Castle on Peacock Island, Berlin
Tag: germany
Historic Town Hall of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia
Chinese tea house at the Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany.
Der Kölner Dom — Cologne Cathedral, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Northwestern Germany
Old and new towers in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse
Meersburg Castle on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Baden-Württemberg, Southwestern Germany, is the oldest inhabited castle in Germany. Its central tower was first built during the 7th century, though the original structure is no longer visible.
Maria Laach Abbey, Glees, district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate
The church, built between 1093 and 1216, is one of the most beautiful examples of romanesque architecture in Germany.
Town Hall of Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine-Westphalia
German fact no.136: Germans really really do not care about bags full of rice falling over in China. (x)
It’s a metaphor for an uninportant event. If someone tells you some irrelevant story, you can add “… und in China ist ein Sack Reis umgefallen.” (”… and a bag full of rice has fallen over in China.”) to make it clear in a very blunt way
that you are not at all interested in stories like this.