Maybe you remember THIS POST from last May. It was about the big music contest Grand Prix de Eurovision and how Germany won for the first time in like forever.
The girl who won, Lena Meyer-Landruth, is going to defend her title with a new song “Taken by a stranger” (watch the video) this Saturday. This year, the Grand Prix contest takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany. Lena’s song doesn’t convince me though. I think it’s a bit boring. Let’s see what the viewers and the jury says on the 14th of May!
What do you think of the song / Are you going to watch the contest?
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Nom! I love this stuff! “Handkäse mit Musik”, which is a speciality from the Frankfurt area.
Der Handkäse is a kind of sour milk cheese, super low-fat and healthy but super stinky and not everybody likes its flavor! But I think it’s really tasty on either fresh bread or “mit Musik” (with music), which means that you add vinegar, oil, caraway, onions and some pepper and salt. Nomnom!
A well-meant advice: DON’T take it to work/school in your lunchbox - it’ll stink up your entire bag.:P
(pic via tequedasacena.com)
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This awesome art was created by a team of street artists in Germany as part of a competition. The giant optical illusion was conceived by a German artist called Edgar Müller.
You can watch a short making of 3D street art by Edgar Müller HERE. It’s really interesting to watch.
(pic and story via dailymail.co.uk)
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Shelf created by the German design company Woodloops.
(pic via inhabitat.com)
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This lamp was designed by a German designer called Lima de Lezando. I think it’s really pretty.
(pic via modecodesign.com)
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Fräulein vs. Frau
The title “Fräulein” is well-known worldwide. I have already been addressed as “Fräulein” sometimes. It always makes me smile, because it’s hardly used in Germany nowadays and considered to be oldfashioned.
“das Fräulein” literally means “little woman”. -lein is one of the suffixes used to create diminutives of nouns, in this case “die Frau”. Unmarried women were addressed as Fräulein e.g. Fräulein Müller and married women as Frau e.g. Frau Müller.
In the 1970s, the official usage of Fräulein was banned. Nowadays you refer to every woman as “Frau” regardless of her marital status.
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This rubber table with five legs (suction cups) was designed by a German guy called Thomas Schnur. die Schnur means string / twine btw ;)
(pic via modecodesign.com)
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Burg Ehrenberg in Austria. What happened behind these old walls?
(pic via commons.wikimedia)
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Burg Linn near Krefeld, Germany at night.
(pic via commons.wikimedia)
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Burg Heidenreichstein in Austria. Awesome.
(pic via altemauern.heimat.eu)
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