums regular/permanent displays.
It is fun, I’ve already been twice and bought a huge stack of postcards. And a bit of merch as christmas presents.
Like this one (some people just can’t wait for it when they get a package…):
Carl Spitzmaus - Der Sonntagsspaziergang
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Apparently Lukas Podolski developed his Kebap shop into a franchise system and today there was the grand opening of one.
The building itself is a bit of local history. Originally built as a cinema1) in the late 1950ies/early 1960ies, the first McDonald’s in Wuppertal moved in around 1980 and was there until last year.
The cinema’s auditorium has been a rehearsal space for Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater for ages.
ETA:
1) Actually built in the 1920ies, more or less destroyed in WW II, rebuilt, and reopened in 1953. Closed in 1977.
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Webcams. A lot of webcams.
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Snow pictures!
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