This is wonderful. Oh no, I mustn’t say that. But after seeing the Großes Volksatlas of 1941 with no Poland, it only makes sense.
Europe without Germany (from Strange Maps – and see their earlier entry)
Thanks to Trevor – for some reason this didn’t appear in my RSS feed.
Transblawg is taking a bit of a break and wishes everyone happy holidays (hoping that doesn’t infuriate too many) and a great new year.
It says on this tablet that Nuremberg is the city of peace and human rights. We won’t discuss why that is. This is a sculpture by Hermann Pitz commemorating forced labourers, with some symbols of peace sitting on it.
The German Federal Constitutional Court decided yesterday that changes to tax status of travel between home and work were unconstitutional.
Today, I get an English version of the press release in my RSS feed.
(The key word Pendlerpauschale is rendered as “commuter tax allowance” (in inverts))
Sun Developer Network Open Translation website. Lots of goodies.
(Thanks to Elm on the pt list)
The Christkindlsmarkt in Nuremberg has a very narrow range of stalls. Good if you want to sell prune men, straw stars or wooden toys. This stall seems to break the rules and kowtow to commercialism.
A group of Americans spotted it with cries of ‘Knut!’ – obviously not realizing this is Flaky Bear.